Richard Sandomir
13 articles · The New York Times
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Muhammad Ali Inspires Writers in Life and Death
Norman Mailer, the pugilistic literary lion, opened ?The Fight,? his account of Muhammad Ali?s victory in Zaire over George Foreman in 1974, with a ripe evocation of Ali?s magnetism, a sort of…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao Breaks Pay-Per-View Records
The May 2 Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight was years in the making, and even though they were both past their prime the pent-up demand to see them finally meet in the…
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An Engaging Call Elevates Welterweight Title Bout Above Distractions
Early on, it appeared that the HBO/Showtime broadcast of the welterweight title fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao would sink under a sea of hype and celebrity gazing. The host,…
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Voice From Past Adds Its Timbre to Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao Fight
The world welterweight title bout on Saturday between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. was to have two links to the storied boxing announcer Don Dunphy. His son Bob was to direct…
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A Pay-Per-View Knockout Unites Two Rival Networks
HBO and Showtime usually operate in separate orbits of the boxing universe: Linked to different promoters, they feature different fighters. But on Saturday night, the interests of the rival networks will align…
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President of HBO Sports Leaving After 33 Years
Ross Greenburg, who has run HBO Sports since 2000, is leaving the network after 33 years, saying he is fatigued by his work on its boxing business. He said he was not…
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With Son Missing, Arum Skips Promotion
It was, Manny Pacquiao said, an unusually subdued news conference Wednesday at the Chelsea Piers for his Nov. 13 super welterweight title bout against Antonio Margarito at Cowboys Stadium. It was not…
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Stadium Doubleheader: A Reception and a Bout
In the grand hall at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, Scotty Ballan, 12, handed two of his pinstriped bar mitzvah yarmulkes to Yuri Foreman, the super welterweight champion and a rabbinical student who…
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Lackluster Heavyweights, but There’s Still Plenty of Muscle
If this decade has proved anything, it is that the little guys can carry boxing on their own. Conventional wisdom once held that the sport needs a healthy heavyweight division. It was…
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RICKY BATTERED… ON GUINESS!
RICKY Hatton got battered for the second time in two days after going on a monster booze bender in Las Vegas. The Hitman necked pint after pint of Guinness to drown his…
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In Boxing, Pay-Per-View and a Fistful of Dollars
If Oscar De La Hoya retires, as he should, he will leave having created his own pay-per-view economy. Counting his pummeling by Manny Pacquiao on Saturday night, De La Hoya?s 19 pay-per-view…
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For De La Hoya?s Trainer, Every Day Is the Fight of His Life
LAS VEGAS, May 4 ? Freddie Roach had an eight-year career as a boxer, mostly as a lightweight, but it was not until two years after he retired, in 1988, that he…
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Boxing’s Rebirth, Only at a Theater Near You
Boxing long ago stopped being one of America's most popular sports and became a niche sport that roars, or whimpers, to life occasionally. Even with substantial strength in the lower weight divisions,…
