Des Bieler
13 articles · Washington Post
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Oscar De La Hoya says he could ?take out Conor McGregor in two rounds?
Oscar De La Hoya may be trying to put an unlikely twist on the phrase, ?If you can?t beat ?em, join ?em.? The 44-year-old ex-boxer is now saying that he?d like to…
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Boxing trainer Freddie Roach says Floyd Mayweather told him McGregor fight will happen
A Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight continues to seem more inevitable. The drumbeat for the megafight got louder Monday, when legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach said he heard the fight would happen from…
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Did Canelo Alvarez duck Gennady Golovkin by giving up his WBC title?
Gennady ?GGG? Golovkin and Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez are arguably the two biggest draws in boxing, with just one loss between them and plenty of knockouts, including in each of their most recent…
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Gennady Golovkin moves to 34-0 with knockout of David Lemieux
Gennady ?GGG? Golovkin is hunting for bigger prey than David Lemieux, but on Saturday night he was content to methodically stalk and pound his overmatched opponent into submission. Eventually, the referee stopped…
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This ?Punch-Out!!?-style Mayweather-Pacquiao parody pretty much called it
A San Francisco outfit called Noober Goobers makes videos about video games, and on Saturday it decided to take advantage of the hysteria (remember those days?) surrounding the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight.…
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Freddie Roach says Manny Pacquiao beating Floyd Mayweather would be ?a public service to boxing?
Freddie Roach has been Manny Pacquiao?s trainer for 15 years, so he?s not exactly a charter member of the Floyd Mayweather Fan Club. And when the celebrated trainer learned that Mayweather was…
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Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao to make one joint appearance before fight week
Boxing fans have a new date to mark on their calendars: March 11. That is when the only press conference featuring both Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will be held before the…
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Manny Pacquiao trolls Floyd Mayweather with T-shirt
For the longest time, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather traded shots via social media. Finally, on May 2, the pair of superstar boxers will let their fists do the talking. Of course,…
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Floyd Mayweather says neither he nor Manny Pacquiao have signed an agreement to fight
All that new-found hope that Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao would really, finally, actually, for-reals-this-time have a boxing match? That was so early-Sunday. Later on Sunday, Mayweather appeared on national television to…
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Manny Pacquiao promoter decries lack of ?urgency? in Floyd Mayweather camp
It was all looking so promising. On Tuesday, Manny Pacquiao finally corralled the man he?s been cajoling into a blockbuster fight for so long. In fact, not only did the Filipino superstar…
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Manny Pacquiao should probably stop begging for a fight with Floyd Mayweather
If shots over social media were actual punches, the long-awaited Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight would already be somewhere in the middle rounds. As things stand, however, the fight is still very much…
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Report: Mayweather demanding two-thirds of the pie for Pacquiao fight
Manny Pacquiao wants the fight, promoters certainly want the fight, and boxing fans are all but demanding the fight. However, the question remains: Does Floyd Mayweather want a fight with Pacquiao? A…
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Bob Arum ?very optimistic? that a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight will happen in 2015
We waited. Then we waited some more. Then we just kind of gave up. So now, of course, is the perfect time to offer renewed hope for a fight between Floyd Mayweather…
