Steve Kim
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The Truest Promoting
By Steve Kim
This Saturday night, professional boxing returns to the Maywood Activity Center in Maywood, California, with another edition of ?Top Rank Live,? featuring Francisco Sierra-Dyah Davis in the main event. The show is…
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Days in Detroit/Pontiac: Part One
By Steve Kim
As most of you know, I spent this past weekend covering the junior welterweight unification bout between Tim Bradley and Devon Alexander at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. The fight itself didn?t…
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Holt Looks to Make One Last Run
By Steve Kim
Before Tim Bradley and Devon Alexander do battle on Saturday night (HBO,10 PM, ET/7 PM, PT) at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, Kendall Holt faces journeyman Lenin Arroyo as he tries to…
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Bradley Aims for Junior Welterweight Supremacy
By Steve Kim
What?s at stake when Tim Bradley takes on Devon Alexander on Saturday night at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan is crystal clear. "We?re going to see who the best 140-pounder in the…
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Game Changer? (Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley, SHOWTIME, CBS)
By Steve Kim
What has been hinted for a short while is now done. Manny Pacquiao?s May 7th bout versus Shane Mosley will be distributed by Showtime PPV and not by HBO. Just think about…
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Bradley-Alexander: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Boxing
By Steve Kim
Lots of people have been asking me if I?m really heading out to Pontiac/Detroit, Michigan later this week for the bout between junior welterweight standouts Tim Bradley and Devon Alexander at the…
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Bradley-Alexander: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Boxing
By Steve Kim
Lots of people have been asking me if I?m really heading out to Pontiac/Detroit, Michigan later this week for the bout between junior welterweight standouts Tim Bradley and Devon Alexander at the…
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Reconciliation
By Steve Kim
Around Christmastime, I received a call from an unfamiliar number. It was from a figure I had not heard from in years. It was former lightweight contender Ivan ?Mighty? Robinson, best known…
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A Look Ahead
By Steve Kim
2011 is now in full swing and the fights have returned to the airwaves of ESPN2 and Telefutura. Dates are being worked out and slots are being filled for the first half…
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Mount St. DiBella Defends Lee-Duddy
By Steve Kim
On March 12th on HBO, before Sergio Martinez defends his middleweight championship against junior middleweight beltholder Sergiy Dzinziruk, a pair of American-based Irishmen, John Duddy and Andy Lee, will kick things off…
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The Top Rank/Pacquiao Stimulus Package for Las Vegas
By Steve Kim
From January 22nd (with the 2011 premiere of ?Top Rank Live? from the Texas Station Casino) to May 7th at the MGM Grand when Manny Pacquiao faces Shane Mosley, a bulk of…
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Not in Good Hands
By Steve Kim
WBC light heavyweight titlist Jean Pascal is in a bit of a quandary. The WBC just recently mandated an immediate rematch between him and Bernard Hopkins, who Pascal fought on December the…
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Klitschko vs. Adamek in September?
By Steve Kim
Well, Wladimir Klitschko has sure moved on quickly from the latest failed attempt to get in the ring with WBA beltholder David Haye, as it looks like he will be facing Tomasz…
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Andrade Steps Up?
By Steve Kim
On the 2011 season premiere of ?Friday Night Fights? on ESPN2, middleweight prospect Demetrius Andrade, 11-0 (8), takes on Albert Herrera, 7-1-1 (5), from the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas. On paper,…
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Atlas Guides Povetkin
By Steve Kim
Teddy Atlas gets back to his duties this week calling the fights alongside Joe Tessitore on ESPN2?s ?Friday Night Fights? from the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas. During his fall hiatus, Atlas…
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Emanuel Steward: Don’t Call it a Comeback
By Steve Kim
It was announced late last week that noted trainer Emanuel Steward would be taking over the training duties of enigmatic light heavyweight Chad Dawson, replacing Eddie Mustafa Muhammad. As the years have…
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11 for 2011
By Steve Kim
A new year is upon us and as we look forward, a pretty good early schedule of fights is already on the docket for 2011. From Devon Alexander-Tim Bradley to Nonito Donaire-Fernando…
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Shaw Strikes Back (and Speaks Out)
By Steve Kim
Promoter Gary Shaw isn?t one to back down from anyone and he took particular umbrage over comments made about him from veteran matchmaker and booking agent Don Majeski in this article: CLICK…
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The 2010 K9 Awards: Part Two
By Steve Kim
OK, we?ve taken a short hiatus from the proceedings and it?s time to return to the prestigious K9 Awards where we highlight the spectacular, the sublime and the ridiculous that took place…
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The 2010 K9 Awards: Part One
By Steve Kim
Yes, folks, another year has come and gone (Where does the time go?) and it's at this time of the year, before we move forward, that we take one last look at…