Steve Kim
886 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Margarito Returns; is He a Pugilistic Pariah?
This Saturday night marks the return of ?The Tijuana Tornado,? Antonio Margarito, who faces the rugged Roberto Garcia in Aguascalientes, Mexico, as the headliner on Top Rank?s ?Latin Fury 14.? It?s his…
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Mayweather Paints a Picasso
For a brief spell, Shane Mosley had the crowd on its feet and buzzing; he had just hit Floyd Mayweather with a blistering right hand in the second round that had shook…
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Sugar Ray Leonard Breaks Down Mayweather-Mosley
The great Sugar Ray Leonard is no stranger to mega-fights, having been involved in more than a few during his Hall-of-Fame career. This weekend, Floyd Mayweather puts his unbeaten mark on the…
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Chavez Jr. is Roach’s Latest Wild Card
It was made official on Tuesday afternoon at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles that renowned trainer Freddie Roach would take over the training duties for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who…
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Angulo is Looking for a Dog Fight
On Saturday night at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California, the HBO broadcast begins with an expected slugfest between junior middleweights Alfredo ?Perro? Angulo and Joel Julio. Between the two,…
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Guys, It’s Time to Throw in the Towel
In about two weeks, Shane Mosley faces Floyd Mayweather in what is the biggest fight of his storied career. Yet, much of the talk currently centering on Mosley is about what took…
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Is Martinez a Bad Style for Pavlik?
Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik takes on Sergio Martinez this Saturday night in his return to HBO at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. After a disappointing 2009 that saw him…
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What Happened in Vegas Shouldn’t Have Happened at All
In a fight that lived down to every expectation, Bernard Hopkins, after 17 years, exacted revenge on Roy Jones Jr., out-pointing him inside a Mandalay Bay Events Center that was more papered…
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The Latin Snake Returns
Before Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones engage in their long-ago-once-eagerly-anticipated rematch this Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Sergio Mora takes on Calvin Green. No, ?The Latin Snake? did…
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Friday Night Darkness
While there was plenty of boxing taking place this weekend with shows being broadcast on Showtime and HBO and all across the globe, ESPN2, which was to have highlighted the bout between…
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Shaw Gets Back to the Grind
In what was his first public function since the death of his father, Gary Shaw was in Los Angeles this past Thursday afternoon, to officially announce the latest installment of the epic…
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The Facilitator
Bob Arum and Jerry Jones have been getting along like long lost chums in the recent months. Yes, there is much man-love between these two tycoons, who have struck up quite the…
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My Days in Dallas: Part One
Some of you have asked when I would be doing another one of my diary-type entries where I detail my exploits covering fights on the road. Well, ask and you shall receive.…
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Arum Hits the Big D
For promoter Bob Arum, who is staging “The Event” at Dallas Cowboys Stadium this weekend between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey, there has to be a sense of d?j? vu. Back on…
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Pacquiao Focused for Clottey
If Joshua Clottey should pull the upset this upcoming Saturday night at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, it won’t be against an unfocused or under-trained Manny Pacquiao. Yes, this fight is certainly…
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Darchinyan Faces Guerrero but Really Wants Donaire
Despite the postponement of the ?Super Six? contest between Arthur Abraham and Andre Dirrell, the show will go on at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California (Showtime, 9 PM, ET/PT).…
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Pacquiao vs Clottey Overshadowed by Mayweather vs Mosley?
It was perhaps a bit ironic that on Wednesday the media day for Manny Pacquiao took place at the Wild Card Boxing Club, followed by the Mayweather-Mosley press conference at LA Live…
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Just a Coincidence, Right?
This Saturday night was supposed to be the start of the second stage of Showtime’s “Super Six” super middleweight scrum in which Arthur Abraham was to have faced Andre Dirrell, before Dirrell…
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Porter Comes Home on Business Trip
On the campus of Cleveland State University at the Wolfstein Center, Shawn Porter, from nearby Akron, Ohio, headlines the latest edition of “Friday Night Fights” on ESPN2, as he faces Russell Jordan…
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Random Thoughts and Blizzards
Because of the length of my last article ("Larry Merchant Reflects on Douglas-Tyson), I didn’t really get a chance to comment on what took place this past weekend in boxing and beyond.…
