Kieran Mulvaney
50 articles · TigerBoxing.com
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Bernard Hopkins, a boxing artist
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- They say Father Time is the one opponent whom no fighter can defeat, but Bernard Hopkins is doing a good job of bloodying the old man's nose on his…
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Garcia gets job done, but little more
NEW YORK -- If there is any cause for Juan Carlos Burgos to celebrate tonight, it's that he succeeded where every other Mikey Garcia opponent has failed over the past four-plus years,…
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KO of the year: Stevenson-Dawson
Then-light heavyweight champ Chad Dawson likely anticipated a June 8 challenge from Adonis Stevenson with less trepidation than his showdown nine months earlier with Andre Ward. He was back at a more…
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’12 Days’: Ward-Golovkin
Oh, sure, it's fun enough to debate fantasy matchups that will always remain fantasy, confidently predicting outcomes secure in the knowledge that you will never be proved wrong because the fight will…
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Maybe just the beginning for Macau
MACAU -- We had no real idea where we were. We had taken advantage of some down time to take an afternoon off from reporting on fight week, and had hopped in…
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Roach: Pacquiao will ‘destroy’ Rios
MACAU -- Brandon Rios and his trainer, Robert Garcia, think that Manny Pacquiao is in decline. It's an assertion that brings a snort of derision from Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach. "When does…
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Rios fit, says Pacquiao has slowed
MACAU -- Alex Ariza may have made his most public mark on fight week so far with The Kick Heard ?Round the World, but for Team Brandon Rios, Ariza's biggest contribution came…
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Pacquiao, Rios camps clash
MACAU -- Tensions between the camps of Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios erupted into a physical altercation Wednesday morning at The Venetian Macao, site of Saturday night's clash between the fighters. The…
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Rios says he’ll be ready right on time
MACAU, China -- "You know what the funniest thing about a fight card in Macau is?" "What?" "It's the little differences. Fight week in a casino in China is a lot like…
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5 Things: Bradley-Marquez
LAS VEGAS -- Timothy Bradley Jr. eked out a split-decision win against Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday night to retain a welterweight belt and remain undefeated after 12 skillfully fought and closely…
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5 Things: Mayweather-Alvarez
LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. produced another extraordinary boxing clinic at the MGM Grand on Saturday night, dominating Canelo Alvarez to remain undefeated. And in the co-main event, Danny Garcia rallied…
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5 Things: Mayweather-Guerrero
LAS VEGAS -- The dust has settled and enough time has passed since Floyd Mayweather Jr. directed his own personal episode of "Masterpiece Theatre" in the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday…
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Fighters stay calm as fathers create chaos
LAS VEGAS -- It was not exactly shaping up to be the most electrifying media conference of all time. Sponsors, promoters and broadcasters all took their turn at the podium, and the…
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5 Things: Canelo-Trout card
SAN ANTONIO -- Canelo Alvarez outpointed Austin Trout in front of almost 40,000 adoring fans on Saturday night, and as is almost always the case in boxing, he set in motion almost…
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Canelo graduates to true champion
SAN ANTONIO -- The prefight narrative, boiled down to its most simplistic state and shorn of nuance, was clear: Would Austin Trout, the boxer, prevail? Or would Canelo Alvarez, the fighter, prove…
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Is Canelo fight Cotto 2.0 for Trout?
Austin Trout's arrival as A Fighter To Be Taken Seriously followed his impressive decision win over Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden last December. That earned him Saturday's Showtime-televised shot against Canelo…
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5 things we learned from Pac-Bradley
1. Anyone can fall victim to a bad decision Conventional wisdom, for whatever it's worth, holds that close, controversial decisions will always fall in favor of the "house" fighter, the man who…
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Bradley reveals his battle plan
Timothy Bradley Jr. is not, it would seem, the kind of fighter who goes out of the way to sing his own praises. "I'm the kind of fighter that, I don't look…
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Roach: Pac’s arrival ‘best day of my life’
LAS VEGAS -- Whatever happens on Saturday night, the weekend is guaranteed to be a memorable one for Freddie Roach. On Sunday, the trainer for Manny Pacquiao, Amir Khan and Julio Cesar…
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Mayweather on Manny’s mind
LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao will fight Timothy Bradley Jr. at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday night, but inevitably conversation with the Filipino star turns, sooner or later, to…
