Pedro Fernandez
310 articles · RingTalk.com
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MUHAMMAD ALI, PEDRO, & THE SLEEPING PILOT!
AIR INDIA PILOT FALLS ASLEEP & KILLS 158! San Francisco, CA- One of the funnier stories in boxing history involved air travel, Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell. The day after George Foreman…
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WEED: JUST HOW MANY FIGHTERS SMOKE?
MARIJUANA BUSTS BEATS STEROIDS NEARLY 200-1! San Francisco, CA- Over the years, booze, prescription pills, cocaine, heroin, you name the drug, fighters, much like society as a whole have had drug issues…
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SEX: DOES IT HELP OR HURT A FIGHTER?
WHEN & WHY IS SEX FORBIDDEN IN FIGHTING? San Francisco, CA- For as long as I can remember, ?sex & boxing? came together like oil & water. My old man, his prior…
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IS MANNY PACQUIAO SAFE IN DALLAS, TX?
HEY MANNY, JFK DIDN?T THINK DALLAS WAS DANGEROUS! San Francisco, CA- There was a time when renowned sports attorney Sydney Hall was calling me on the phone and talking up this fighter…
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FLOYD MAYWEATHER TO BE ?SHUNNED? BY HISTORY
San Francisco, CA- On many occasions you will find a story about the boxing greats of different eras being compared to one another. The late, great, Jacob Finkelstein, AKA the Godfather of…
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ANDRE DIRRELL: EXPLAINING BRAIN INJURIES
EXPLANATION OF BRAIN INJURIES San Francisco, CA- With the recent revelation that once beaten super middleweight (168 lbs) Andre Dirrell suffered some ?Neurological Damage? in his last fight with Arthur Abraham some…
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GOMEZ-PINTOR: GREATEST FIGHT EVER PART II
San Francisco, CA- We have talked about how Larry Holmes had a hard road to hoe in following Muhammad Ali. That being said, if there was ever a main event that could…
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BOXING GETS EXCITING SANS PAC & FLOYD
WHO IS THE REAL KING AT 140 LBS? San Francisco, CA- Last week, there was little good to report in boxing. Antonio Margarito got a license, there was a Klitschko sighting, Bob…
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THE WAR: ALEXIS ARGUELLO & FILIPINO STUD ANDY GANIGAN
NOT EASY TO WRITE ABOUT ALEXIS THE GREAT! Alexis Arguello San Francisco, CA- While gazing through some pictures I had shot at Alexis Arguello?s house in Nicaragua some 11 years ago, I…
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NSAC, ARUM, MEXICO, P.I. & WBC LACK MORALS!
San Francisco, CA- Americans often frown on third world countries in regards to cultural issues. That being said, both Mexico and the Philippines, neither seem to have morals, ethics, or even the…
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VICTORIOUS NONITO DONAIRE ON ?RING TALK? TODAY @ 6 PM PT
?FILIPINO FLASH? TOPS THE RT GUEST LIST! San Francisco, CA- Fresh off of his eight round spanking of Herman Marquez, World 115 lb. king Nonito Donaire will spend some time with us…
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?FILIPINO FLASH? DONAIRE DEFENDS IN PUERTO RICO
?FILIPINO FLASH? PUTS UP BELT ON NEUTRAL TURF San Francisco, CA- There is nothing easy about 115 lb. World champ Nonito Donaire?s defense this Saturday against once-beaten Herman Marquez. Nearly starved at…
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NONITO DONAIRE & WIFE ON ?RING TALK? SUNDAY
THE CHAMP & THE UNFAIRLY SCORNED LADY San Francisco, CA- While at the Sports Nutrition for Advanced Conditioning offices in San Carlos on Friday afternoon, I ran into two champs and a…
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DURAN BEATS LEONARD 30 YEARS AGO: PART II
LEONARD-DURAN LET HOWARD COSELL BUILD THE FIGHT San Francisco, CA- Still only 24, Ray Leonard was 27-0, with 18 KOs. Fast and flashy, the African American Leonard, the Olympic champion would prove…
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WHO SHOULD BE ON COVER OF BOXING BIBLE?
WHAT FIGHTER IS WORTHY OF SUCH AN HONOR? San Francisco, CA- During a conversation with Roberto Duran?s one-time manager Hector Martinez about the 30th anniversary of Duran-Ray Leonard I, we were talking…
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ANDRE WARD KNOWS ALLAN GREEN?S ?NO JOKE?
BAY AREA FANS WERE DEPRIVED FOR SO LONG! San Francisco, CA- For those of us that have lived through a few generations of boxing here in the last of the liberal bastions…
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ANDRE WARD KNOWS ALLAN GREEN?S ?NO JOKE?
BAY AREA FANS WERE DEPRIVED FOR SO LONG! San Francisco, CA- For those of us that have lived through a few generations of boxing here in the last of the liberal bastions…
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NEVADA COMMISSION PART II: BLIND ON DRUGS & THE POWER OF UFC
UFC?S WHITE SAYS ?NO? TO RANDOM DRUG TESTS San Francisco, CA- If you watch TMZ, that TV show that follows celebs to and fro, you might remember how cool UFC fighter Josh…
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NEVADA COMMISSION ?BLIND? ON DRUGS!
PART I OF SERIES ON DRUGS & NEVADA San Francisco, CA- Having been on the subject of ?steroids in boxing? since 2004 when I broke a story that exposed Shane Mosley as…
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WHEN A REFEREE TRIES TO BE GOD!
NOT EVEN HIS DAD COULD SPIN THIS ONE! San Francisco, CA- Having watched veteran referee Arthur Mercante Jr. stop and then restart a fight this past Saturday, something that confused the spit…