Lyle Fitzsimmons
255 articles · TigerBoxing.com
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Lomachenko’s Prowess Deserves More Than Middling Stand-Ins
It was the sort of performance that challenges vocabularies and changes perceptions. Because it's not enough to simply say Vasyl Lomachenko beat Nicholas Walters. And it's not enough to say he forced…
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No Robbery at MSG, But Golovkin’s Future Plans are Criminal
Let?s get a few things out of the way. I scored Saturday night?s fight 114-113 in favor of Danny Jacobs, but in no way do I believe ? contrary to many of…
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Banking Upsets: Khan, Klitschko, Chavez to Yield financial Windfall
This small-budget guy is dreaming big. Make no mistake, I?m quite content with my humble life ? first-grade teacher by weekday, sports writer by weeknight/weekend, modest four-bedroom house with a cluttered garage…
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Huge KO should herald Mikey Garcia?s return to P4P prominence
Leo Santa Cruz took a close one in Las Vegas. Carl Frampton earned a featherweight trilogy, perhaps on his home turf. But neither main-eventer was the biggest winner at the MGM Grand…
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Keith Thurman vs. Danny Garcia on CBS Is a Tiny Step Toward Curing Boxing’s Ills
Hey, did you hear the news? There?s going to be a major championship boxing match on prime-time network television. The announcement that the welterweight title fight between Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia…
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Five questions for boxing in 2017: Who wins the heavyweight showdown in England?
It's the most wonderful time of the year. Particularly if your occupation involves making lists. And given that one of the CBS Sports boxing team mandates is to wrap 2016 in a…
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Light-heavyweight champion Andre Ward led in two categories, whilst Manny ‘PacMan’ Pacquiao placed #2 in power conn. pct. Carl Frampton’s 52.5 thrown per round ranked #2.
It's the most wonderful time of the year. Particularly if your occupation involves making lists. And given that one of the CBS Sports boxing team mandates is to wrap 2016 in a…
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Lomachenko vs. Walters: Odds and Round-by-Round Predictions for Saturday’s Fight
He's got to be the best seven-fight pro on the planet. Maybe ever. And now, Vasyl Lomachenko has a big fight to match his status. The WBO's 130-pound champion will make the…
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Dear Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev, Please Don’t Make Us Wait for a Rematch
Hey, guys. Welcome to the day after. I know you're tired and sore, so I'll try to type quietly. First things first, congratulations to you both. What you managed to deliver Saturday…
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Ward: Kovalev is Everything They Say, I’m Everything I’ve Shown
It?s a big fight week. The biggest, for me at least, in a while. And if you can make a clear selection ? and feel sure about it ? you?re a better…
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Will We See Manny Pacquiao Score a Knockout for the 1st Time in Years?
He's also lost three times since, been stopped once himself and walked away from the sport for a pseudo-retirement that lasted all of three months before the return against Vargas was announced.…
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Pacquiao’s Vargas Plan is Similar To De La Hoya, Margarito Fights
Manny Pacquiao?s been a boxer for many years and a politician for few. But the Filipino has nevertheless mastered the art of competitive diplomacy. As he heads back to Las Vegas for…
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Gennady Golovkin Must Swallow His Pride If He Wants a Canelo Alvarez Superfight
It was the offer heard 'round the world. Or at least the suggestion of an offer heard 'round the world. Shortly after Canelo Alvarez pounded Liam Smith's liver into mush before 50,000…
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Does Gennady Golovkin Have Anything to Gain in Fight vs. Kell Brook?
All things considered, it's pretty good to be Gennady Golovkin. The multi-belted middleweight monster has won all 35 of his professional fights, has defended his International Boxing Organization title 13 times and…
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Brook?s Challenge of Golovkin Shows Signs of 1980s Greatness
When a note from Gennady Golovkin?s publicist hit my inbox Friday afternoon with a subject line heralding a September fight with Kell Brook, I was sure I?d seen it wrong. So when…
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Thurman-Porter Makes Working Weekend Worth The Wrangling
Covering boxing can be more glamorous for some than others. While some arrive at a fight venue a few days out and have enough downtime to blog about water pressure in the…
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Heavy underdog John Molina Jr. pulls big upset of Ruslan Provodnikov
Former 140-pound champion Ruslan Provodnikov's Showtime debut didn't go quite as planned Saturday night, when he dropped a unanimous 12-round decision to heavy underdog John Molina Jr. in the main event of…
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Hope for Canelo-Khan to provide the same drama as Corrales-Castillo
It never gets old. No matter how many times fans may have already viewed the epic first encounter between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo, rapt attention remains mandatory. The rugged lightweights…
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Like it or Not – Mayweather-Pacquiao II is Back on The Radar
A week ago, the mere mention of Money-Pacman II drew held noses. A week later, it?s drawing desirous sighs. Though both nicknamed combatants from last May?s windfall/snoozer have said they plan now…
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Inside look at Pacquiao vs. Bradley: What you need to know, expert pick
LAS VEGAS -- Saturday's marquee indicates a third go-round in a would-be rivalry between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley. And given the consensus one-sided nature of the first two bouts, you have…