Steve Kim
238 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Can Manny Move Forward?
By Steve Kim
Manny Pacquiao faces Brandon Rios this weekend in Macao. The lingering question is: Just what version of the ?Pac-Man? will be on display? The last time we saw the Filipino icon in…
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2014?s Shaping Up
By Steve Kim
The remainder of the 2013 boxing schedule is set. Looking ahead, the two promotional titans that are Top Rank Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions are setting up their itineraries for the upcoming…
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The Evolution of the Latin Snake
By Steve Kim
Middleweight Sergio Mora is performing this weekend against Milton Nunez at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California. Despite coming off a nationally televised victory against Grzegorz Proksa on ESPN2 over…
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The Belle of the Ball
By Steve Kim
He isn?t the best boxer in the game, perhaps not even the best fighter in his respective division. But currently, there is no individual in boxing more important or pivotal than Miguel…
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Darchinyan Set to Destroy His Creation
By Steve Kim
Despite getting knocked out by Nonito Donaire in their initial encounter back in the summer of 2007, Vic Darchinyan doesn?t seem to be all that impressed with the ?Filipino Flash? heading into…
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Hitting the ?GGG? Spot
By Steve Kim
With his systematic and workmanlike destruction of the game Curtis Stevens at the Theater of Madison Square Garden in New York this past weekend, WBA middleweight titlist Gennady Golovkin completed the most…
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Mission Accomplished?
By Steve Kim
If Gennady Golovkin can subdue Curtis Stevens tonight at the Theater of Madison Square Garden, by all accounts, it will have been a successful 2013 and all the stated goals he and…
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An Agitated ?GGG??
By Steve Kim
Unlike most opponents of WBA middleweight titlist Gennady Golovkin, Curtis Stevens, who faces him this weekend at the Theater in Madison Square Garden (HBO, 10 p.m., ET), has not been particularly reverential…
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Mosley Doesn?t Want to Sing or Dance
By Steve Kim
Back in August, when you asked him about a potential clash against Anthony Mundine, Shane Mosley said with a hearty laugh, ?I don?t think it?s going to happen.? Well, if you go.…
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Mile High Thumping
By Steve Kim
Going into Saturday night at the 1STBANK Center near Denver, Colorado, the equation was simple: Ruslan Provodnikov + Mike Alvarado = one helluva fight. And that?s precisely what took place between these…
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Sugar Ray Leonard Revisits ?No Mas?
By Steve Kim
More than three decades later, the great Sugar Ray Leonard still talks about his rematch with Roberto Duran, remembered more for what Duran did than what Leonard forced him to do. With…
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All He Does Is Win
By Steve Kim
There was something very appropriate about the music which accompanied Tim Bradley to the ring at the Thomas and Mack Center on Saturday night. ?All I Do Is Win? from DJ Khaled…
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The Showtime Shuffle
By Steve Kim
This much is clear; Showtime, which has an eventful 2013, will end the year with a pair of boxing broadcasts in December. It?s just a matter of who will be appearing on…
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Crawford Continues His Rise
By Steve Kim
When you ask the co-manager of lightweight Terence Crawford, who faces Andrey Klimov this Saturday night from the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida (HBO 9:45 p.m., ET), just how good his charge…
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Valdez Makes the Rounds
By Steve Kim
In the last month or so leading up to his fight this weekend at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, young featherweight prospect Oscar Valdez has been making the rounds in seemingly…
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Floyd Foils Robbery Attempt in Las Vegas
By Steve Kim
It was a particular brand of boxing excellence exhibited by Floyd Mayweather this past weekend at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, where a talented young fighter, Saul Alvarez was relegated to…
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There?s a Catch(weight) to Alvarez vs. Mayweather
By Steve Kim
Later this afternoon, Saul Alvarez will step onto the scales where he will have to come in at - or under -152 pounds. Despite being the unified junior middleweight champion, he will…
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The Machine?s Most Important Fight
By Steve Kim
As you probably know, there?s this little fight taking place on Saturday night at the MGM Grand between Floyd Mayweather and Saul Alvarez. It?s the year?s biggest event in the sport of…
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Get Ready for a Fast and Furious Fall
By Steve Kim
With the turn of the calendar and the summer coming to a close, boxing (which had been in a relative slumber) comes back to life starting this week. Maxboxing readers and fans…
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Azad Championship Report – Santa Cruz Faces His Toughest Test
By Steve Kim
Co-headlining this Saturday night?s card from the StubHub Center (Showtime 10:30 p.m., ET/7:30 p.m., PT) is Leo Santa Cruz, a fighter on quite a run recently. At this time last year, he…