Tony Paige
14 articles · New York Daily News
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It Happened! Broadcasting great Jim Lampley makes his ringside return
By Tony Paige
There seems to be this asinine argument, in basketball, about who is the face of the league? Is it LeBron, Luka, Nikola, SGA or … who cares? That battle has no ending…
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Jim Lampley, the longtime voice of boxing on HBO, is still finding ways to talk about the Sweet Science
By Tony Paige
“It still lingers,” declares Jim Lampley, boxing’s best out-of-work play-by-play man about the hurt he feels when he talks about HBO Sports ending its 45-year coverage of the Sweet Science almost six…
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Irish southpaw ‘King’ Callum Walsh doesn’t like to watch boxing he just likes to fight
By Tony Paige
A fighter’s job is to fight. Plain and simple. Sometimes he fights the best, other times, not so much. “King” Callum Walsh, from Cork, Ireland, and living in Hollywood, Calif., is a…
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Spence vs. Crawford is the fight of a generation
By Tony Paige
What comes first for the pro athlete – Legacy or Brand? Your brand can bring you millions of fans and endorsement dollars, but until you do something memorable, you are only a…
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Oscar De La Hoya on upcoming ‘The Golden Boy’ documentary: ‘It’s almost like therapy’
By Tony Paige
He was one of the world’s most famous athletes. Handsome, talented, rich. He made over $200 million during his career. Captured eleven world titles in six different weight divisions and boy, did…
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Legendary sports writer Jerry Izenberg looks back at his 70-year journey in the business
By Tony Paige
It was the fight of the (previous) century. And the great white hope was victorious which seemed odd since the winner was a man of color. Heavyweight champ Joe Louis, the Brown…
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Gennadiy Golovkin is ready to finally put Canelo Alvarez down in trilogy conclusion
By Tony Paige
The old lion naps under a tree, avoiding the midday heat. The King sports the visible scars of his reign. Cuts on his nose, missing fur, a mangled ear and a chipped…
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Former women’s boxing champ Christy Martin, shot and stabbed by ex-husband, is a battle-scarred survivor
By Tony Paige
Christy Martin was literally the face of women’s boxing. She was and still is the only woman boxer to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1996. She became a world champion…
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Hall of Fame inductee Lou DiBella has something to say to boxing
By Tony Paige
For Brooklyn born and Sea Cliff, Long Island resident Lou DiBella, the Sweet Science has brought him full circle. From VP of HBO Sports when their boxing brand was television’s best, to…
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Manny Pacquiao fights on in the eternal twilight of his career
By Tony Paige
This is how screwy boxing has become. In Manny Pacquiao’s last fight in July 2020, he decisioned undefeated WBA “Super” welterweight boss Keith Thurman for his latest title. Thurman was 30 and…
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The ‘Kings’ still rule: Hagler, Hearns, Leonard and Duran come to Showtime
By Tony Paige
Imagine if you could go back in time and have a front row seat to watch Picasso draw, Jackson Pollack splat or Julia Childs prep a roast. Showtime’s four-part documentary, “The Kings,”…
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‘Macho’ documentary is timely, but not pretty
By Tony Paige
“I’m a champ, but a junkie first.” Hector “Macho” Camacho to friend Rudy Gonzalez If you are old enough to remember a group of grown men yelling out, “What Time Is It?”…
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The ?Miracle Man? wants one more: Brooklyn?s Daniel Jacobs, after beating cancer, aims to take down Canelo
By Tony Paige
When young athletes fantasize about themselves, they imagine the bottom of the ninth home run, the diving catch in the end zone or swishing the winning three at the buzzer. Young boxers…
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Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor: You can’t pay me to watch this ‘fight’
By Tony Paige
?The worst mismatch in boxing history.? That quote could easily be attached to the next Saturday?s ?bout? between all-time great boxer Floyd ?Money? Mayweather and MMA mega-star Conor ?Notorious? McGregor, but the…