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"Sugar" Shane Mosley: Finding Defining Moments

No, you cannot completely run from your past ? even as time?s distancing from events and circumstances, from actions made from intentions ? …

Sun, 02 May 2010

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The Mayweather Maelstrom

Iconic portraits of Roger Federer, Tom Brady, Michael Jordan and Arnold Palmer stare out from major sports and men’s magazines this la…

Sat, 19 Sep 2009

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Marco Antonio Barrera - In the Eye of the Beholder

Marco Antonio Barrera has been taking Manchester England by stealth. The Mexican legend has been looking interviewer after interviewer in th…

Sat, 14 Mar 2009

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David Diaz and The Limits of Extreme Possibilities

The thing about all out boxing aggression is that it demands knowing the end result alone matters; it?s fighting with only the end game of s…

Thu, 26 Jun 2008

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Postscript for Champions of The Sport

Time defiles every mortal effort to sustain athletic excellence eventually leaving sports fans only the recourse of memory as a final consol…

Sun, 25 Nov 2007

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The Long Good-Bye of Erik Morales

“It’s been one of the most peaceful training camps I have ever had.” Erik Morales seems to be ultra chilled, as he awaits …

Fri, 03 Aug 2007

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Barrera-Marquez: A super-featherweight's burden

Underneath the high definition calm of his practiced professionalism, Marco Antonio Barrera frets, holding in check his nervous anxiety when…

Tue, 06 Mar 2007

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Thoughts in the off season

Our thoughts this time of year tend toward reflection, trying to summarize and evaluate the events that made up the fabric of another year n…

Thu, 28 Dec 2006

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Destiny and the Legend of Erik Morales

?No one has ever booed me out of a ring and no one ever will. As far as I am concerned there is going to be a fight. We are there to fight.?…

Sun, 19 Nov 2006

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Pacquiao Mugs Morales!

Pilipino bomber Manny Pacquiao waged a war of aggression that Mexican legend Erik Morales, for the first time in his career, found too much …

Sun, 22 Jan 2006

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5 Reasons to Pick Pacquiao; 5 Reasons to Pick Morales

Manny Pacquiao - Age 27 stands 5'6 ?" with a career record of 40-3-2 (32) in 45 fights. The Hunger of Necessity: No one has to tell Manny Pa…

Fri, 20 Jan 2006

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Morales vs. Pacquiao: Ancient Rituals

When the Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez featherweight rematch couldn't be made, given the monies Juan Manuel wanted and Top Rank's t…

Tue, 17 Jan 2006

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Ready for a Fight: Erik Morales

Venturing toward a lightweight championship, what would have been his fourth weight division conquered, Tijuana, Mexico’s legend, Erik…

Sat, 29 Oct 2005

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Pacquiao vanquishes Velazquez

Manny Pacquiao 40-3-2 (31) vs. Hector Velazquez 42-110-2 (31) was almost by design supposed to be a reaffirming knockout win for Pacquiao, a…

Sun, 11 Sep 2005

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Is retooling a good fit for Pacquiao?

In a friendly against England, in the late 1970s, the great Brazilian football midfielder Roberto Rivelino put on a clinic of power football…

Thu, 08 Sep 2005

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The Enduring Erik Morales

In the fall of 2002, many boxing insiders were picking southpaw jr. featherweight champion Paulie Ayala to beat Erik Morales, then 26, the c…

Sat, 27 Aug 2005

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Morales-Pacquiao: Getting Technical

Erik Morales has admitted that after his rubber match loss to Mexican rival Marco Antonio Barrera he wanted to make amends to his fans, his …

Sat, 19 Mar 2005

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Pacquiao ready to fight large

Philippine boxing super star Manny Pacquiao seems to always have a smile on his face. For his opponents, he's always got thunder in his flas…

Tue, 01 Mar 2005

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Morales only has eyes for Manny

Mexican boxing legend Erik Morales assured boxing fans his loss to rival Marco Antonio Barrera is not the end of his career. On Saturday Mar…

Tue, 01 Mar 2005

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Erik Morales

Odd guy this Erik Morales. A placid introvert, given to sullenness, brilliant counter punching boxer who's won titles in three different wei…

Fri, 26 Nov 2004