Steve Kim
238 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Patience is a Virtue for Garcia
By Steve Kim
By this juncture of 2012, featherweight Mikey Garcia thought he?d be working on either a title shot or perhaps even defending a belt. Instead, he is taking on seasoned veteran Jonathan Barros…
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Azad Championship Report: Santa Cruz at the Staples Center
By Steve Kim
IBF bantamweight titlist Leo Santa Cruz has vivid recollections of his fifth professional outing. As the literary giant, Snoopy, would describe it, ?it was a dark and stormy night? on the evening…
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Mares Continues His March
By Steve Kim
In what is a gem of a little prizefight at the Staples Center on Saturday night (Showtime 10 p.m., ET), WBC super bantamweight titlist Abner Mares takes on former bantamweight beltholder Anselmo…
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Long Live Mr. Kronk
By Steve Kim
While there is some debate over what really felled Emanuel Steward and exactly what time he passed away on the fateful day of October 25th, 2012, there is no argument over this:…
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Azad Championship Report: Paulie Comes Home
By Steve Kim
It?s not as if Paulie Malignaggi has never fought in Brooklyn - which he will this Saturday night at the new Barclays Center versus Pablo Cesar Cano (Showtime, 8 p.m., ET/PT) .…
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Azad Championship Report: Yes, Viloria vs. Marquez is Going to Happen
By Steve Kim
After seemingly being mentioned for every weekend from September through November and various venues throughout Southern California being thrown around for a possible destination (from the Home Depot Center to the Agua…
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Sweet Savagery
By Steve Kim
It?s rare that the sport of boxing - which too many times lets down its fan base - not only delivers on its promises but exceeds them. That?s precisely what took place…
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Nonito Donaire Goes Back to His Roots
By Steve Kim
After enjoying a string of dominant wins in somewhat uneven performances in his last three outings, Nonito Donaire, who essentially tried training himself in Las Vegas (where he now resides), is now…
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The Great Debate
By Steve Kim
Before the bright lights of HBO go on tonight at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California for the eagerly anticipated ?Boxing After Dark? telecast featuring the junior welterweight scrap between Brandon…
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Pacquiao-Marquez Fatigue?
By Steve Kim
On Monday afternoon at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, Top Rank held a press conference to formally announce the next go-round between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. The two…
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Azad Championship Report: It?s Still Showtime for Matthysse
By Steve Kim
Even though the bout between IBF welterweight titleholder Randall Bailey (who suffered a back injury) and Devon Alexander has been pushed back, Showtime (9 p.m., ET/PT) decided to move forward with its…
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Meanwhile, in Newark?
By Steve Kim
While most of the focus of the boxing world will be on the supposedly important bout in Oakland between Chad Dawson and Andre Ward in Oakland on HBO (and, to a lesser…
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The Price is Right
By Steve Kim
On October 13th at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, an HBO doubleheader takes place featuring a junior welterweight scrap between Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado with a junior featherweight title…
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The Dog Days of Summer
By Steve Kim
The last few excruciatingly hot days of August are winding down. What looked like a promising time for boxing not too long ago is instead a month filled with fights that were…
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Mundine to Live the American Dream?
By Steve Kim
Anthony Mundine will be facing Bronco McKart tonight at the Palms Casino and Resort in Las Vegas for a minor junior middleweight title. Yes, Mundine is fighting in America. It?s the same…
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The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men
By Steve Kim
Eventually, Golden Boy Promotions will find someone to face Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez on September 15th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. We know this much; it won?t be Victor Ortiz after…
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The Fight of the Night?
By Steve Kim
Lost in all the hoopla of a potential pay-per-view clash on September 15th (dependent on Victor Ortiz not slipping on any banana peels or having Marcos Maidana flashbacks tonight at the Staples…