Steve Kim
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Manfredo?s Last Shot
By Steve Kim
On Saturday night from the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas, Peter Manfredo Jr. gets his opportunity to win the WBC middleweight title when he faces Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. For the former…
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The Aftermath
By Steve Kim
Two days after barely escaping with the WBO welterweight title against Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao?s trainer, Freddie Roach was still trying to digest what took place on Saturday night at the…
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Marquez Masters Manny
By Steve Kim
Whether you think it was a robbery (a term that seems to be way overused this weekend) or a close Manny Pacquiao win (which is the minority opinion), this much is clear:…
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Backlash? Anything but, According to Arum
By Steve Kim
Promoter Bob Arum isn?t worried about how well his pay-per-view card this Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas will perform compared to how the last two major HBO Pay-Per-View…
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The Promoting of Tim Bradley
By Steve Kim
On what was a brisk autumn afternoon last Saturday at the Santa Anita Park, a place best known for thoroughbred horses, a pair of prizefighters were featured as a prelude to this…
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24 Rounds and Counting?
By Steve Kim
The focus of the boxing world will be on the MGM Grand in Las Vegas this Saturday night as Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez resume their heated and contentious rivalry. The…
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If Pacquiao and Mayweather go different routes, Martinez likely candidate for either fighter
By Steve Kim
If Manny Pacquiao goes in another direction, middleweight champion Sergio Martinez is a likely candidate to face Floyd Mayweather and his promoter Lou DiBella says a deal wouldn't be hard to make…
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Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather? Don?t Count on It?
By Steve Kim
The boxing world was abuzz as Dan Rafael of ESPN.com broke the news on Wednesday night that Floyd Mayweather would be returning to the ring on May 5th at the MGM Grand…
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?Chocolate? After Dark
By Steve Kim
So just how familiar is middleweight contender Peter Quillin with Craig McEwan, whom he faces this Saturday night in Cancun, Mexico as the opening bout on the latest installment of HBO?s ?Boxing…
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Did Martirosyan Shelve Himself?
By Steve Kim
There was a bit of irony in seeing junior middleweight Vanes Martirosyan watching his gym mate, Peter Quillin, spar from the ring apron at the Wild Card Boxing Club last week. ?Kid…
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Manny and Floyd?and Nobody Else
By Steve Kim
There is a train of thought in college football that in the 2011 season, there is Alabama and LSU and then everybody else. That these two storied SEC programs are head and…
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A Step Backward, a Step Forward for Garcia
By Steve Kim
The first two times we saw Miguel ?Mikey? Garcia this year, he was showcased under the bright lights of HBO. Back in March, he stopped Matt Remillard in a battle of undefeated…
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Can Hershman Level the Playing Field?
By Steve Kim
In what was a surprise to many in the boxing industry last week, it was announced that Showtime?s Ken Hershman would replace the departed Ross Greenburg as the president of HBO Sports.…
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Donaire and Top Rank Let Bygones Be Bygones
By Steve Kim
On Saturday night at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, Nonito Donaire defends his WBC and WBO bantamweight titles against Omar Narvaez. Eight long months have passed since we…
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A Night at the Farce
By Steve Kim
On Sunday afternoon, Pat Russell was heading up to Santa Barbara to celebrate his 21st anniversary with his wife. The night before, he was the third man in the ring in what…
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Freddie Roach speaks out on Manny Pacquiao Boxing Camp
By Steve Kim
As Manny Pacquiao prepares for Juan Manuel Marquez on November 12, you haven't heard any of the usual reports of an unfocused and distracted fighter. In fact, it's been eerily quiet and…
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Holt! Who Goes There?!
By Steve Kim
In what is perhaps the best pure match-up of the ?Believe It or Not? pay-per-view bill from the Staples Center in Los Angeles this Saturday night, junior welterweights Kendall Holt and Danny…
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Limburger Cheese Served at Staples Center
By Steve Kim
This Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, a pair of fighters who hail from about 3,000 miles away headline a pay-per-view card labeled ?Believe it or Not? which perhaps…
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Ready to ?Desert Storm? Again
By Steve Kim
It?s been awhile since we?ve seen junior welterweight stalwart Tim Bradley. We last saw him defeating Devon Alexander in Pontiac, Michigan back on January 29th. Since then, he has been embroiled in…
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A Cruiserweight without a Country
By Steve Kim
Former IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham was still a bit stunned and bewildered by how he lost his title this past weekend in Germany to Yoan Pablo Hernandez via sixth-round technical decision.…