Rich Mancuso
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A Real Main Event For Villarreal
By Rich Mancuso
Ismael Villarreal sustained his first loss in early February. The 10-round split decision and world wide exposure on SHOWBOX was a minor setback but the 26-year old super welterweight from the Bronx…
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Back in Brooklyn: Danny Garcia is on a serious mission
By Rich Mancuso
Danny Garcia needs a win Saturday night in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center. He is not concerned about ratings as the No. 3 welterweight in a division that is the focus of…
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Terence Crawford, the pound-for-pound king, deserves better opportunities
By Rich Mancuso
What is next for Terence Crawford? The WBO welterweight champion was successful in defending his title at Madison Square Garden Saturday night. The presumed pound-for-pound king of boxing—no debate about that here—made…
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Mancuso: Pacquiao Moving To Floyd
By Rich Mancuso
Manny Pacquiao will not underestimate Adrien Broner the former four-division world champion. Pacquiao, the boxing record eight-division champion was the Philippine Congressman and Senator again Monday morning at the Gotham Ballroom in…
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Logic Says Pacquiao Wants This Mayweather Fight Again
By Rich Mancuso
This is no longer a rumor as reliable sources on Tuesday afternoon were able to confirm that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will meet Manny Pacquiao in the ring again as soon as early…
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Mancuso: Cotto Loss Said It Was Over
By Rich Mancuso
The final chapter for Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden Saturday evening showed it was time for the four-division and six time world champion to await his call for enshrinement in the…
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Mancuso: Slow Death of Pay-Per-View Begins With Pacquiao
By Rich Mancuso
It was inevitable and boxing promoters are beginning to see the picture when Manny Pacquiao defends his WBO welterweight title tomorrow night from Australia. It has nothing to do with Pacquiao and…
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Crawford Retains Titles With Pacquiao On Agenda
By Rich Mancuso
Terence Crawford made his statement again at Madison Square Garden Saturday night and may be headed for a clash with Manny Pacquiao. After stopping a determined Felix Diaz who could not come…
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Canelo Vs. Chavez Jr: A Fight for Mexican Pride
By Rich Mancuso
Canelo Alvarez has proved to be the better fighter as a three-time champion from Mexico. His opponent tomorrow night, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. to many has been fighting in the shadow of…
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The Pacquiao Fight Has More Meaning
By Rich Mancuso
Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley were together again Thursday morning in the theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. They said little to each other and they know each other…
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Tim Bradley felt he was always in the running to challenge Manny Pacquiao
By Rich Mancuso
Manny Pacquiao quickly left the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in New York City and met a throng of fans Thursday afternoon. This is nothing unusual for Pacquiao, who has a love affair…
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Time for Floyd Mayweather to be censored and use his fists
By Rich Mancuso
Okay, have we not heard the racial insinuations from Floyd Mayweather Jr. before? He has attacked Manny Pacquiao about his Filipino decent, and now goes to another orbit and set a barn…
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Shane Mosley gets one more opportunity with Canelo Alvarez
By Rich Mancuso
After Shane Mosley met Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden in New York City the day after, he was still a popular fighter. As he took a walk around Times Square fans…
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Major fights are more important to a title says Abner Mares
By Rich Mancuso
To Abner Mares a boxing title is not significant. Perhaps that explains why the bantamweight relinquished his IBF championship this week. This latest turn of events, in the more exciting and noted…
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Will Manny Pacquiao be next to leave Bob Arum?
By Rich Mancuso
Though three-time champion Miguel Cotto and Bob Arum remain on good terms there was no surprise as to the May 5th Cotto-Floyd Mayweather Jr. meeting. Cotto was rumored to be doing his…
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Seems Victor Ortiz can?t catch a break, Fight With Berto Is Off
By Rich Mancuso
Victor Ortiz said he was in the best shape of his career. And the return bout with Andre Berto was significant after handing over the WBC welterweight title belt to Floyd Mayweather…
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Notebook: Iron Mike in another Hall, is Chavez afraid of Sergio, Berto hurt
By Rich Mancuso
Mike Tyson got his due last June as a new inductee into the international Boxing Hall of Fame. Now he goes from one Hall of Fame to another, as a new member…
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Bernard Hopkins wants Dawson this time on the boardwalk
By Rich Mancuso
The first fight with Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson was shifted from the Prudential Center in Newark New Jersey. Territorial venue issues with Main Events, the New Jersey based promotion caused the…
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To be considered the Best Victor Ortiz has to overcome Mayweather loss
By Rich Mancuso
Victor Ortiz still believes he did not lose to Floyd Mayweather Jr. The mental approach says that, yet his debut as a pay-per-view fighter was not classified as one that will be…
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Boxing Notebook: Cotto-Pacquiao not set, Tarver and more
By Rich Mancuso
The way Bob arum sees it a second fight with Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao has not been made. The fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. is another story, and according to Arum,…