Steve Kim
886 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao – Just a few thoughts on this whole Snafu…
Yes, I was on the Friday night/Saturday morning conference call with Bob Arum (hey, I admit, I had nothing better to do) to discuss his ?deadline? to Mayweather to make the November…
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Back to Cali for Margarito
Antonio Margarito?s attempt to get his boxing license back in the United States was thwarted on Friday when the Nevada State Athletic Commission tabled his request and told him to appear before…
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Viloria Fights on Without Garcia
This Saturday night in Manila, Brian Viloria makes his return to the ring after losing his IBF junior flyweight title to Carlos Tamara in January. In Puerto Rico, Nonito Donaire defends his…
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Boxing Flurries: Chris Arreola, Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, Antonio Margarito, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, Miguel Cotto and More
Just some stuff I heard over the weekend, in what has been among the slowest boxing years in a long time... - Was told on Friday while at the Citizens Business Bank…
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Donaire Enlists Conte
Heading into this Saturday night?s bout in Puerto Rico, reigning interim WBA junior bantamweight titlist Nonito Donaire, who faces Hernan ?Tyson? Marquez (live on Showtime, 9 PM ET/PT) had made a new…
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The Resurrection of Michael Katsidis
Michael Katsidis? record currently stands at 27-2 with 22 stoppages but the native of Toowoomba, Australia, who is coming off a third-round stoppage of Kevin Mitchell in May for the WBO interim…
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Disturbing Trends
Is it just me or has 2010 been a bit of a dud, as it relates to the boxing business? Quick, name the best fight of the year, thus far. Or name…
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Brian Viloria and Nonito Donaire – Tug of War (Public and nasty, very soon)
There has already been some well-publisized conflict between fellow Fil-Am fighters Brian Viloria and Nonito Donaire in the past. Well, another chapter has been added to that because of the situation regarding…
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Finkel to Rule ?The Empire?
Empire_H1.jpg By Steve Kim From the ?60s to the early ?80s, Shelly Finkel promoted concerts that involved the likes of The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Elton John, The Grateful Dead, The Almond Brothers,…
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Rodel the ?Road Warrior?
On Saturday night in Queretaro, Mexico, Rodel Mayol defends his WBC light flyweight title against Omar Nino, as the main event on this weekend?s edition of ?Top Rank Live? on Fox Sports…
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Arum-palooza to March on
He was once ?The Boy who Cried Stadium,? but you can?t label Bob Arum that anymore, in the wake of his recent promotions that took place in Dallas Cowboys Stadium and Yankee…
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The Show Must Go On in St. Louis
This Saturday night at the Chaifetz Arena on the campus of St. Louis University, Cory Spinks was scheduled to defend his IBF junior middleweight title versus Cornelius ?K9? Bundrage. But just last…
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From Arlington to the Bronx, a Fan?s Perspective
If you read my diary on my accounts of Dallas back in March, you know that I spent plenty of time out there with one Matt Swider, who I only half-jokingly call…
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A Cuban Discipline Crisis?
It wasn?t too long ago when renowned trainer Freddie Roach was telling anyone who would listen that Guillermo Rigondeaux was among the greatest, pure natural talents he had ever worked with. To…
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Bob Arum and the Big Apple
This weekend, Bob Arum and Top Rank go back to their roots as they stage the bout between WBA junior middleweight titlist Yuri Foreman and Miguel Cotto at the new Yankee Stadium…
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Boxing Notes on Fil-Am fighter Mercito Gesta, Jorge Arce, Paulie Malignaggi, Nate Campbell and More
Lightweight Mercito Gesta is a prospect that I like. The Fil-Am fighter who has a record of 17-0-1/7 KO?s, is facing Oscar Meza (19-3, 17 KO?s) for the WBO America?s Title on…
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Boxing Promoter Bob Arum Sees More Stadium Fights in his Future
There was a time not-too-long ago, when I dubbed Bob Arum, ?the Boy Who Cried Stadium?, because of his penchant for promising fights in major league stadium across the country, only to…
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This Ain’t for the Faint of Heart
On Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles (Showtime 9 PM, ET/PT), Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez go at it again, and continue what has been the best modern-day rivalry…
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When it Comes to Pacquiao-Mayweather, No Comment, Please!
On Wednesday afternoon, promoter Bob Arum- who had just come back from his trip to the Philippines, where Manny Pacquiao had just won election as a congressman- held a teleconference with a…
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Malignaggi at Home versus Khan
December 19th, 1997 will forever be etched in the mind of Paulie Malignaggi. On that night at the famed Madison Square Garden, a highly-touted fighter from Great Britain took on the local…
