Steve Kim
886 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Last Stand for ‘El Terrible’?
Erik Morales faces David Diaz this Saturday night from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois. They are calling this promotion 'The War for 4', alluding to Morales' attempt at winning a major…
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Linares Breaks Out
On a night when Bernard Hopkins and Winky Wright engaged in 12 rather unwatchable rounds, and Michael Katsidis laid his claim as the heir apparent to Arturo Gatti, Japan-based Venezuelan Jorge Linares…
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Freddie and the Filipinos
There really isn't an official trainer of the Philippines. But if there was one, the unanimous distinction would belong to one Freddie Roach, who has become a pied-piper of sorts to this…
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A ‘Great’ Workout with Katsidis
On the afternoon of Friday, June 29th, around noon, I would receive a phone call from one Brendan Smith, the trainer and manager of WBO lightweight titlist Michael 'the Great' Katsidis -…
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Donaire Defending the Family Honor?
Last October, IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan would win a six round technical decision over Glenn Donaire. This Saturday night, at the Harbour Yard Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut (Showtime 9 pm ET/PT)…
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Top Rank and Golden Boy Stop the Insanity
The last show that promotional powerhouses Top Rank and Golden Boy worked in conjunction with each other was on Thanksgiving weekend of 2004, when Marco Antonio Barrera would take the rubbermatch against…
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Peace in the Middle East?
Since late last summer, as Manny Pacquiao was whisked away in a limo at LAX with a briefcase full of cash by Oscar De La Hoya as he arrived for his training…
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State of the Game: The Truest Promoters
Without the benefit of television money, and most of the time without the support of a casino, there are still shows being presented on a regular basis across the country. To make…
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X-Plosive Gets off the Ground, While Arum Can’t
The world must be coming to an end. The perpetually tardy Fernando Beltran didn't just make it to a press conference on time - he actually arrived early. Meanwhile, Bob Arum, who…
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Moving Forward
It was with much triumph and glee that HBO and Golden Boy Promotions announced that May 5th’s 'the World Awaits' pay-per-view show featuring Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather did SpiderMan…
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Just a Few Blocks Away, But Thousands of Miles Apart
When Freddie Roach accepted the assignment of training Oscar De La Hoya for his May 5th bout versus Floyd Mayweather, it represented a career-high payday (a reported $750,000 base salary, with that…
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A Blaze of Glory at the Alamodome
As expected, Manny Pacquiao would dispatch of Jorge Solis in eight rounds in front of over 14,700 partisans at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday night. Now, 'the Pac Man'…
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Viloria, One-on-One with Goossen
Joe Goossen doesn't just stand by quietly as he watches Brian Viloria - who faces Edgar Sosa for the vacant WBC 108-pound title this Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio,…
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State of the Game: Bells and Whistles
There is a familiar pattern that occurs on most major televised boxing cards nowadays. A putrid undercard that takes place in front of a sparse gathering is then followed by what seems…
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Pac’s Life
There has perhaps been no athlete in the world that has had the tumult facing him such as the Tennessee Titans’ troubled cornerback, Adam 'Pac Man' Jones the past several months. But…
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This War Just Keeps Getting Colder
Shane Mosley- Antonio Margarito, Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez and Joan Guzman-Humberto Soto – some great fights, right? Well, as of now, because of the ‘Cold War' that still lingers between Top Rank…
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Marquez Madness
Move over Joe and Dom DiMaggio. Step aside Bruce and Clay Mathews. The Wayans clan, all of you, step back. The Baldwins, you too. And make way for Juan Manuel and Rafael…
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Barrera vs. Marquez – The Last Rounds of Forum Boxing
Antonio Curtis will be among the most interested observers of Saturday night’s showdown between Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. During his tenure (1984-99)…
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10 Miles Apart, Ponce de Leon and Penalosa Meet at the Crossroads
Daniel Ponce de Leon, the current WBO jr. featherweight titlist, takes on the challenge of Gerry Penalosa this Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas as one of the supporting…
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Pay-Per-View Worthy?
Next Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Marco Antonio Barrera faces Juan Manuel Marquez in defense of his WBC jr. lightweight title. Barrera is a surefire, first-ballot…
