Keith Idec
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Boxing: Don?t expect Gennady Golovkin vs. Floyd Mayweather
By Keith Idec
With few attractive alternatives at middleweight, Gennady Golovkin would love to move down to 154 pounds to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. Golovkin realizes he won?t get a crack at Canelo Alvarez or…
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Boxing: The sport needed Canelo Alvarez-James Kirkland
By Keith Idec
Canelo Alvarez?s annihilation of James Kirkland couldn?t have come at a better time for boxing. A week after Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao disappointed millions of people who paid nearly $100…
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Idec on boxing: Alvarez-Kirkland fight should be good
By Keith Idec
Here is boxing writer Keith Idec?s inside look at the sport: FEATURED FIGHT: Canelo Alvarez vs. James Kirkland. Their 12-round junior middleweight match is expected to draw about 35,000 fans to Houston?s…
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Boxing notes: Floyd Mayweather vacating titles to assist others
By Keith Idec
LAS VEGAS ? He hasn?t been beaten, but Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be known as a former champion before he fights again. Mayweather revealed Sunday morning that he plans to relinquish each…
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Vegas view: Even weigh-in is an event
By Keith Idec
LAS VEGAS ? Even the Mayweather-Pacquiao weigh-in was an event. About 11,500 fans bought tickets to Friday?s sold-out weigh-in, where passionate Filipinos cheered wildly for their beloved countryman and booed Floyd Mayweather…
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N.J. Commish: May-Pac Officials Can’t ‘Screw It Up’
By Keith Idec
LAS VEGAS ? Larry Hazzard is as eager to see Mayweather-Pacquiao as anyone. One of boxing?s most respected regulators will watch the long-awaited welterweight title fight from a different vantage point, though.…
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Has Pacquiao recovered from 2012 knockout?
By Keith Idec
LAS VEGAS ? Floyd Mayweather Sr. suspects Manny Pacquiao hasn?t really recovered from his devastating defeat to Juan Manuel Marquez. The powerful Filipino southpaw took a year off between bouts after Marquez…
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Idec: Delaying Pacquiao fight worth millions to Mayweather
By Keith Idec
LAS VEGAS ? Millions called him a coward, and it didn?t have anything to do with his disgusting domestic violence record. No matter whom Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat, no matter how impressively,…
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Idec on boxing: It’s not the biggest fight ever
By Keith Idec
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and everyone else calling Mayweather-Pacquiao the biggest fight ever should stop. It is without doubt the biggest fight of the 21st century ? bigger for sure than Mayweather-Oscar De…
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Boxing: Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a real tough ticket
By Keith Idec
Tickets to the long-awaited Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight finally went on sale at 3 p.m. Thursday. By 3:01, the roughly 500 tickets made available to the public were sold out. Even…
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Pacquiao Tells Kimmel Underdog Role Motivates Him
By Keith Idec
Before breaking into a rendition of the song Manny Pacquiao wrote recently as entrance music for his May 2 fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr., Jimmy Kimmel asked Pacquiao if he is worried…
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Mayweather Takes High Road Regarding Roach Remarks
By Keith Idec
Floyd Mayweather Jr. resisted the temptation Wednesday to respond to Freddie Roach?s relentless taunts. Roach has been highly critical of Mayweather throughout the promotion of the highly anticipated Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight scheduled…
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Klitschko Slightly Favors Mayweather, Respects Resume
By Keith Idec
NEW YORK ? Wladimir Klitschko demonstrated Tuesday that his older brother isn?t the only politician in the family after he was asked about Floyd Mayweather?s flamboyant behavior outside the ring. The humble,…
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Boxing: The makings of an instant classic
By Keith Idec
It hasn?t received anywhere near the amount of attention Mayweather-Pacquiao has attracted, but the Lucas Matthysse-Ruslan Provodnikov fight scheduled for Saturday night should at the very least emerge as a "Fight of…
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Boxing notebook: Keith Idec’s inside look
By Keith Idec
THE IDEC INDEX Here is boxing writer Keith Idec?s inside look at the sport: FEATURED FIGHT: Curtis Stevens vs. Gabe Rosado. These middleweight contenders will square off in a Big Knockout Boxing…
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Provodnikov OK With Roach Missing Matthysse Fight
By Keith Idec
Ruslan Provodnikov isn?t worried about not having Freddie Roach in his corner when he faces Lucas Matthysse. As long as Roach can continue helping him prepare for that difficult fight on a…
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Boxing: Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao needs no hype
By Keith Idec
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will come face to face today for the first time since that fateful night in Pacquiao?s Miami hotel suite six weeks ago. Both boxers agree that…
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Boxing notes: Keith Idec’s inside look at the sport
By Keith Idec
THE IDEC INDEX Here is boxing writer Keith Idec's inside look at the sport: FEATURED FIGHT: Adonis Stevenson vs. Sakio Bika. Stevenson's next defense of the WBC light heavyweight title, scheduled for…
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Abel Sanchez: Bad For Cotto’s Legacy To Avoid Golovkin
By Keith Idec
Abel Sanchez isn?t overlooking Martin Murray, the man the middleweight monster Sanchez trains will encounter Saturday in Monte Carlo. The veteran trainer envisions Gennady Golovkin demolishing Murray, though, which would leave the…
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Boxing: Cotto needs to fight Golovkin
By Keith Idec
Miguel Cotto couldn?t have had better boxing options six weeks ago. The Puerto Rican icon could?ve fought Mexican star Canelo Alvarez in what would?ve been one of the most anticipated fights of…