Steve Kim
886 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Winner Gets Donaire?
In what just might be the best fight of a busy sports weekend, the WBC super bantamweight title is on the line when Toshiaki Nishioka defends his belt against Rafael Marquez at…
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With a Full Heart and a Clear Mind, ?JuanMa? Moves Forward
The last we saw of Juan Manuel Lopez, he was getting drilled with one right hand after another by the hardnosed Orlando Salido, eventually stopped in eight rounds by the hard-charging Mexican…
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Ramos Faces Rodela on ?Solo Boxeo?
This Friday night at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, California, lightweight hopeful Luis Ramos faces the well-worn David Rodela. At 19-0 (8), the young southpaw from Santa Ana is at…
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Lee and Steward Forge Close Bond
When the epitaph of one Emanuel Steward (as a trainer) is engraved, prominently featured will be the names of Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko. Though enjoying partnerships with these men…
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The Curse of the Super Six
What circulated around the Worldwide Web on Thursday was made official on Andre Ward?s official Twitter account (@andreward) that night regarding the WBA super middleweight champion?s bout versus Carl Froch in the…
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Suspicious Cotto Faces Margarito Again
Back in July of 2008, Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto engaged in one of the most memorable bouts of the decade at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. After absorbing the best…
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Larry Merchant: Counterpuncher
In the aftermath of Larry Merchant?s verbal altercation with Floyd Mayweather on Saturday night (shortly after the sucker punch heard ?round the world leveled Victor Ortiz), if you typed ?Larry Merchant Mayweather?…
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Alfonso Gomez: Contender or Cannon Fodder?
Alfonso Gomez was chosen to face WBC junior middleweight titlist Saul Alvarez this Saturday night on the Staples Center portion of the ?Star Power? pay-per-view card. Like most of ?Canelo?s? foes, this…
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Dimmed Star Power?
As promised, Golden Boy Promotions put together a solid undercard for their ?Star Power? pay-per-view show, taking place this Saturday night at the MGM Grand and the Staples Center and featuring the…
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Ponce de Leon Comes off ?Win? to Face Gamboa
The last time Daniel Ponce de Leon faced an opponent who held advantages in speed and quickness was on the night of March 5th at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, when…
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Just a Ceasefire or a True Thaw?
This upcoming Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, a featherweight contest takes place between Yuriorkis Gamboa and Daniel Ponce de Leon. The talented Cuban is promoted by…
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Saturday Night at the Berto Rivage
This upcoming weekend marks the start of the college football season with a few marquee match-ups (LSU-Oregon and Boise State-UGA) but boxing also kicks off the first weekend of September as IBF…
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Is Boxing on the Outside Looking In?
It was announced with great fanfare last week that the UFC had brokered a deal with the Fox Network that would have them televising four live cards a year. Yes, Fox, not…
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Buzzkill After Dark
Back during his days on the gridiron for his alma mater, Michigan State, in the early 2000s, if Seth Mitchell was injured and unable to play, the upcoming Spartan game wouldn?t be…
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Andrade Steps up Against Brewer
In what is the season finale of ?Friday Night Fights? on ESPN2 from the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, IN, undefeated junior middleweight prospect Demetrius Andrade, who has been the source of some…
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Friday Night Fights, Take a Bow
This Friday night at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, IN, the always dangerous Grady Brewer takes on 2008 Olympian Demetrius Andrade in what marks the 2011 season finale of ?Friday Night Fights?…
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Mares-Agbeko Rematch Ordered?but No Mora
On Monday, I placed a call to IBF President Daryl Peoples in the aftermath last weekend?s controversial bout at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, where Abner Mares captured their bantamweight…
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The Turnaround
This past Saturday night, Showtime?s bantamweight tournament final took place at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas between IBF bantamweight champion Joseph Agbeko and Abner Mares. Honestly, this was a fight…
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Healthy and Fit, Smith Faces Cintron
Last summer, coming off a string of eye-opening, upset victories against the likes of Norberto Gonzalez, Richard Gutierrez and Henry Crawford, Antwone ?The Truth? Smith was one of the sport?s rising young…
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Mares Set for Agbeko (Again)
On April 19th, Frank Espinoza got the most dreaded call a boxing manager can receive. Just days before his fighter, Abner Mares, was scheduled to face IBF bantamweight champion Joseph Agbeko at…
