Blake Chavez
12 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Why Manny Pacquiao is better than Floyd Mayweather
By Blake Chavez
When Manny Pacquiao was poised to fight Adrien ?The Problem" Broner, I laid out the case for PacMan being the greatest fighter of all time. My position in the MaxBoxing article was…
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Why fights every fan wants should happen but won’t
By Blake Chavez
Let?s get into it. Leo Santa Cruz vs Josh Warrington. Frank Warren just made a fabulous offer for Leo to cross the pond and get paid to try on Josh Warrington. In…
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Top undefeated fighters who ruined their own careers
By Blake Chavez
We?ve all heard of the amazingly talented fighting phenoms who never realized the levels of success that their gift afforded them the chance to achieve. Some made their names on the streets…
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Teofimo Lopez won his last fight, but is he overrated?
By Blake Chavez
OK, so Teofimo Lopez got purple swollen knots blistered all over his noggin and also had his left eye just about slammed shut. And that?s just how he looked immediately after the…
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Canelo versus Kovalev: Where’s the beef?
By Blake Chavez
We?ve all heard talk on the wind of Canelo Alvarez daring to jump two weigh classes to challenge Sergei Kovalev for his light-heavyweight title. Why does it make sense for these two…
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Mikey Garcia fights Danny Garcia: Mexican vs. Puerto Rican firefight
By Blake Chavez
A all signs point to four division world titlist Mikey Garcia bumping heads with two division world titlist Danny Garcia on August 31st in Los Angeles at the Staples Center. Though neither…
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Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford: Fraud or legend?
By Blake Chavez
I became quite aware of Terence "Bud" Crawford when he defeated Ricky Burns for the WBO lightweight title in Scotland. My initial impression was that Crawford was a very solid fighter, but…
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The Formula: Solving the heavyweight championship puzzle
By Blake Chavez
These are the players in the current edition of ?Who?s the Champ of the Heavyweight Division.? I?ve arranged them in the order that I feel designates their claim to the crown based…
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Sergey Lipinets crushing Lamont Peterson tells us: Both Errol Spence and Mikey Garcia are kings
By Blake Chavez
About a week ago Mikey Garcia had a truckload of steer manure dumped on him by a number of fighters, managers & pundits after being totally obliterated by Errol Spence Jr. and…
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Aftermath: Errol Spence Jr. vs. Mikey Garcia
By Blake Chavez
"Whose wine? What wine? When the hell did I die? Musta been a dream, I can?t believe where I?ve been". These lyrics from the old rocker Peter Frampton?s monster smash album of…
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Jose Ramierz enjoys some home-cookin to retain junior welterweight title
By Blake Chavez
Before a robust and zealous crowd of 14,000 at the Save Mart Center on the campus of Fresno State University, Jose Ramirez was awarded a winning title defense over Jose Zepeda by…
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Is WBC junior welterweight champ Jose Ramirez for real?
By Blake Chavez
WBC junior welterweight world champion Jose Ramirez is a world class fighter, of that there is no doubt. The bigger question: is he an elite-level champion? I predict that within 12 months…