Mike Nashed
10 articles · Diamond Boxing
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Mayweather vs Pacquiao is still the one
By Mike Nashed
With pigs preparing for flight, comes the news that Floyd Mayweather Jr. (47-0) and Manny Pacquiao (57-5-2) have finally come to terms in order to give boxing fans what they have long…
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The shady business of boxing: Anatomy of a superfight
By Mike Nashed
Veteran journalist, Larry Merchant once said of boxing, that it is much like Broadway; ?a live corpse?.it is no longer main stream, but somebody is still watching and somebody is still making…
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HBO Boxing: Will 2014 be its year?
By Mike Nashed
Despite promotional cold wars, network banishments and various other contractual impediments, the consensus among insiders and observers was that boxing enjoyed a renaissance in 2013. Rarely the case in recent years, marquee…
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Pacquiao vs Rios: Good morning Macau
By Mike Nashed
Among the things that newly developed China has threatened US superiority on, is that of premiere boxing event destination. As Top Rank Chief, Bob Arum has remarked on multiple occasions; there exists…
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Miguel Cotto: Vintage ‘Junito’ has boxing world at his feet
By Mike Nashed
With a little help from Freddie Roach and perhaps, a flux capacitor, Miguel Cotto (38-4) now occupies a position that is likely the most opportune of any boxer on the planet. Prior…
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Mayweather vs Canelo: ‘The One’ Man Behind the Men
By Mike Nashed
Fight week is upon us and the boxing world is abuzz in anticipation of Floyd Mayweather (44-0) vs. Saul "El Canelo" Alvarez, slated for September 14th at the MGM Grand. Opinions differ…
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Mayweather vs Canelo: Do Similar SuperBouts of the Past Tell Us Something?
By Mike Nashed
"The One," scheduled for September 14, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, will feature Mexican star, Saul "El Canelo" Alvarez (42-0-1) against the man universally regarded as the best in the…
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Darren Barker and Nathan Cleverly: The Tale of Two UK Champions
By Mike Nashed
On Saturday night, by way of major network television broadcast, the US and many parts of the world were exposed to two British champions. Though in separate fights and in different time…
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Geale vs Barker Sets the Stage
By Mike Nashed
Making his US debut on Saturday evening in Atlantic City, IBF middleweight champion Daniel Geale (29-1) will defend his title against the battle-tested Darren Barker (25-1) of England. Australian Geale, who will…
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Rebuilding Manny Pacquiao
By Mike Nashed
Manny Pacquiao is a generational talent and a future boxing hall of famer, yet if he were to have retired after his December loss to rival Juan Manual Marquez, as was the…