John Chavez
204 articles · Hard Core Boxing
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Mosley-Pacquiao Needs to Happen in October
It is a great rarity when all the stars align within the world of boxing. It only happens when a match-up looks fight fans dead in the eyes and says, "Yes, I…
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Huge Money Flows in on Under Play for Hatton-Pacquiao!
After arriving in Sin City on Thursday for what is surely to be considered ?Spectacle of the Year? in the Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton extravaganza, I took my degenerate gambling ass over to…
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Amateur Boxing Suspended in All of California!
t is a shock to most in the boxing community, especially those located on the West Coast. While the details surrounding this temporary suspension of amateur boxing in California are not exactly…
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Gregorio Asuncion Needs to Grow Some Stones
So I hear that some guy named ?Greg? Asuncion is filing an unlimited civil lawsuit against Freddie Roach due to some incident in which the world-renown trainer kicked him out of the…
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Pacquiao Deserves At Least 60 Percent Against Ricky Hatton
I don?t understand why people must make things so goddamn complicated when it comes to boxing negotiations. It?s as if they must amplify the simplest and most minute details when it comes…
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If Hatton-Pacquiao Falls Through, Bring Manny to San Francisco
From what I?ve learned about the art of negotiation within boxing, it all comes down to posturing and flexing in order to receive what one wants. When I refer to ?flexing?, I?m…
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Some Sound Financial Advice to All Boxers Today
Let me make one thing very, very clear to all you prize fighters and aspiring champions today. The entire world is experiencing an economic recession that will last for quite a while.…
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Manny Pacquiao Thinks He Can Beat Antonio Margarito? ?The Boxing Bookie? Agrees? Just Not in 2009
Sometimes certain match-ups need to take place within certain time frames in order to experience certain outcomes. What would be once considered a complete mismatch on basically every level is no longer…
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How Greedy Will Richard Schaefer Be for Hatton-Pacquiao?
It seems like forever and a day since that fateful trilogy bout took place. The fight was Erik ?El Terrible? Morales vs. Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao III at the Thomas & Mack Center…
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?The Boxing Bookie?s? Two Day Late, Four Dollar Short Recap
I don?t understand? I just don?t. Marley, why is it that I can?t include the Vegas truth? It?s akin to attempting to write about our recent presidential candidate without using the letters…
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Oscar Listed at -165 As of This Very Moment
It's a bit strange to me my friends. The line on this fight makes this Saturday's event even more perplexing as I cannot fathom as to why Oscar De la Hoya is…
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Less than 225,000 Buys for Calzaghe-Jones
I?m laughing at you Kerry Davis. I?m laughing at you Ross Greenburg. I?m laughing at all you nitwits working at HBO for thinking that piecing together a non-compelling match-up coupled with a…
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GBP and Top Rank Having Some Fun on Press Tour
It was only a few years back when it seemed as though the cold war between promotional firms Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions would bring boxing?s most intriguing match-ups to a…
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?The Boxing Bookie? Advises Richard Schaefer to Slow Down
I understand that people can tend to get ahead of themselves with excitement from time to time. Keeping secrets and ground-breaking thoughts to ones-self can seem quite excruciating for most being that…
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The Country Has Started to Unravel and it?s Only Just Begun The Effects of the Looming Depression on the Sweet Science
It?s funny how quickly and drastically things have changed within the United States over the past several years. The country went from dot-com boom to bust, real estate boom to bust and…
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Interview With Golden Boy Promotions V.P. Match-Maker, Eric Gomez
It?s funny how some people, generally younger people tend to have a glamorized view of the restaurant industry. I?ve seen and heard many of them state that one day they?d like to…
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Smart Strategic Move for Pacquiao-De la Hoya Press Tour
We already know that virtually every person of Filipino descent at least knows about the man, the myth, the ?Pacman? Manny Pacquiao. It?s no secret to his current fan base that he…
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No Go for Campbell-Marquez But Why?
Michael Marley is full of plenty of miseries but the predominant one is being full of shit. When there?s a problem within boxing, there?s no doubt that the BC staff will speak…
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?The Boxing Bookie?s? Las Vegas Recap
Everytime I somehow find my way back home after a weekend trip to Sin City, I feel the lasting repercussions of an entertaining but physically damaging excursion. You know that something is…
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De la Hoya-Pacquiao? Who?s Right and Who?s Wrong?
I?m letting you know right now that this will be one of the final jabs at ?The Kassim Ouma Match?. (By the way? I despise the billing title as ?The Dream Match?.…
