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128 articles · Sports Illustrated
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Alvarado wins rematch over Rios by decision
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS?The action was much the same, only this time the result was different. Mike Alvarado boxed and punched his way to a narrow but unanimous 12-round decision Saturday night over Brandon…
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Once is not enough as Rios and Alvarado meet again
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- They're doing it again because the money is good, and the fight should be even better. The last time Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado got in the ring…
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Marquez knocks out Pacquiao in 6th round
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Juan Manuel Marquez knocked Manny Pacquiao out cold with a vicious right hand at the end of the sixth round Saturday night, putting a ferocious end to the…
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Manny Pacquiao?s loss to Timothy Bradley heard around the world
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS, NEV.?The outcry in this gambling city was so loud Floyd Mayweather Jr. could have heard it in his jail cell. On the other side of the world, people cried in…
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Despite Controversial Loss, Pacquiao Keeping His Cool
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS | The outcry in this gambling city was so loud Floyd Mayweather Jr. could have heard it in his jail cell. On the other side of the world, people cried…
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Pacquiao Takes the High Road
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS - The outcry in this gambling city was so loud Floyd Mayweather Jr. could have heard it in his jail cell. On the other side of the world, people cried…
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Old story in boxing, Pacquiao loss heard around the world
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS ? The outcry in this gambling city was so loud Floyd Mayweather Jr. could have heard it in his jail cell. On the other side of the world, people cried…
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Pacquiao prepares for tonight’s fight with Bradley
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao barely escaped to fight another day, and would need 28 stitches to close the cut over his right eye. Juan Manuel Marquez had nearly ended his remarkable…
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Column: Pacquiao needs to be impressive
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) The gym had been cleared, and the wait for Manny Pacquiao had begun. He would spar six rounds this day to prepare for his fight with Timothy Bradley, and…
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Column: Gay marriage flap may sell Pacquiao fight
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
The guy he really should be boxing will be in a jail cell when Manny Pacquiao enters the ring next, not that it's the furious little fighter's fault. Neither was the faux…
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Mayweather impressive, still shuns Pacquiao
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Floyd Mayweather Jr. was getting ready to make his ring walk about the time Manny Pacquiao arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Philippine Airlines Flight 102. He'll…
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Mayweather remains unbeaten, beats Cotto in unanimous decision to win 154-pound title
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
Floyd Mayweather Jr. finally found himself in a real fight, complete with a bloody nose and an opponent in Miguel Cotto who was never going to quit. As usual, he found a…
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Stubbornness derails dream of Pacquiao-Mayweather
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
Sorry, boxing fans. This is news you don't want to hear. Enjoy Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday night against Miguel Cotto, if you wish. But understand this: Despite the fervent hope of…
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Column: Frozen by Parkinson?s, still The Greatest
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP)?They gathered in the bowels of the arena where most of the great fights of the last two decades have taken place, old men now all sharing one shining moment…
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Ali still ‘The Greatest’ as he celebrates 70th
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
Rumble, young man, rumble," used to be his battle cry. But Muhammad Ali is an old man now, ravaged by his years in the ring and his decades of braving Parkinson's disease.…
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Juan Manuel Marquez believes he beat Manny Pacquiao — twice
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao acts as though it's personal, then claims it's not. Just another night in the ring, another notch on his belt and another $25 million or so to…
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Pacquiao faces old nemesis in fight with Marquez
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP)?The hype is on for the return of Manny Pacquiao, boxing?s most exciting fighter, who was last seen headed back to his duties as a congressman in the Philippines after…
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Column: Appreciate Pacquiao without Mayweather
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
By now the routine is a familiar one for Manny Pacquiao. Twice a year he leaves his native Philippines ? where he doubles as a congressman ? to train with Freddie Roach…
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Mayweather’s win over Ortiz is right on the money
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. won the fight with a questionable - if legal - pair of punches that Victor Ortiz never saw coming. He followed it by berating an 80-year-old…
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Ortiz Has Exciting Style for Mayweather Fight
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press
Victor Ortiz knocks people down, and he's done it every time he has stepped into the ring. He also goes down, twice in his last fight alone. It's a pattern that can…