Ron Kantowski
17 articles · Las Vegas Sun
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Jerry Izenberg?s new?s boxing book chronicles golden age of the heavyweights
Jerry Izenberg, the Hall of Fame sportswriter who lives in Henderson, will be signing his latest book, ?Once There Were Giants ? The Golden Age of Heavyweight Boxing,? at 5 p.m. Friday…
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10 events that defined Las Vegas sports history
A look at the seminal events that have helped shaped Las Vegas? sporting landscape: RAIDERS MOVE TO LAS VEGAS Elvis left the building in 1977, and the NFL?s Raiders will enter it…
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Las Vegas hockey community mourns the passing of Eddie Samuels
Lee Samuels, the affable and longtime boxing publicist for Las Vegas? Top Rank, Inc., was telling stories and sharing anecdotes about his hockey-playing son Eddie on Thursday. He was speaking at a…
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Bennett?s hands full dealing with gloves for Mayweather-Pacquiao
He has barely been on the job a year, and this is his first megafight, where a tent is set up out back to handle all the media ? as when Sugar…
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?Fight of the Century? not really ?of the Century?
Are you ready for the ?Fight of the Century?? At least this latest one? If Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao is indeed the Fight of the Century, it will mean that…
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Boxing world’s outrage will turn into acceptance; it always does
When HBO shows the rebroadcast of Saturday's Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley fight at the MGM Grand Garden, the network should invite Marie-Reine Le Gougne to score it in the studio. You remember Marie-Reine…
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Pacquiao is chicken soup for boxing’s soul
A man's success can be measured in various ways: the accumulation of wealth, of real estate, of popularity, of a singing contract. Well, maybe not a singing contract. David Soul, the actor…
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Diaz mulls life beyond the ring
LAS VEGAS ? Juan Diaz woke up Sunday a beaten man, but at least he has a plan. That's more than many in the fight game can say. The former lightweight champion…
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Big fight headed for a New Frontier?
NOW If Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather take the money and don't run to Yankee Stadium or somewhere similar, they could contest one of the biggest boxing matches in years at a…
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The Elevator: Arum back on top of boxing after being written off
Who’s going to the penthouse in local sports — and who’s getting the shaft: GOING UP Bob Arum For those who wrote the Las Vegas promoter off boxing’s relevant list a few…
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Will the greatest boxer …
Go into any bar, tavern, pub, gin mill, saloon, lounge, roadhouse, speak-easy, taproom, watering hole, rathskeller, bistro, canteen, honky tonk or any other place where men gather to imbibe and smoke fat…
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Pacman vs. Cotto — get ready to lay on something
With all due respect to UFC 100, I think Big Bout 234,567 -- or whatever number Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto Nov. 14 at the MGM Grand will be assigned in the…
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It?s too bad both can?t win
People sometimes ask why I like professional wrestling. At the same time, other people ask if I?ve lost my mind. The best thing about pro wrestling is if you get (only) 57…
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Hatton vs. Pacquiao: Prefight hype in full swing
I think I just got 24/7?d. That?s what I?m thinking as I stand outside the boxing gymnasium owned by Dean Chance, the former baseball pitcher, in a residential section of the old…
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Nothing quite like buildup to a fight
It was on a big boxing night, however, when Caesars shone brightest. The sun would finally set and the celebrities would be preening for the cameras on the way to their $1,000…
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Ron Kantowski gives a Thanksgiving reflection on the local sports scene. And pass the pumpkin pie and whipped cream, please
By the time you are reading this, the holiday season will have arrived (although one of these years it ought to stay home, just to see if we're still paying attention and/or…
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DULY NOTED
NEUTRAL CORNER (OF THE END ZONE) UNLV apparently has found a novel way to fill Sam Boyd Stadium during the middle of football season: Rent it out to boxing promoter Bob Arum…
