Thomas Hauser
148 articles · SecondsOut.com
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NYSAC under fire: The federal government steps in, Part I
The resignation of Tom Hoover as chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, announced on July 25, 2016, is the tip of an iceberg. Multiple sources say that two separate federal…
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The Hauser Report: Notes from a Night at Barclays Center
The Hauser Report ? Coming on the heels of Keith Thurman vs. Shawn Porter, the July 30 match-up between Californian Leo Santa Cruz and Carl Frampton of Northern Ireland was the second…
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The Jewish Golden Age
One of boxing?s more entertaining legends concerns an unsavory manager who brought a Latin American fighter named Marcos to New York in the 1960s, changed his name to Marcus and began touting…
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The Hauser Report: A Look Back at Thurman-Porter
The June 25 fight card at Barclays Center in Brooklyn featured WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman (Florida) versus challenger Shawn Porter (Ohio) in a battle of fighters from swing states that may…
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Inside the Ring or Out, Muhammad Ali Fought as if He Would Live Forever
Muhammad Ali told me in 1997 that he planned on living until age 90. We were on a bus in Boston en route to an elementary school for an assembly devoted to…
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From THE RING Magazine: In the fighters? words
ALI AND FRAZIER AGREED THAT THEY WENT TO HELL AND BACK TOGETHER This story appeared in the November 2015 edition of THE RING Magazine. In 1989, I sat on the sofa in…
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Canelo-Khan and the Shadow of Gennady Golovkin
On May 7, Mexican idol Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez knocked out Englishman Amir Khan at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to successfully defend the hybrid championship that he won last year with…
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What we know about Al Haymon: Part V
Richard Schaefer once observed, ?In boxing, money alone doesn?t bring success.? Al Haymon is still boxing?s most influential power broker. But he?s learning that trying to control and restructure the sweet science…
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What we know about Al Haymon: Part IV
On May 20, 2015, NBC Sports Group chairman Mark Lazarus, CBS Sports President Sean McManus, Fox Sports President Eric Shank and ESPN President John Skipper discussed the future of broadcast sports in…
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What we know about Al Haymon: Part II
Al Haymon?s first view of boxing was through the eyes of his older brother. Bobby Haymon was a journeyman welterweight who fought from 1969 to 1978 and compiled a record of 20-8-1…
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What we know about Al Haymon: Part I
THE RING?S Thomas Hauser in this special series sheds light on the powerful and mysterious boxing impresario Al Haymon and Premier Boxing Champions. First of five parts. Al Haymon?s college graduation yearbook…
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Manny Pacquiao and the Bible
At a January 21 press conference in New York to promote his upcoming fight against Tim Bradley, Manny Pacquiao was asked what he thought about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Trump seems…
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Book review: ?Money: The Life and Fast Times of Floyd Mayweather?
?Floyd Mayweather knows boxing,? Tris Dixon writes. ?He knows it better than he knows anything else.? Those words ring true. And they?re at the heart of Dixon?s new book, ?Money: The Life…
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NYSAC under fire: The Inspector General?s investigation ? Part V
Once David Berlin?s authority as executive director of the New York State Athletic Commission was clarified, a number of pressing issues were addressed and the process of professionalizing the NYSAC began. One…
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NYSAC under fire: The Inspector General?s investigation ? Part IV
On March 26, 2014, with the Inspector General?s investigation underway, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the appointment of David Berlin to fill the vacant post of executive director of the New York State…
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NYSAC under fire: The Inspector General?s investigation ? Part I
Russian heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov fought Mike Perez on Nov. 2, 2013, at Madison Square Garden. Hours later, Abdusalamov was in a coma following the removal of a portion of his skull and…
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Howard Davis Jr. (1956?2015)
Everybody liked Howard Davis. He had a warm way about him and was a nice guy. Davis won four national Golden Gloves titles and an amateur world crown. He vaulted into the…
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A parable for Roy Jones Jr.
There a story about an old man who lives in an area that?s being evacuated because of rising flood waters. The local authorities send a police car to bring the man out.…
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The Sinatras and boxing
Frank Sinatra was a boxing fan. At various times, he was involved in the business end of the sport, owning a piece of heavyweight Tami Mauriello and participating in the promotion of…
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?I?m the Golden Boy but I?m also Oscar?
Oscar De La Hoya was exhausted. It was 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, two days before the megafight between Canelo Alvarez and Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas. Alvarez is Golden Boy?s…