David P. Greisman
334 articles · BoxingScene.com
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Fighting Words: A Bizarre Mayweather/Pacquiao Lawsuit
We?ve gone from prolonged frustration to hopeless resignation following the failure of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. to get into the ring with each other. We?ve gone from leveraging to bickering,…
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Fighting Words: Momentary Mayweather/Pacquiao Levity
We?ve gone from prolonged frustration to hopeless resignation following the failure of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. to get into the ring with each other. We?ve gone from leveraging to bickering,…
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Broner-Escobedo Sold Nearly 4,300, Avg. of $32/Ticket
The July 21 card featuring a main event of Adrien Broner vs. Vicente Escobedo had a total attendance of 4,596, with 4,296 tickets sold and 300 tickets given away for free, according…
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Mayweather Seeking $61 Million From Bankrupt Casino
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is seeking $61.6 million from Center Stage Alabama, a bingo hall/casino/entertain complex that he claims received a loan from him two years ago and has yet to repay him,…
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?Fighting Words? ? A Night to Stop Complaining and Enjoy
It might just have helped that this past Saturday?s ?Showtime Championship Boxing? was the last major boxing broadcast for more than a month. That is unfortunately the case, now that the Aug.…
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?Fighting Words? ? Adrien, We Have A ?Problem?
Adrien Broner?s greater sin wasn?t so much the one he committed as what it represented. Broner is far from the first high-profile fighter to fail to make weight. He won?t be the…
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?Fighting Words? ? David Haye: Return of The Spoiler
Admit it: You missed David Haye. Missing him was an emotion impossible to imagine a year ago, when he?d failed to fulfill the expectations he?d set for his fight with Wladimir Klitschko,…
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?Fighting Words? ? The Bar is Too High for Nonito, Sergio
It?s great to be good. It?s great to be great. It?s not so good to be thought of as great, however, when you don?t look as great as people think you are.…
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?Fighting Words? ? The Increasingly Invisible Roy Jones
Time is unforgiving. Fortunately for the aging athlete, people are far more likely to buff away the tarnish and allow the luster of a legacy to linger. Mike Tyson was inducted into…
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?Fighting Words? ? In Defense of Victor Ortiz
If our greatest heroes are those whose surplus of heart makes up for their deficiencies in talent, then it makes sense that our greatest villains shouldn?t be their opponents, but rather those…
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?Fighting Words? ? Now or Never for Martinez vs. Chavez
It?s not often that we get the right fight at the right time, not in a sport that is also a business, not when one must navigate promotional interests, sanctioning body politics,…
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?Fighting Words? ? Bad For Boxing, Great For Business
For weeks, we believed him. We watched Timothy Bradley as he trained, listened when he spoke, saw him assembled into the miniature musculature of a welterweight Adonis. We heard the words of…
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Pacquiao vs. Bradley: The Trainers Prediction Roundtable
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (uncertain): ?That?s going to be a hard situation because first and foremost Tim Bradley is going to come in in tiptop shape. He never slept on silk sheets. Pacquiao…
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?Fighting Words? ? Youth Doesn?t Always Prevail
Wladimir Klitschko is 36 years old and the undisputed heavyweight champion. His brother, Vitali, also a titleholder, is 40. Wladimir?s next opponent, Tony Thompson, is also 40. Look through the list of…
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?Fighting Words? ? Froch-Bute: The Cobra Strikes Back
Barring the occasional opponent whose primary motivation is to pick up a paycheck, every fighter steps into the ring intent on winning. Every fighter, then, has something to prove ? that he?s…
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‘Fighting Words’ ? Deconstructing Pacquiao-Bradley 24/7
You wouldn?t think that a Manny Pacquiao fight would need any help building buzz. Nor would you think that a Pacquiao fight against an undefeated, highly talented top titleholder in Timothy Bradley…
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?Fighting Words? ? Lamont Peterson?s New Biggest Fight
He and his brother overcame homelessness and poverty, battling through a tougher life than most ever have to experience, all while still a child. They found an opening to a better life…
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Arum Compares Mayweather to Nazi Propaganda Minister
Bob Arum of Top Rank, speaking this week to Las Vegas radio station ESPN 1100, compared Floyd Mayweather Jr. to an infamous Nazi propaganda minister. Arum said this of the difficulty in…
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Amir Khan: Let?s Hope the Right Thing Will Be Done
Former junior-welterweight titleholder Amir Khan has taken to Twitter to comment on the ongoing story involving Lamont Peterson, who tested positive for synthetic testosterone ahead of the May 19 rematch between the…
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Fighting Words: For Mayweather, Not All Work is Easy
Not all work is easy work, no matter what one of Floyd Mayweather Jr.?s motivation credos insists, not when your nose and mouth are bloodied and your left hand is sore, and…