John Gatling
596 articles · Examiner.com
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Canelo v Plant Will Be A Scintillating Action Fight
By John Gatling
Count me among those smashing “Buy” on the remote control. Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (56-1-2, 38 KOs) will put his WBC/WBA/WBO belts…
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So Long, Pac-Man
By John Gatling
Another season, sunshine hid by a rainy day Rainbows dancing in my thoughts afar I wonder If there’s a reason that leaves leave green and then fly away I told my master…
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Pacquiao Should Pass The Bud
By John Gatling
Just don’t even think about it. Puff, puff, pass. Freddie Roach know Bud would smoke his fighter, and do everything humanly possible to have Manny Pacquiao avoid Terence Crawford. This is a…
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Worldwide The Boldest Black Fighters Ever
By John Gatling
Last year, Deontay Wilder evoked Black History Month prior to his rematch with Tyson Fury. It was a bold statement accompanied by an ostentatious ring walk that spoke volumes. Unfortunately, “Bomb Squad”…
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Pacquiao vs. McGregor Sucks
By John Gatling
I need this Like old ladies need Jesus Please allow me to piece together a thesis Don’t get me wrong– it’s an action fight that would be far better than Mayweather Vs…
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21 Rounds: Pondering What Boxing Will Offer Us In the New Year
By John Gatling
Hey! Don’t sleep Pillows bleed off of lead I’ll swiss cheese ya head Like a fan in Green Bay In other words, I’ll blow your mind. That’s certainly what Teofimo Lopez did…
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Spence Vs Garcia: ‘The Truth’ About ‘Swift’
By John Gatling
Not so fast. Long before Covid-19 or before Danny Garcia wore a mask to the ring, a young Tom Hanks starred in “Philadelphia”, where he was not allowed to hide behind a…
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The State [March 2020]: The Black Swan
By John Gatling
Time flies, even when you take the train. About 5 years ago, right about now, I decided I’d take an Amtrak on a cross country trek from New York to Las Vegas…
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What if “Iron Mike” Faced Tyson?
By John Gatling
If you can’t accept losing, you can’t win. During the final press conference last Wednesday for Tyson Fury Vs Deontay Wilder II at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, I’d seen enough to…
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Wilder Vs Fury II: Hoover Damn
By John Gatling
Hell hath no Fury like a woman scorned. In this case, that would be a “Big Mama” and a “pussy” recovered from abject depression who’d ballooned in weight only to be rescued…
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The State [January 2020]: 20 Rounds
By John Gatling
To be a walking tourist of macabre fascination and dark captivation… As the ball dropped on 2019 I found myself asking a question: “What are we going to do with all this…
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Terence Crawford is a “Mean MF’er”
By John Gatling
Terence Crawford is a “Mean MF’er” Shit be important to me like the biscuit of The Fat Man Don’t make me hit you wit dat biscuit in the mask of Batman I’m…
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Terence Crawford is a “Mean Machine”
By John Gatling
“A lion never roars after the kill.” —Anonymous To be synonymous with the above is standard for New York City. I’ve seen Shaq in his hey day saunter Broadway unfettered for signature…
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Gatling Won’t Watch Ruiz-Joshua 2, But Likes JOSHUA Via Stoppage
By John Gatling
I don’t know if The Fat Lady is about to sing, but I’m pretty sure The Fat Man hasn’t missed a meal. It seems the only running unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz…
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TALKIN TURKEY WITH GAT: Bud Got “Money” To Burn
By John Gatling
Do not let your fire go out in the hopeless swamps of the approximate in the not quite in the not yet in the not at all —Ayn Rand Some of them,…
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Wild Thoughts
By John Gatling
?So? Nice coat. Deontay you look like the heavyweight champion of the world. You just might be the most charismatic heavyweight champion we?ve had since Muhammad Ali.? Yours truly, producing a genuinely…
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Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire Made ‘The Greatest’ Smile
By John Gatling
Sometimes, in our wild and crazy world Louie Armstrong might struggle to still call wonderful, the uncommonly brave will find platitude in adventure and search for gold. Not necessarily that which can…
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GATLING NOT AFRAID TO SAY: “Canelo Is NOT That Good”
By John Gatling
Show of hands and be honest. How many of you thought that Sergey Kovalev was going to beat Canelo Alvarez? But wait, before you say to yourself ?I didn?t,? wipe the donut…
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The State [Nov. 2019]: To Pac, Shakur
By John Gatling
There?s a malevolence to their peace. Such a rugged grace to a trajectory that feels like descent. I know in them, somehow, that in their darkness is the light. For someone to…
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Canelo Vs Kovalev: 40 Days to 5 Nights
By John Gatling
It?s Fight Week, which can always make the imagination run wild. On a La Poderosa II running wild. I?ve just watched The Motorcycle Diaries with a proletariat?s recidivistic sentimentality before waxing nostalgic…