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Mayweather-Canelo: The Event

Sometimes boxing fans await for a fight for decades, and it does not happen at all (cases in point: Dempsey vs Wills, Tyson vs Foreman, Lewi…

Tue, 03 Sep 2013

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Book Review: Boxing, A Worldwide Record of Bouts and Boxers

Some books are so good, it? sad to finish reading them and write their review. On that line, soon I have review coming on books about colleg…

Thu, 14 Jun 2012

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Hey, Floyd and Manny: Do Boxing a Favor and Fight Already!

It?s a funny thing that occurred to me today as I was reading my friend Clay Moyle?s excellent book, Sam Langford, Boxing?s Greatest Uncrown…

Wed, 25 Jan 2012

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Manny Pacquiao: Thank You for Saving Boxing

I have to be honest here. I stopped following boxing because it wasn?t fun anymore and then I heard of some Filipino fighter causing a stir …

Fri, 17 Jun 2011

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Boxing: Much Room for Improvement

I was appalled recently to read on the Playboy Magazine?s Advisor section, that one reader called boxing dead! The reader argues that MMA an…

Mon, 26 Jan 2009

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An Open Letter to Oscar De La Hoya & Genaro Hernandez

On September 9, 1995, the world of boxing stopped as it put its collective eyes over a ring erected at the legendary Caesar?s Palace in Las …

Sun, 04 Jan 2009

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Manny Pacquiao: Can He Become a Bigger Star?

When a person has it all and said person?s birthday is around, the perennial question is: What can one get the person that has it all? Simil…

Mon, 05 May 2008

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RSR Looks Back at Filipino Sensation Gabriel Flash Elorde

On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the tragic death of one of Mexico?s all time great boxing heroes, Salvador Sanchez, Oscar De La Hoya a…

Wed, 16 Apr 2008

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Aladdin Antonio Grants The Boxing Wishes

When I was a kid, I fantasized about going to a mysterious land far away from Puerto Rico, like Japan, Egypt, Italy or perhaps India, and fi…

Sun, 02 Dec 2007

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A Family Affair: The Relative Side of Boxing

In Natural Born Killers, Oliver Stone narrates how violence in the media has affected American life as it currently is. People used to watch…

Mon, 26 Nov 2007

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RSR Looks Back at Rolando Navarrete

Once upon a time, there was a period in the junior lightweight division where virtually every fight was a classic in the making. Alexis Argu…

Thu, 18 Oct 2007

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Nonito Donaire: A Flash in the Pan or the Real Thing?

When you are a young kid and with the future ahead of you, you dream about a lot of possibilities. In the future, you will be a disease curi…

Wed, 10 Oct 2007

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RSR Looks Back at Filipino Sensation Gabriel Flash Elorde

On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the tragic death of one of Mexico’s all time great boxing heroes, Salvador Sanchez, Oscar De La …

Sun, 19 Aug 2007

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Big Shoes to Fill: Can Rey Bautista Become the Next Manny Pacquiao?

Manny Pacquiao and Gabriel “Flash” Elorde are without a shadow of a doubt the greatest Filipino boxers of all time. Quite a loft…

Mon, 04 Jun 2007

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Manny Pacquiao Knocks Out Jorge Solis and Remains Huge Draw in Boxing

Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, 44-3-2, 35 KO’s, defeated the lowly regarded but talented Jorge Solis, 32-1-2, 23 KO’s, and…

Mon, 16 Apr 2007

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Manny Pacquiao Comes to the Alamodome to Face Jorge Solis

When one mentions the name The Alamo, memories of battles lost by the Mexican come to mind. Starting with the Alamo Mission one, which took …

Sat, 14 Apr 2007

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Boxing Truly has a Superstar in Manny Pacquiao

Almost three weeks ago now, we witnessed one of the rare international Pay Per Views offered in the United States. When a Pay Per View is of…

Sat, 22 Jul 2006

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Boxing Looks Back at The Hawaiian Punch, Andrew Ganigan

Once upon a time, there was a physical area in boxing that encompassed three different weight divisions, with a ten pound difference and eno…

Fri, 21 Jul 2006

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A Flash With Staying Power

Think about it. How many times has a person been able to inspire his or her countrymen with their actions? One can name a few, such as Mothe…

Fri, 10 Mar 2006

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Can Iron be Destroyed by a Hawaiian Punch?

Since its early days, the Junior Flyweight division has been filled with a number of interesting match-ups that never took place. During the…

Thu, 02 Mar 2006