Steve Kim
238 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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A Love Story
On Wednesday afternoon, the Executive Director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Keith Kizer, sent this email out to various members of the media: All test results for 5/3 were negative. All…
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The Stigma: Part One (with Lamont Peterson)
On February 22nd at the D.C. Armory in the nation?s capital, Lamont Peterson successfully defended his IBF junior welterweight title after a 14-month hiatus from the ring. Back in 2012, while preparing…
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?The Machine? Begins His March
While it may not draw 40,000 fans and have a worldwide audience or a million pay-per-view buys (or less, depending on who you ask), this weekend, Showtime (9 p.m., ET/PT) just might…
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Moving Forward
Now that the dust has settled from this past weekend, when Floyd Mayweather easily dispatched Robert Guerrero over 12 rounds, the question is just when and who does ?Money? face next? After…
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Azad Championship Report – Still on the ?Money? at 36
Robert Guerrero is a pretty good professional prizefighter. But it will take someone of much higher caliber to topple Floyd Mayweather, even at age 36, who on Saturday night at the MGM…
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Azad Championship Report – Man in the Middle
It?s not unusual for two fighters from the same promotional entity to compete in the ring. In fact, with the state of the business nowadays, it?s the easiest way to make a…
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Azad Championship Report – Man in the Middle
It?s not unusual for two fighters from the same promotional entity to compete in the ring. In fact, with the state of the business nowadays, it?s the easiest way to make a…
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Azad Championship Report – Saturday Night Fever
This past weekend, we saw competing cards once again between HBO and Showtime. The networks were scheduled to feature six fights between them (before inclement weather in Argentina forced the welterweight contest…
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The Return of the Baby Bull
On the night of December 8th, near the entrance of the MGM Grand Garden Arena, this reporter was picking up his ringside credential for the fourth chapter of the rivalry between Manny…
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Donaire-Rigondeaux Start Game of Risk
This Saturday night at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, junior featherweight champion Nonito Donaire takes on talented Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux (HBO 11 p.m., ET). A few weeks later, in…
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Azad Championship Report – Provodnikov Feels like the Winner
It was the usual busy scene this past Monday morning at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood. Even in the early hours, this gym was bustling with activity by professional prizefighters…
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A Golden Divorce
For weeks, the question posed by those interested was: Given the changing landscape of the boxing business (in the form of Floyd Mayweather going across the street to Showtime), would HBO stay…
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Azad Championship Report – Bradley Hopes to Earn Style Points
The perception regarding Timothy Bradley - who faces Ruslan Provodnikov this Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California (HBO 10:15 pm, ET/PT) - is that while a talented and…
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The Ties that Bind (Part Two with Seth Abraham)
When you think of today?s marquee fighters, you eventually link them to certain networks. Yes, they have promoters but their associations to either HBO or Showtime will invariably shape their career paths…
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Azad Championship Report: Ponce de Leon vs. Mares: Signed, Sealed and Delivered
After what has been a slow start to the 2013 boxing schedule, beset by injuries and postponements, it seems to be picking up steam going into the spring. And Golden Boy Promotions…
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Seth Abraham?s New Perspective: Part One
For many years during his reign as the president of HBO Sports (from 1978 to 2000), Seth Abraham was perhaps the most powerful and influential man in the boxing business. Yes, it…
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Seth Abraham’s New Perspective: Part One
For many years during his reign as the president of HBO Sports (from 1978 to 2000), Seth Abraham was perhaps the most powerful and influential man in the boxing business. Yes, it…
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Malik Scott: The Great American Hope?
How bad is the state of the heavyweight division in the United States, division that, for about a full century, was dominated by Yankees (with the likes of John L .Sullivan, Jack…
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Azad Championship Report: A New World?
On May 4th from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather will make his next appearance in the ring against Robert Guerrero. This was pretty well known for the last month…
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RIP Jerry Buss and Forum Boxing
Sports fans woke up to the news on Monday morning that Dr. Jerry Buss passed away at the age of 80. As a lifelong resident of Los Angeles and a diehard Lakers…
