Marty Mulcahey
79 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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The 10 Greatest Welterweight Title Fights of All-Time
To kick off Manny Pacquiao-Tim Bradley week in a positive fashion, I thought it a good idea to review the 10 greatest welterweight title clashes ever and to see what the duo…
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The NBC Sports & Showtime TV Cheat Sheet- June 1, 2012
This is the third NBC Sports Network boxing show and to the network?s credit, it has put out evenly matched and entertaining fights for every telecast. The quality of tonight?s event is…
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An ESPN2/EPIX Weekend TV Cheat Sheet- May 25, 2012
This week, the TV Cheat Sheet combines the main event from tonight?s ?ESPN2 Friday Night Fights? show and tomorrow?s tantalizing super middleweight showdown on EPIX. This is brought about because the ?FNF?…
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The ESPN2 Friday Night Fights TV Cheat Sheet- May 18, 2012
?Friday Night Fights? is back with a good mix of returning boxers and new blood; the four boxers featured enter the ring with a combined record of 54-1-2 as well as offensive…
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The ShoBox TV Cheat Sheet- May 11, 2012
This show had originally been scheduled as a triple-header; sadly, the card has been hit hard by injuries but still managed to retain two attractive co-main events, satisfying ShoBox?s high matchmaking standards.…
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Showtime Championship Boxing TV Cheat Sheet- Apr. 21, 2012
Boxers below the featherweight division deserve the spotlight more often, as fans have been rewarded with exciting fights from the likes of Nonito Donaire, Abner Mares, Vic Darchinyan, Jorge Arce, Joseph Agbeko…
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MEX(ico) Marquez the Spot
Juan Manuel Marquez is in the sunset stage of a legendary career; already ensured a plaque in the Hall of Fame, he plays the role of prodigal son against Sergey Fedchenko in…
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The Sugar that Made Our Science so Much Sweeter
Beneath a rakishly tilted fedora and behind a rising cloud of cigar smoke sat Bert Sugar, an iconic man who embodied the sport of boxing as much as he helped define it.…
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The HBO World Championship Boxing TV Cheat Sheet- Mar. 17, 2012
Sergio Martinez embodies everything that is good and right about boxing! Yet, irrationally, because of my Irish roots, I find myself rooting for Matthew Macklin tonight. How sad is that? I tell…
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2012 Predictions: Champs Who Will Stay and Go and Prospects to Watch: Part One
Welcome to my annual look into the future, a hopefully edifying preview of every weight class from strawweight to heavyweight. Yes, I take the time to investigate boxers below bantamweight, where no…
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The PPV Undercard TV Cheat Sheet
I am a contrarian; while everyone else focuses on the main event, the TV Cheat Sheet is here to highlight a solid bill of lead-in bouts for tonight?s Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan…
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The Best Fight of the Weekend Has No Place on American Television
Boxing fans are in for a solid weekend of action. Nine boxers rated in The Ring magazine?s top ten duck between the ropes with three nationally televised bouts and four world titles…
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The Weekend TV Cheat Sheet- October 21, 2011
This weekend, the TV Cheat Sheet takes a page out of real life, mixing a bit of HBO with Showtime (as in HBO poaching Ken Hershman from Showtime to head their boxing…
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The Showtime and Fox Sports TV Cheat Sheet- Aug. 13, 2011
Showtime will not air an undercard bout before its excellent duel between Abner Mares and Joseph Agbeko but I have a feeling that duo will throw two fights? worth of punches anyhow.…
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ESPN2 Friday Night Fights TV Cheat Sheet- Aug. 11, 2011
Not one of the boxers featured on this week?s ?Friday Night Fights? telecast is undefeated, which is not a bad thing, considering an unblemished record often means a fighter has not been…
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Wladimir Klitschko?s Fight for Respect
A well-known parable cautions against provoking and being wary of a man who is slow to anger. So has David Haye awakened the beast in the giant that is Wladimir Klitschko? It…
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HBO Boxing After Dark TV Cheat Sheet- June 17, 2011
I am in love with the idea of Saul Alvarez, a charismatic, young ?champion? who has engaged in 37 professional fights before his 21st birthday. I remain uncertain as to whether ?Canelo?…
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ESPN2 Friday Night Fights TV Cheat Sheet
Mandalay Bay holds a dry run for the big Manny Pacquiao ? Shane Mosley PPV tonight, hosting top ten-ranked Filipino featherweight Bernabe Concepcion and an up-and-coming local attraction in the main event.…
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Boxing’s a Driving Force in Detroit
The Motor City, as a community and center of boxing, has hit hard times. A fighting spirit still resides in the city and the hope is tonight?s high-profile clash between Timothy Bradley…
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Stuck on ESPN2?
A multiplicity of influences and chance combine to shape the careers of boxers currently serving their tours of duty on ESPN2?s ?Friday Night Fights.? On FNF?s 2011 debut, Ruslan Provodnikov was upset…