Steve Kim
886 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Boxing Should Mess with Texas More Often
This Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, two local favorites engage in a championship doubleheader. Rocky Juarez faces Chris John for the WBA featherweight belt and Juan Diaz and…
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Still the Hometown Hero
For any of you who think that Youngstown, Ohio would jump off the bandwagon of Kelly Pavlik in the wake of his clear-cut loss at the hands of Bernard Hopkins in October,…
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The Worst Week Ever
Perhaps only Alex Rodriguez, Miguel Tejada, Roberto Alomar and Chris Brown had a worse week than Antonio Margarito, who had his boxing license revoked for at least one year by the California…
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Campbell Faces ‘Live Dog’
Lightweight champion Nate Campbell makes no bones about it - when he takes on South African Ali Funeka at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida this Saturday night as the main…
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Can Arce Get Back on the Saddle?
Amongst all the threats of doom and destruction from his opponent, Jorge 'Travieso' Arce has taken the philosophy of one Alfred E. Neuman, 'What, me worry?' No matter what comes out of…
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It’s Showtime in 2009
Contrary to public belief and industry innuendo, Showtime - which kicks off its 2009 'Championship Boxing' campaign this Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California with WBA/IBF/WBC super flyweight champion…
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Merchant to Stay till 2011
Larry Merchant has been a part of HBO Sports since 1978, where he has called some of boxing's most historic and memorable events. But a couple of years ago it looked like…
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AEG, a Boxing Staple
Shane Mosley wasn't the only big winner this past weekend. The business of boxing and its fans (particularly in Southern California) will also benefit from the huge turnout when it's all said…
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The King of Cali
When the bout between Shane Mosley and Antonio Margarito was announced in early December at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Mosley declared that he would once again state his Southern California supremacy…
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A Hot Ticket
When Antonio Margarito and Shane Mosley duke it out for the WBA welterweight title this Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, a sell-out crowd of 18,157 is not only…
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Will Margarito Suffer a Cotto Hangover?
On July 26th, 2008, Antonio Margarito walked through fire over 11 pulsating rounds at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to defeat previously undefeated Miguel Cotto. It wasn't so much a knockout,…
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Curveballs and Round-Robins
It was believed that the proposed bout between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton was all but a done deal to take place on May 2nd in Las Vegas. Well, think again, as…
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Part-Time Fighters
Imagine if the New York Yankees played just 15 games a year. Or the Dallas Cowboys putting on the pads just three or four times and the Lakers or Celtics the hitting…
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March Shuffling
The original plan from Top Rank on March 15th (in the Philippines, 14th out here in the States) was for IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire to move up and challenge Fernando Montiel…
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2009 Off to a Strong Start
It's a great sign that there is no need to really do an article on what fights should be made for the upcoming year, because as I looked over the first quarter…
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Farewell For Oscar?
There have been reports that Oscar De La Hoya, coming off his thrashing at the hands of Manny Pacquiao on December 6th, could be facing Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. sometime in May…
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Resolutions for the New Year
I have to admit, I'm not a guy who normally makes New Year?s Resolutions. I mean, who am I kidding, I'm going to watch too much television, drink an abundance of beer…
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Holloway a Sparring Partner Du Jour No Longer
Welterweight hopeful Rashad Holloway was supposed to be back home in Cincinnati, Ohio for Christmas, as he had a scheduled bout this weekend. So in preparation for his final appearance of 2008,…
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The 2008 K9’s – Part II
After a short intermission - shorter than any of the undercard bouts on the Pacquiao-De La Hoya pay-per-view telecast - we return to honor the best of the rest that 2008 had…
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The 2008 K9’s – Part I
Another year has come and gone in the sport of boxing. As always, it was an eventful stretch. And in what was an election year, all the precincts have reported and the…
