David P. Greisman
334 articles · BoxingScene.com
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?Fighting Words? ? Shoot First, Ask Questions Later
Manny Pacquiao is winning fights because he?s on performance-enhancing drugs. Shane Mosley lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr. because he?s no longer on performance-enhancing drugs. Kermit Cintron intentionally dove out of the ring…
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?Fighting Words? ? Mosley-Mayweather: The Last Word
To hear Floyd Mayweather Jr. is to listen to a man addicted to the tenor of his voice, a man who talks with a confident tone but whose caricatural hubris suggests he…
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Fighting Words? ? Napoleons Dynamite: Smaller Men, Big Wins
Stature doesn?t necessarily equal status. Bigger doesn?t have to mean better. The Tale of the Tape misleads, presenting with utmost importance that which can be easily measured, compared and contrasted. Age, reach,…
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?Fighting Words? ? How To Make A Champion
It takes more than championship material to make a fighter a champion. The fighter still has to do the hard work in the ring. What goes on outside of the ring is…
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?Fighting Words?- Hopkins-Jones: True Blood? No. Twilight.
Passions can burn for decades, but flames will eventually run out of fuel. Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. carried the competitive fire into their 40s. Entering this year, Hopkins, 45, had…
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?Fighting Words? ? Super Six: Into The Great Wide Open
Moment No. 1: It is late in the fight. Arthur Abraham lands a right hand, knocking his opponent, an American who earned bronze at the Olympics, into unconsciousness. Moment No. 2: It…
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“Fighting Words” – Wladimir Klitschko: Jab Jab Jab, Bang Bang Bang
How many times have I written this column? How many times have we seen Wladimir Klitschko be so good at making his opponent look so bad? How many times have we talked…
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“Fighting Words” – Pacquiao-Clottey: Pride And/Or Glory
The tale of the tape listed their ages, their heights, their weights and the length of their arms. The previews and predictions included other physical attributes – Manny Pacquiao’s speed, Joshua Clottey’s…
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“Fighting Words” – Wlad Klitschko: Heavyweight Heave-Ho
That Wladimir Klitschko’s fight March 20 against Eddie Chambers won’t be on HBO is unusual but not unprecedented – his last fight, a win last June over Ruslan Chagaev, was aired on…
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“Fighting Words” – Kiss My Cash: Deal Or No Deal
The pinnacle in a fighter’s career, of course, is that moment before the bout when the referee stands between him and his opponent and lifts the arm of he who is getting…
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“Fighting Words” – The Age of the Ageless (and The Young and Done)
What is old? Is it Andrew Golota getting beat up by Tomasz Adamek at 42? Or is it George Foreman winning the heavyweight championship against Michael Moorer at 45? What is over…
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“Fighting Words” – Ask Not What Boxing Can Do For You
Ask not what boxing can do for you. Because it won’t. Why would it? Boxing is a business. The top priority is the bottom line. “I know what people want, and then…
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“Fighting Words” – IBO Debate: Pundit and The President
Change is easy. Acceptance is the hard part. Boxing has gone from having one major sanctioning body to having two, from having two major sanctioning bodies to having three, and from having…
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“Fighting Words” – Mayweather-Pacquiao: Two Egos Too Big, One Fight Not Too Big To Fail
There are no good excuses. There are no good explanations. There are no winners. It is no wonder. It is no wonder that the biggest fight featuring the biggest talents, the biggest…
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“Fighting Words” – The (Crystal) Ball on 2010: A Satire
There’s no need for tarot cards. Stow away your Magic 8-Balls and Ouija boards. Close the book on Nostradamus. Forget the supernatural. When it comes to predictions, I’m a natural. As Tony…
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“Fighting Words” – Freewheeling Fighting Awards 09, P2
Part one ( Click Here ) of this year’s Fighting Awards took a look at the controversial and the sensational, moments that made us drop our heads in shame and moments that…
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“Fighting Words” – Freewheeling Fighting Awards 09, P1
The attraction of boxing, beyond the action and drama of sanctioned violence, is what this Sweet Science says about life. There are no advantages for those that come from money and social…
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“Fighting Words” – Upon Further Review… Think Again
Remember back when people thought before they spoke? Remember those days when opinions were developed from within instead of just spouted out? Now we get talking heads with knee-jerk reactions under the…
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DAVID P. GREISMAN: Usually when the No. 1 guy in a division faces a largely untested prospect, we decry the match-up as either the top fighter facing lesser opposition or the prospect…
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“Fighting Words” – Cotto-Pacquiao: The Mercenary and the Mercy Rule
Manny Pacquiao, basking in admiration, savoring the moment, pulled himself up on the ropes. The slow-motion camera captured him, two raised fists, a bare-chested hero looking out, the clarity of the camera…
