Ivan G. Goldman
196 articles · Boxing Insider
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Can Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez Overtake Police Academy Series?
The Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez series, coming out with its fourth installment Dec. 8, is valiantly trying to overtake the Police Academy series, whose eighth movie will be released next year. Pacquiao…
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Seat Prices Show Thirst for Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez IV
Boxing promoters couldn?t ply their trade without exaggerating at least once in a while, but ticket prices show that when it comes to Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez IV on Dec. 8, Bob…
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Unscrambling Canelo Alvarez, Sergio Martinez, Etc. from Sat. Night Sensory Overload
See if your Saturday night experience was anything like this. You and friends are crowded around a flat screen, everyone trying to keep track of two competing Las Vegas cards. The mind…
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Dollars Dictate 12 More Rounds of Juan Manuel Marquez-Manny Pacquiao
No matter who Manny Pacquiao chose to fight December 8 he was bound to upset somebody. By apparently settling on a fourth bout against Juan Manuel Marquez and the admittedly larger purse…
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?Pay No Attention? to Price Tag for Sergio Martinez-Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr.
As boxing fans look forward to another big pay-per-view card this weekend led by middleweights Sergio Martinez versus Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. there?s not much media attention paid to the price tag…
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Should Andre Ward Leap over Floyd Mayweather on Pound for Pound List?
It?s time to ask ourselves whether Floyd Mayweather is really a better fighter than Andre Ward. Mayweather is at the top of most pound-for-pound lists and will probably remain there even as…
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Astronomical Odds for Vitali Klitschko-Manuel Charr
When Buster Douglas kayoed Mike Tyson in 1990, the odds were approximately 44 to 1 in Tyson?s favor, though it wasn?t particularly easy to find a sports book or a bookie willing…
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Gennady Golovkin Shakes up Division like 9-Point Earthquake
The element of surprise is one of the best things about fighters like Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan. Just when we think we?ve got a division all scoped out, somebody like him comes…
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Sergio Martinez, Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. Vie for Supremacy in Super September
Yes, August has been a desert in the world of big-time fights, but its barren landscape will abruptly give way to the lush greenery of what looks like a spectacular September, including…
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Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao Inch toward Their Destiny
The forecast for spring is partly cloudy with a stronger chance of a Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao showdown. Why? Let?s walk over to the satellite picture. Note that Mayweather, shortly after leaving the…
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Sergio Martinez, Julio Cesar Chavez ? One Bad-Ass Match-Up
Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez match up like a tiger and a grizzly. Anything can happen and maybe it will when they face off September 15 in Las Vegas. This has…
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Manny Pacquiao Camp Narrows Choices; Floyd Mayweather on Down-Low
It?s the marketplace that dictates match-ups, and right now, notes boxing impresario Bob Arum, the market is pushing Manny Pacquiao toward a rematch with Miguel Cotto or (yawn) yet another bout with…
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Who?s Next for Manny Pacquiao & Floyd Mayweather?
We need to start looking at Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao as welterweight Klitschkos. That is, let?s assume they won?t fight each other and go on from there. Who?s next? Mayweather, who…
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Will Floyd Mayweather, Free on Friday, Look up Manny Pacquiao?
Floyd Mayweather gets out of the can Friday. Assuming he doesn?t march over to his ex-girlfriend?s house and slap her around again, we can once again speculate on whether or not he…
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Amir Khan May Seek Vegas Divorce from Freddie Roach
Amir Khan, last seen getting knocked around the ring by then-unheralded Danny Garcia, is pondering his relationship with L.A. trainer Freddie Roach, the British media reported. Well, so much for that team.…
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Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez Versus Josesito ?Little Joe? Lopez: It?s Ugly
The battle between rival promoters Golden Boy and Top Rank took an ugly turn Wednesday when a deal was signed for Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez to fight the much smaller Josesito Lopez Sept.…
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Nonito Donaire Means to Turn Little-Known South African into Horizontal Statement
Is it possible to make a bigger impression than Cuban phenom Guillermo Rigondeaux did last month with his brutal fifth-round knockout of Teon Kennedy? Nonito Donaire will be out to try this…
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New National Boxing Commission in Reid-McCain Senate Bill Might Disrupt Dirty States? Doings
The national boxing commission that would be created by a new bill sponsored by Senators John McCain and Harry Reid, who both boxed in the amateurs, would be an improvement in all…
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Manny Pacquiao, Tim Bradley Judges Inflict New Black Sox Scandal on Flabbergasted World
Bob Arum, who promotes both fighters, said the decision for Tim Bradley over Manny Pacquiao was so awful that it?s a ?death knell? for boxing. But in the same sentence he pointed…
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Tim Bradley, Manny Pacquiao Won?t Run, Hide, or Fail to Excite
We know Manny Pacquiao will come forward against Tim Bradley on Saturday night. Even at age 33 and after 59 pro outings he remains a hungry fighter looking to mix it up.…