Steve Kim
886 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Roach Finds Sanctuary at the Wild Card
As you walked into the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California on Friday afternoon, the first thing you saw to the left on the front counter was trainer Freddie Roach intently…
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Can Boxing Say Aloha?
This past Saturday night at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii, Brian Viloria successfully defended his IBF jr. flyweight title by out-pointing the resilient Jesus Iribe. He punctuated his performance by slugging…
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Postcard from Paradise
I spent the majority of last week in Hawaii, covering Brian Viloria's defense of his WBC jr. flyweight title against Jesus Iribe. It was the first title fight in this state in…
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Let the Fights Begin
Guys, we got through it. What had been perhaps one of the most frustrating and uneventful summers for the sport of boxing in recent memory has finally come to an end. Not…
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‘Hawaiian Punch’ Homecoming
This Saturday night at the Blaisell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, Brian Viloria make the first defense of his IBF jr. flyweight title against Jesus Iribe. Viloria hopes that the second time around…
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Malignaggi Braces for Mugging
Paulie Malignaggi wants everyone to know that when he gets to Houston this week, he is going to get mugged. No, not literally robbed at gun point or anything like that, but…
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Diaz Battles Boredom
Juan Diaz makes his return this Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, versus Paulie Malignaggi. Since we last saw him, when he lost a thrilling back-and-forth battle versus Juan…
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Luevano’s Ready to Face Concepcion
This Saturday night as part of the 'Pinoy Power' pay-per-view card being staged at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBO featherweight champion Steven Luevano takes on Bernabe…
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‘The Filipino Flash’ Drives ‘Pinoy Power’
There will most likely never be another Manny Pacquiao. He is at once considered the Filipino version of Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth and the Beatles. Guys like him, as Larry Merchant might…
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Controvery in the Desert
This much is clear, while the record books will say (for now, at least) that Tim Bradley halted Nate Campbell in three rounds this past weekend at the Agua Caliente Casino in…
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Random Thoughts Heading into the Weekend
On Saturday afternoon I will be making the two hour trek to Rancho Mirage (which is just a cactus or two from Palm Springs) to the Agua Caliente Casino where Tim Bradley…
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‘The Desert Storm’ Comes Back Home
After not leaving the friendly confines of Southern California for the first 21 fights of his career, Tim Bradley traveled to Nottingham, England last May to dethrone Junior Witter of his WBC…
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Now’s the Time for Antillon
Last week in Maywood, California, a media day was held by Top Rank for lightweight Urbano Antillon as he prepared for his bout against Miguel Acosta for the interim WBA lightweight championship.…
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The Belts Matter
The latest downsized version of Latin Fury that takes place this Saturday night in Mexico features WBA light flyweight champion Giovani Segura against Sonny Boy Jaro and a bout between Urbano Antillon…
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It’s Official, Pacquiao to Face Cotto
In what had become basically a mere formality, it was announced by Top Rank on Monday afternoon that Manny Pacquiao will be facing Miguel Cotto on November 14th at the MGM Grand…
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Cruel Summer
I woke up on Sunday morning to find press releases sent out by ace publicists Fred Sternburg and Bill Caplan announcing that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has been scratched from his upcoming…
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Loyalty in Boxing? You Don’t Say
There are a lot of ways you can describe Vic Darchinyan, who challenges IBF bantamweight titlist Joseph Agbeko this Saturday night on Showtime (9 pm, ET/PT). Inside the ring he is a…
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It’s Showtime in the Summer and Fall
Contrary to popular belief, Showtime is still in the boxing business. They have not done a 'Championship Boxing' broadcast since April 25th, when Carl Froch dramatically stopped Jermain Taylor in defense of…
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Almost a Star
It all seemed so perfect for Victor Ortiz, Golden Boy Promotions and HBO. Needing a nascent young superstar to carry them into the future, it looked like after two explosive rounds they…
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The Marketing of Victor Ortiz
As Golden Boy Promotions' Mt. Rushmore of partners and significant others have taken significant hits in the past few months (like Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton) or have stagnated on…
