Jake Donovan
676 articles · The Sweet Science
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A Return To The Old Days or a One Time Throwback Card?
A sequel to a Fight of the Year recipient. A matchup between two rising undefeated middleweight contenders. A pair of crossroad bouts in which the outcome is so crucial to winner and…
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Time For Manny Pacquiao To Stop Cheating History
Another event, another catch? weight, that is. Nothing but disappointment and grumbling has been expressed in the wake of yet another failed attempt to match together Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao,…
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Clock Strikes Zero: Arum, Pacquiao Move On From Floyd
It wasn?t quite LeBron James: The Decision, but Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum drew plenty of interest from within the boxing circle with his after-hours conference call with the media to…
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Tim Bradley: Reward On The Verge Of Equaling The Risk
Chances are that his next fight beyond this weekend will not come against Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao. But if all goes as planned this weekend, undefeated 140 lb. titlist Tim Bradley…
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NSAC Tables Margarito’s Application For Reinstatement
A lengthy hearing held Friday morning to determine whether or not former two-time welterweight titlist Antonio Margarito should have his license reinstated in the state of Nevada ended with the decision to…
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No Deaths, Just Another Dead Boring Summer
You?d have to be pretty sick to wish death upon even your worst enemy, but the truth of the matter is that the subject at least provided headlines this time a year…
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Ready To Live Beyond His Name
When you?re successful at something for long enough, you eventually get by on your name alone. It doesn?t matter if you?re as good as you once were. Once your name rings out,…
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Nino Takes Rematch, Brings The WBC Title Back To Mexico
Four months after having to be carried out on a stretcher after getting nailed with a left hook while on the canvas attempting to recover from a low blow, Rodel Mayol conceded…
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Ivan Calderon Soundly Outpoints Jesus Iribe In NYC
As far as this particular weekend goes, there?s only one Miguel Cotto. But since Puerto Rico?s most celebrated active fighter had just performed a week ago, Nuyoricans gladly settled for one of…
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Forget Pacquiao?s Plan B, Make Cotto-Margarito II Plan A
If there?s a fight within whiffing distance of the welterweight division, chances are that the winner will call out either Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather. You can?t blame fighters for doing so;…
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Foreman-Cotto: The Quest For A Competitve HBO Telecast
It?s been more than 30 years since a boxing has been staged at Yankee Stadium, but this weekend?s featured attraction between Yuri Foreman and Miguel Cotto could potentially represent something else that…
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Marquez? Last Chance to Reclaim Familial Bragging Rights
The determination behind the best member of a sibling rivalry always seems to come down to the ?what have you done for me? argument. It?s been well over a decade, and boxing…
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Over Before it Starts: Williams wins/Cintron hurt, Fans lose
?The Weight Is Over? was the theme selected for HBO?s televised card from the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, but the wait lingers on for frustrated junior middleweights Paul Williams and…
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Antonio Margarito Set For Ring Return in Aguascalientes
Former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito is set for his return to the ring on Saturday night as he faces Roberto Garcia at La Feria de San Marcos in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Both fighters…
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Recipe For Big Fight Success: Forget Marination, Serve Hot
?Let the fight marinate. It will be huge in a year or two.? In a sport that?s better than any other when it comes to screwing the pooch, something along the lines…
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What We Want Versus What We?re Given
Make no mistake about it- this weekend?s superfight between Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather is one that warrants attention, regardless of how it was made. In that same vein, there was nothing…
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Melligan Blanks Gonzalez, Eyes Brighter Welterweight Run
Upon suffering a shocking points loss to Michel Rosales late last year, welterweight prospect Mark Jason Melligan could?ve simply faded off into obscurity and few would?ve questioned, or perhaps even noticed. Instead,…
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Destruction Of The Pay-Per-View Template
Say what you want about this weekend?s matchup between faded legends Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones. In the end, it?s a matchup necessary for both fighters if they insist upon fighting on.…
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Pacquiao Routes Clottey, Eyes Mayweather-Mosley Winner
It seemed to take forever to get to, from the terrible undercard to the three separate National Anthems played prior to the extended ringwalks. Once the opening bell finally rang for the…
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Merpranum Shocks Marquez; Peter Batters Aguilera
Former heavyweight titlist Samuel Peter extended his current winning streak to four straight with a second round knockout of fringe contender Nagy Aguilera, Friday night at the Gaylord Hotel in Grapevine, Texas.…
