Steve Kim
886 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Let’s Hope the Show Goes On
Writer?s note: OK, I?m sure you?ve heard by now that the much anticipated finals of the Showtime bantamweight tournament will not take place as IBF bantamweight champion Joseph Agbeko has been scratched…
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The Buzz for Antonio Orozco
It was just a couple of weekends ago that a bevy of prospects/suspects went down in flames. From David Lemieux to Marcus Johnson and James Kirkland, they all saw their undefeated marks…
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A Golden Weekend
It was quite the weekend for Golden Boy Promotions. Amir Khan retained his WBA junior welterweight title in Manchester, England with a six-roundtechnical decision over Paul McCloskey. However, the big bounty the…
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Mares Takes on ?King Kong?
Abner Mares faces Joseph Agbeko this weekend at the Nokia Theater in the finals of Showtime?s (10:30 PM, ET/PT) four-man bantamweight tournament. Not only is Agbeko?s IBF bantamweight title at stake; the…
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A Few Thoughts on Victor Ortiz vs Andre Berto and Amir Khan vs Paul McCloskey
A few thoughts on this past weekend?s split-site doubleheader on HBO: The bout between Amir Khan and Paul ?Dudey? McCloskey pretty much the way everyone thought, with the elusive southpaw unable to…
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Boxing Flurries on Floyd Mayweather Jr, Manny Pacquiao, Orlando Salido and More
I can understand one shot of Floyd Mayweather Jr. ringside by HBO (Andre Berto vs Victor Ortiz) but really, did we need any more than that or did they just want to…
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The Island: Part Three- The Mount Rushmore of Puerto Rico
Miguel Cotto had the distinction of becoming Puerto Rico?s 50th world champion. It?s an astounding number given that the island?s population is just fewer than four million and an estimated two million…
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A significant blow to the Manny Pacquiao – Shane Mosley pay-per-view card
I?m sure you?ve read by now but the rematch of one of the best bouts of 2010 is a no-go after Humberto Soto has decided to pass on the rematch with Urbano…
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The Island: Part Two- The Scribes
As the countdown begins for Juan Manuel Lopez?s defense of his WBO featherweight title versus Orlando Salido in Bayamon, Puerto Rico at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, most daily papers in the United…
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The Island: Part One
This Saturday night, WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez faces Orlando Salido (Showtime, 10:30 PM ET/PT). In most jurisdictions in the United States, this fight card wouldn?t even be a blip on…
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With Focus and Clarity, Katsidis Faces Guerrero
In what was one of his more famous malaprops, the sage Yogi Berra stated that 90 percent of baseball was half-mental (or something to that effect). It was pure Yogi: baffling, yet…
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?The Ghost? Haunts Vegas
In late February, Robert ?The Ghost? Guerrero touched down in Las Vegas to begin his training camp in preparation for this weekend?s battle against the rugged Michael Katsidis. For the past few…
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Las Vegas sans Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather, is a Dead Market
I've harped on this before, but Las Vegas sans Pacquiao, is a dead market. Once another hotel- this time the MGM Grand- is offering free rooms AND tickets for this weekends ?Action…
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Oscar on the Cold War
Oscar De La Hoya was at the Maywood Boxing Club this past Thursday afternoon where a media day was held for Abner Mares, who faces Joseph Agbeko on April 23rd at the…
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Gamboa-Lopez? Show Arum the Money
In the immediate aftermath of Yuriorkis Gamboa?s impressive dispatching of Jorge Solis last weekend in Atlantic City, fellow featherweight standout Juan Manuel Lopez (who faces Orlando Salido on April 16th in Puerto…
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Thoughts on Nonito Donaire, Manny Pacquiao, plus the ongoing conflict between Top Rank and Golden Boy
This was from my friend and colleague Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports regarding the ongoing conflict between Nonito Donaire, Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions: Iole's Article Regardless of who ends up…
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It’s Just Everything for Calderon
Last summer, Ivan Calderon suffered the first loss of his distinguished career as he was stopped under a torrent of leather that came from the raw-but-heavy-hitting Giovani Segura. Coming into their initial…
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One Last, Last Time for Segura at 108
Prior to his first hook-up with Ivan Calderon last year in Puerto Rico, Giovani Segura privately pledged that this would be his last foray in the junior flyweight division. He would make…
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The Cuban Conundrum
On Saturday night, WBA/IBF featherweight titlist Yuriorkis Gamboa faces Jorge Solis at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This fight, which headlines the most recent installment of HBO?s ?Boxing After…
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Mikey Makes the Move
On Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Mikey Garcia leads off the ?Boxing After Dark? telecast on HBO by facing fellow undefeated foe Matt Remillard. For Garcia,…
