Ron Borges
244 articles · BOXINGranks.com
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Borges: Hopkins learns to fight like Sun Tzu
By Ron Borges
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. ? From the moment the fight was announced, Bernard Hopkins was asked the same question again and again. The question was ?Why?? Why was a 49-year-old light heavyweight champion…
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Borges: Golovkin?s box office gold
By Ron Borges
The growth of middleweight champion Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin?s popularity seems to be picking up speed after breaking attendance records at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., and posting the second-highest viewership on a…
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Borges: Goossen leaves big void
By Ron Borges
The first time I met Dan Goossen, he was managing Mr. T and a fighter he first discovered under a tree wearing a leaf blower on his back. If ever there was…
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Borges: Maidana must beat champ to punch
By Ron Borges
LAS VEGAS ? When you ask Marcos Maidana?s trainer what their plan is tonight against Floyd Mayweather Jr., Robert Garcia?s lip curls into an evil smile. ?We?re not going in there to…
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Borges: Floyd Mayweather knows all about Maidana
By Ron Borges
LAS VEGAS ? Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a fighter who learns from his mistakes. That?s why the likelihood of Marcos Maidana upsetting him tomorrow night is on par with Roger Goodell falling…
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Boxing Notes: Instant replay enters ring
By Ron Borges
Boxing is finally coming into the Technology Age, albeit a bit late. The WBC, WBA and IBF have all agreed to begin using instant replay to settle disputes in world title fights,…
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Boxing Notes: Manny Pacquiao out of league
By Ron Borges
If you are the welterweight champion of the world and perceived as among the best pound-for-pound boxers on the planet, shouldn?t you start fighting some welterweights? That thought came to mind last…
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Borges: Martinez shouldn?t answer bell again
By Ron Borges
NEW YORK ? Apparently so starved is boxing for another superstar that all it takes to be compared with Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard is to beat up an aging and…
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Borges: Miguel Cotto retires Sergio Martinez, wins title
By Ron Borges
NEW YORK ? The boxing ring is not a place where you age gracefully. It is a boiling cauldron that exposes your vulnerabilities, as aging and perhaps infirm middleweight champion Sergio Martinez…
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?Money? fends off assault
By Ron Borges
LAS VEGAS ? It wasn?t easy money for Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday night. Perhaps it was merely a coincidence, or perhaps the man who calls himself ?Money? Mayweather had a premonition…
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De La Hoya?s aim: Work it out with Schaefer or move on
By Ron Borges
LAS VEGAS ? Oscar De La Hoya made one thing clear yesterday: He may be retired, but he?s still a fighter. He just doesn?t want to fight with Richard Schaefer, the CEO…
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Borges: Marcos Maidana has no fear
By Ron Borges
LAS VEGAS ? The true artistry of a boxer is being adept at many things, but none more than what Don King called ?trickeration.? Boxing is not simply some combination of stunning…
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Borges: Maidana a ?dog with bite
By Ron Borges
Bob Arum labeled him ?a guy who has cement in his shoes and can?t move and is a 15-1 shot, charitably.? The oddsmakers seem to agree. Certainly Floyd Mayweather Jr. has no…
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Roach socks it to Bradley
By Ron Borges
Six-time Trainer of the Year Freddie Roach socked it to Timothy Bradley last week in the hope it will inspire Manny Pacquiao to do the same Saturday night. After Bradley claimed that…
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Dream dies, but not fight
By Ron Borges
Paulie Malignaggi has become the essence of a professional. He fights for money not glory. Certainly, world titles remain important to him, which is why he was happy to learn recently he?d…
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Cotto, Martinez set for June showdown
By Ron Borges
For once, two top-notch fighters got what they wanted. They got a shot at each other. Former three-division champion Miguel Cotto agreed last week to move up in weight to face undersized…
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More than belt at stake
By Ron Borges
On April 12, Manny Pacquiao will face WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley in a boxing match at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. On the same night, Bradley will face Pacquiao in a…
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White honors his roots
By Ron Borges
Dana White is a relentless force for whom the word ?no? holds little meaning or significance. The same is true of his boxing mentor, South Boston?s Peter Welch. So when the two…
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Taxing issue for Pac-Man
By Ron Borges
Sonny Liston once said, ?Someday they?re gonna write a blues (song) for fighters. It?ll just be for slow guitar, soft trumpet and a bell.? If recent reports in wide circulation are even…
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Pac Man facing two foes
By Ron Borges
Saturday night, Manny Pacquiao faces the most difficult opponent any boxer can confront: the memory of himself face down on the floor. It has been 11 months since Juan Manuel Marquez face-planted…