David P. Greisman
334 articles · BoxingScene.com
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?Fighting Words? ? Sergio Martinez Leaves Paul Williams and World With Eyes Wide Open
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. ? This is how a man falls ? suddenly surrendering himself to gravity, quickly crashing to canvas, his bearings briefly settling him somewhere between pained and paralyzed. This is…
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?Fighting Words? ? No Longer “If” For Pacquiao, But “How”
He can do it with 400 punches, and he can do it with one. He can do it with power, and he can do it with speed. It is no longer ?if?…
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?Fighting Words? ? Juanma vs. Marquez: Baptism By Fire
The fires within Juan Manuel Lopez and Rafael Marquez were fueled from within but fanned from afar, stoked by those who said that Marquez was shot and those who said that Lopez…
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Fighting Words – Pacquiao: Driven To Distraction, or Glory?
No training camp is watched more intently or scrutinized more closely than one involving Manny Pacquiao. No training camp is more publicly tumultuous. There are the personality clashes between members of Pacquiao?s…
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?Fighting Words? ? Golden Boy vs. Top Rank Lawsuit Changes Everything, Nothing
They are mortal enemies, and so it is only a matter of fate that they work against each other after less than two years of working with each other. It is a…
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?Fighting Words? ? Five New, True Champions Resetting Their Divisions
The number of fighters with world title belts only serves to confuse. The number of fighters who are truly champions only serves to enlighten. Between the 17 weight classes and the four…
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?Fighting Words? ? The Impermanent Impertinence of Floyd Mayweather Jr.
You win, Floyd. People are once again talking about Floyd Mayweather Jr. (rather than focus their attention on everything else in boxing). People are now talking about your rant against Manny Pacquiao…
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?Fighting Words? ? Couture-Toney: The Natural, A Disaster
BOSTON ? It was only natural that this would happen. All of the pieces fit together as expected. All of the actors played their roles to a tee. All of the events…
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?Fighting Words? – Berto-nomics: Consequences of Inflation
Sometimes being good ain?t good enough. And sometimes the promise of big money ain?t big enough. This is the conundrum of welterweight beltholder Andre Berto. He is good enough to have a…
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?Fighting Words? ? ?Iron? Deficiency: Tyson Lawsuit A Gold Mine of Laughs
This is the story of a former boxer hoping to score the biggest upset in the history of the sport. Michael Wayne Landrum Sr. is attempting to surpass Buster Douglas and that…
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?Fighting Words? ? Marquez-Diaz 2: Marquez?s White Whale, Diaz?s Last Stand
Every other stare down before then, from the afternoon of the opening press conference until the day of the pre-fight weigh-in, is ceremonial. Not so for fight night, just before the bell…
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?Fighting Words? ? The Most Ridiculous Week In Boxing
We would prefer for the stories to be the fights. After all, the premise behind boxing is simple but beautiful: two men at conflict for 12 rounds or less, using hits and…
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?Fighting Words? ? Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.: A PR War With No Winners
Hope is a hot bath that has just had its stopper pulled. It is comforting but fleeting, draining away until the inevitable emptiness. There is no more hope that Manny Pacquiao and…
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?Fighting Words? ? When A Former Steroid Distributor Works With Boxers
Here is a man whose rise coincided with the rise of others: Victor Conte, a nutrition guru with a superlative cast to use for his client testimonials. He made his name by…
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?Fighting Words? ? Haye Bails on Challenging Klitschkos
Three clich?s, taken together, tell this tale: All bark and no bite. Talk is cheap. Seeing is believing. This is how we must think of David Haye: As someone who yapped and…
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?Fighting Words? ? They Don?t Need to Be Great to Be Good
I stood in a Massachusetts concert hall. So did 1,129 others, rising from their seats in response to the action in the ring. A regular at New England boxing shows might have…
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?Fighting Words? ? Four Boxing Rules That Can (And Should) Change Easily
Nothing is so sacrosanct as to be set in stone. Laws are amended. Court decisions are overturned. Even the Bible has long been up for debate, starting with the Talmud and continuing…
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?Fighting Words? ? Cotto Left Foreman Without a Leg to Stand On. As For Mercante?
BRONX, N.Y. ? We talk of boxing as war, an unarmed microcosm of armed conflict. The boxers, then, are variations on themes, versions of warriors, historic and contemporary. There were the soldiers…
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?Fighting Words? ? Free Fights, Pugilistic Piracy: Boxing, Broadcasts and Bootlegs
It is the night of Antonio Margarito?s fight against Roberto Garcia. I find an online stream of what is otherwise being shown on pay-per-view for $40. It is the day after UFC…
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?Fighting Words? ? Khan-Malignaggi: Tweet, Tweet Victory
They are called keyboard warriors. They are those who take advantage of the impersonal nature of the Internet. They hurl insults, provoke and taunt with no fear of retribution, no potential for…