Steve Kim
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Does ?The Fight Game? Stand a Fighting Chance?
By Steve Kim
Tonight at 8:30 p.m., (ET/PT) the latest installment of ?The Fight Game with Jim Lampley? premieres on HBO. This edition will feature an in-depth review of the recent bout between Ruslan Provodnikov…
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Altitude Adjustment
By Steve Kim
Ruslan Provodnikov faces Mike Alvarado on Saturday night (HBO 9:45 p.m., ET/PT) at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado, just a few miles from the ?Mile High City? of Denver. Alvarado is…
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Lampley Talks ?Legendary Nights?
By Steve Kim
Longtime HBO blow-by-blow voice Jim Lampley readily admits he is an emotional sort. If something touches a nerve, Lampley has no problems shedding tears (Dick Vermeil has nothing on him). And he…
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Lomachenko?s in a Rush
By Steve Kim
Gary Russell Jr., he ain?t. Because Vasyl Lomachenko isn?t wasting any time on his pro career and getting to where he wants to be. On Saturday night on the pay-per-view portion of…
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Concussed, then Concerned
By Steve Kim
When Tim Bradley looked in the mirror for the first time after his grueling back-and-forth slugfest this past March against the heavy-handed Ruslan Provodnikov, he could only utter these two words as…
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Marquez Turns the Page
By Steve Kim
Juan Manuel Marquez will be paired up with Tim Bradley for the latter?s WBO welterweight title at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas this Saturday night. Marquez will forever be…
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New Cotto, Old Cotto?
By Steve Kim
Throughout his career, Miguel Cotto, who makes his 2013 debut against Delvin Rodriguez this Saturday night at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida (HBO 9:45 p.m., ET), has been through a gamut…
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Chavez Loses in Winning
By Steve Kim
The boo?s came cascading down on Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. as he was announced as the unanimous winner over the game Bryan Vera on Saturday night at the StubHub Center in Carson,…
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The Disappearance of Tavoris Cloud
By Steve Kim
Last Thursday afternoon, a teleconference was scheduled for the participants of this weekend?s light heavyweight championship battle between Adonis Stevenson and Tavoris Cloud, co-headlining HBO?s (10:15 p.m. ET/PT) split-site doubleheader from the…
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Vera?s Ready to Go
By Steve Kim
It?s a clich? you hear just about every single time you interview boxers before a fight. Seemingly, they are always in the best shape of their lives. Of course; what do you…
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Three is not a Crowd
By Steve Kim
Before David Haye suffered a cut in sparring that nixed his bout against Tyson Fury, HBO was scheduled to telecast a tripleheader (from three different sites, no less) this upcoming weekend. The…
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?The One? Sets Records
By Steve Kim
After a superlative performance by Floyd Mayweather this past weekend, when he shut down Saul Alvarez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, a steady stream of press releases trumpeting just what…
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Media Daze
By Steve Kim
Tuesday, August 27th was the media day for Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez at his training camp in Big Bear. A bus that would leave at nine in the morning from Lot 7 across…
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Arreola and Ramirez Go Camping
By Steve Kim
In preparation for this weekend?s bout versus Seth Mitchell (Showtime 10:30 p.m., ET/PT) from the Fantasy Springs Casino, trainer Henry Ramirez made the decision for Chris Arreola to leave the comfy confines…
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Beltran Gets Title Opportunity
By Steve Kim
Ray Beltran, who challenges WBO lightweight beltholder Ricky Burns this weekend in Glasgow, was boxing?s angriest man not too long ago. In the wake of questionable decision losses to Sharif Bogere and…
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Chavez Claims Commitment to Boxing
By Steve Kim
In perhaps the strongest and most tangible proof that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will finally return to the ring and face Brian Vera (now on September 28th at the StubHub Center in…
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The Soapbox ? August 29, 2013
By Steve Kim
OK, it?s time for another edition of ?The Soapbox,? where you fans get a chance to pontificate about real boxing issues (so yeah, please save your pound-for-pounds lists. I don?t want them).…
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Azad Championship Report – Can You Buy the Pay-Per-View?
By Steve Kim
As of now, if you are a Time Warner Cable subscriber you don?t have access to CBS and Showtime among other channels. In the Los Angeles area, it means you don?t have…
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The TV Numbers: Premiere episode for ?All Access: Mayweather-Alvarez?
By Steve Kim
The premiere episode for ?All Access: Mayweather-Alvarez? had 225,000 viewers (according to Nielsen Media Research) this past weekend. By comparison, the debut of ?24/7? on HBO for Mayweather's bout against Oscar De…
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Azad Championship Report – How Does Mares Stack Up?
By Steve Kim
When you start talking about the elite of boxing, usually Floyd Mayweather, Andre Ward, Juan Manuel Marquez and Sergio Martinez are the names thrown around first and foremost. But there is someone…