Wrigley Brogan
33 articles · Boxing.com
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Alvarez vs. Kovalev
Golden Boy and Main Events have come up with another big winner in Las Vegas with Alvarez vs. Kovalev. The undercard bouts on the Alvarez (51-1-2) vs. Kovalev (34-3-1) WBO light heavyweight…
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The Strange Case of Randy Turpin
Scotland Yard claims to ?always get its man.? Not a problem. When they cannot find a suspect in a possible homicide they simply declare the death a suicide. The death of boxer…
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Something Old, Something New
Las Vegas, July 20, and the night is all Pacquiao. He is the one everyone is talking about. The people love him. Keith Thurman is hardly mentioned. The MGM Grand Garden Arena…
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Hunting for Big Game
The sun burns like an African brush fire. Sweat can hardly douse the blaze. I don?t know how long I?ve been hunting, all morning it seems. Heat radiates from my bush hat.…
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Bad to the Bone
Former third ranked middleweight Kenny Ellis Jr. (35-7-3 24 KOs) banged on the side of the MRI machine and yelled to be released. Sweat had started to drip when technicians rolled him…
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Fathers and Sons
It was cold that afternoon in September in Spokane, Washington. Ice had crunched into small and jagged peaks in the gutters and flakes of snow drifted aimlessly down onto the slush rivulets…
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Glory to Apollo
There should be championship belts for quality opponents. Without these tough men there would be no world champions. They mark the progress of new prospects; they help keep them in shape; they…
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Blind Man?s Bluff
Only the toughest boxers would be crazy enough to fight Marvin Hagler, not just once, but three times: a unanimous decision loss, a draw, and a loss by TKO. Whoever said that…
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One and Done
Amanda Fox cornered me in the hall of the junior high school for the third time. ?I want to box and I want you to be my manager,? she said. She is…
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Never to Be
After two years of searching the width and breadth of Viet Nam we finally found the girl of our dreams. She was tall and thin and moved with the grace of a…
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Raging River
What better place to increase an education than at a local college? In this case Green River College in Auburn, Washington. The Auburn area is the home of former lightweight champion Greg…
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Fury vs. Wilder: Ghost of Christmas past?
Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder are giving boxing fans an early Christmas present on December 1 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Jacob Marley has come rattling his chains and Wilder hopes…
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Down for the Count
Bear said that Larry had one of the most interesting stories in all of boxing and that there was a special reason he had become a boxer? I was having coffee with…
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Searching for Prospects
Working out the day of the fight seemed strange. I seldom question fighters. They all have their peculiarities? All the usual suspects waited patiently for the weigh-in at the Emerald Queen Casino.…
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Cigars, Whiskey, and Joe Frazier
My Buddhist nature wanted to tell him that all misery, all sorrow, lies in the past, that there is only becoming. To live today one must release the past? A sheen of…
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House of Fury Revisited
I always enjoyed driving to the Coeur d?Aline Casino, in Worley, Idaho, and talking to boxing promoter Moe ?Jackie? Smith? I always enjoyed driving to the Coeur d?Aline Casino, in Worley, Idaho,…
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Is Boxing Committing Suicide?
Boxing is the easiest sport to manipulate. Attempting to fix a baseball game requires the participation of many people. Not so with boxing? Since its inception Boxing has lived in a maelstrom…
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The Need for Commissions
I always tell people that I am not a boxing fan; I am a boxing writer. I attempt to be objective and report only what I see? People have differing opinions about…
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Turn up the mic
?The old beat writers were classically trained journalists. A fan must first learn to put words on paper before venturing near the ring?? Ring announcer, commentator, and boxing expert Steve Farhood could…
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Horn The Great Pretender
There have always been great pretenders in boxing, men who have won skeptical decisions and have even walked away with coveted championships? LAS VEGAS, Nevada?There have always been great pretenders in boxing,…