Michael Schmidt
37 articles · Boxing.com
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?On Experts? / Canelo TKO?d
What you?re looking for, pertaining to this boxing expert business, is somebody with a ?track record? of taking a stand and picking a winner? ?An expert is a man who has made…
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Gamboa vs. Mikey Garcia / 50 Cent / HBO Poll?
Part One ?I want ideas from you people. This is what you?re paid for. And by the way, the next time I send an audience research report around, you?d all better read…
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Frazier: The Lost Last Summer Smoke
June 27, 1971, Pres de Nice, France The Heavyweight Champion of the World, looking soft of belly a mere three months after an epic ?Fight of the Century? is sitting on the…
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?When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes?? from Quarry to Golovkin
Two spring-loaded heavyweights, toe-to-toe, 44 years ago, engaged in a Fight of the Year slugfest! It?s the weekend before ?The Long Weekend? (See The Long Weekend No. 2: The Prodigy ? July…
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The Mayweather University: Whiskers, Canelo, and Freeflow
?But you know you?re the first guy that?s actually mentioned, and it?s true, it?s true, that Floyd?s got a great chin?? HARD WORK!?Dedication?HARD WORK!?Dedication He has a graphic design degree from Western…
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Hall of Fame: A Picture and Not Enough Words
There were too many ?moments? and a just not enough capacity of word thought to describe this year?s International Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Weekend. Johnny Kalbhenn, a close friend from way…
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The Gladiator Club: Unbreakable Respect
Mandalay Bay / Friday Night before Rios vs. Alvarado II, StripSteak Restaurant ?Say hello to George Chuvalo. He?s a good man.??Earnie Shavers, aka The Black Destroyer Pieces of their existence, DNA chunks…
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Liston Up Donaire or Lose!
Las Vegas: Sunday morning after Rios v. Alvarado II It was a special night and a special fight last evening. Although, I am tracing back 24 hours to early pre-sunrise yesterday, I…
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The Sound of the Fury/U.S.
What does Fury say to ?The bigger they are the harder they fall!?? Well, ?That?s something a small man would say.? Fantastic. The Sound of the Fury! TYSON FURY VS. STEVE U.S.S.…
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The Rios Grande Lie
?Brandon fookin? Rios Grande is fabulous. A GREAT FIGHTER and like great fighters, a great fookin? liar!? says my drunken friend of many moons, Irish Darcy ?R?. More on Darcy another time…
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The Executioner?s Swan Song
This coming weekend Tavoris ?Thunder? Cloud looks to put an end to one of the very best career runs in boxing history as he faces Bernard Hopkins. The Executioner?s Swan Song? It…
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Postcard from New York: Beyond Garcia and Golovkin
In the end result, for this boxing fan, it was not about the big main events, of Garcia, of Golovkin, this past weekend at Madison Square Garden. These are my thoughts as…
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Time in a Hurry?Foreman Was Never Better
Where does the time fly! January 22nd, 1973, Kingston, Jamaica. Forty years gone by as the anniversary of George Foreman winning the Heavyweight Championship of the world against Joe Frazier! It goes…
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Miguel Angel Garcia?Matador in Manhattan
Like the great Mexican matador Alejandro Amaya, Garcia will need to keep the bull in Orlando Salido coming at his, Garcia?s terms? ?Schmidty, there is a huge difference between that fighter, five…
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All I Want for Christmas No. 2: Manny, One for the Show?
Lyford Cay, Bahamas Well, Santa, I probably should not get greedy and maybe shouldn?t have any list this year. But according to the character Gordon Gekko greed is good and it sure…
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Nonito Donaire: Again, Right, Now!
Toronto, Canada??Fight Night!? Manny is laying face first on the canvas. He is in ?no-man?s land.? In his brain little electrical impulses and brain cells are bounding about like a lottery ball…
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Manny Pacquaio: No Fire, Retire
I wonder if Manny looks back to those days of being knocked out, where he literally had to be picked up off the canvas by a cornerman, arms hanging limp? Manny Pacquiao?s…