Hamilton Nolan
9 articles · Deadspin.com
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Jorge Linares Beat Vasiliy Lomachenko, Right Up Until He Didn’t
Jorge Linares is a flashy, creative athletic freak who has, over a period of many years and much pain, been pushed into the mold of a textbook boxer, like a wild, raging…
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No Justice For Good Boys
?WHORE the ramparts, weeee watched...? Some lady was singing the national anthem. ?WHORE the lan-nnddd of the freeee...? We don?t care about that. We don?t care about any of that. We only…
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Surviving Golovkin
?It wasn?t that bad.? That?s what Danny Jacobs said Saturday night, about Gennady Golovkin?s fearsome, world-ending, thunderous power. It may be true that compared to cancer, it wasn?t that bad. Danny Jacobs…
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To Punch A Puncher
Think of something that is perilous and requires great caution?performing heart surgery, or defusing landmines. This is what it?s like fighting a puncher. You wouldn?t call it fun, but sometimes it has…
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Muhammad Ali Was The Meanest Boxer Of All Time
Muhammad Ali had the most unsuccessfully imitated fighting style of all time. Even now, three and a half decades after his retirement, you can still find boxers making the mistake of trying…
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Bud The Great
Terence Crawford doesn?t look very intimidating, given the right setting. Yesterday at noon, he was lounging in Gleason?s Gym in Brooklyn, wearing a grey sweatsuit and a blue and white skullie that…
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There Are Levels To This Violence
?Had I an enemy whom I wished to ruin, body and soul, I would ask no more than to turn him out into the company of pugilists and their clique, and the…
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Miguel Cotto Is Golden Arms
In kung fu flixtory, Golden Arm is the leader of the Chi Sah gang. ("Both of his arms are as hard and solid as gold and are invulnerable to anything.") In boxing,…
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How Judges Score A Boxing Match (And How Manny Pacquiao Got Screwed)
Manny Pacquiao got beaten by ghosts Saturday night. That's what boxing judges are. They are not necessarily former fighters, or coaches, or other knowledgeable figures. They are not necessarily anything. They are…