Lyle Fitzsimmons
255 articles · TigerBoxing.com
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Reading The Reactions: What Matters, What May Never
In a past life as a newspaper sports guy, I frequently encountered a colleague who ? whenever an assigned opinion column deadline drew near ? would lament his way around the office…
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Eric Morales Main Event an Unnecessary Accident
I?ve never met him? but I?m sure he?s a terrific guy. And there?s no question he?s been a terrific fighter for the majority of an 18-year pro career. Even in an era…
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Dominant Gamboa Provokes Memories of Roy Jones Jr.
Nearly two decades later, it was d?j? vu. Through the first six minutes of Yuriorkis Gamboa?s Saturday night title defense with Jorge Solis at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, all I could…
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Dundee: ‘The cast is broken and you’ll never see it again’
Whether you?re bummed by Floyd Mayweather Jr., uncertain about Manny Pacquiao or unimpressed by Sergio Martinez? here's a little sage wisdom from Angelo Dundee. Don't spend any time pining away for the…
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A Plea To Arum/DiBella: Get Pacquiao-Martinez Fight Done!
Gentlemen: Good day, sirs. I hope all is well where you are. First off, pardon the interruption. I know I don?t have a formal appointment and you probably weren?t expecting a note.…
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Pacquiao, Mayweather stay atop pound-for-pound list
Status quo prevailed through the top eight slots in the latest installment of The Sports Network's Top 10 pound-for-pound boxing rankings, released Thursday. Incumbent WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, who will defend…
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Judah, Mayorga: Different reasons for remaining relevant
Go ahead, raise your hands. Anyone who would have guessed ? at the close of the eight-week stretch between Aug. 2 and Sept. 27, 2008 ? that either Zab Judah and Ricardo…
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Alvarez-Hatton: Vacant title has significant shadow
Talk about your tough acts to follow. Though one has legitimate claim to phenom status and the other carries nothing less than heavyweight name recognition, neither Saul Alvarez nor Matthew Hatton figure…
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Weekend card backs up the big talkers
The hyperbole is easy to come by. As a routine lead-in to nearly every big fight, promoters rarely duck a microphone opportunity to tag the imminent show as a "classic," a "must-see"…
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Motor City clunker gets Khan’s engines revving
-- whose Scottish brogue was among the few things that made Saturday's Sky Sports stream worth enduring on a balky Internet connection -- was quick to question the reluctant Alexander's real motive…
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Holyfield: I Want The Klitschkos, David Haye, and That?s It
It?ll be 20 years ago this April. And looking back, Evander Holyfield admits he learned a little something from George Foreman, even if he couldn?t actually say it at the time. Foreman,…
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Back to the Future: Ward, Pacquiao, Oscar Score in 2011
I hate writing end-of-the-year columns. Not because of the concept, mind you. After all, it makes perfect sense to wrap the calendar?s events in a neat little bow come Christmas time, giving…
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A Belated Holiday Gift: FitzHitz and Misses For 2010
OK, folks? you can stop with the e-mails, text messages and phone calls. Though it?s been a hectic stretch of wrapping gifts, entertaining family members and cavorting around a happily snow-free Florida…
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Say It Isn?t So: Pacquiao Unworthy of 2010?s Top Honor
This wasn?t at all what I?d planned for the week. As I enjoyed a flex-time Monday off from the real-life day job, my intent for this very column was to do a…
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Marquez Stakes Claim as Pacquiao?s Truest, Best Foil
I still hope Manny Pacquiao fights Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2011. It?s still a natural matchup between the preeminent irresistible force in boxing and its most competitively compelling immovable object. And in…
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Marquez bangs drum for Pacquiao
Just another day on the "Get Me Manny Pacquiao in 2011" world tour. Oh sure, when Juan Manuel Marquez climbs through the ropes Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas,…
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Three Days of Reflection: Pacquiao-Margarito in Texas
Random notes from a detoured trip to Margaritoville: OK, before we dispense with obligatory 72-hour-old comments on the past weekend?s fight card, let?s first provide credit where it?s due in terms of…
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Pacquiao tackles another challenge
Arlington, TX ? It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. But in the end, it was just like old times for scale-climbing superstar Manny Pacquiao. The 5-foot,…
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Pacman ready for another big bite of history
Ocala, FL (Sports Network) - It may or may not be the toughest mountain Manny Pacquiao's ever climbed. But it's certainly the most ripped. Already four inches up on his Filipino foe…
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Don?t Buy The Manny Pacquiao Vulnerability Theories
It?s one of those modern-day friendships. Rick and I work for the same company. We?re in contact virtually every day. But because our respective offices are nearly 2,000 miles apart and across…
