Lyle Fitzsimmons
255 articles · TigerBoxing.com
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Manny Pacquiao may be winding down career, but still ready for war
It's election season. Perhaps, then, you'll forgive Manny Pacquiao for his own brand of issue waffling. The Filipino congressman's Saturday night showdown with Timothy Bradley was initially framed as the final fight…
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Tim Bradley’s new trainer can make things difficult for Manny Pacquiao
Tim Bradley has heard the commotion. He knows that his most recent victory -- a ninth-round stoppage of Brandon Rios, who'd never before failed to finish a fight -- has been labeled…
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Manny Pacquiao: The Last Thing I Want To Do is Make a Comeback
Nearly a year after laying a Money-encrusted egg in his last trip to Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao is back on the MGM Grand?s main stage for the 13th time this weekend against…
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Ward provides a glimpse, no certainty when it comes to Kovalev
When it comes to forecasting fights, I go one of two ways. Sometimes I?m as sure as sure can be. One guy will win. And my view doesn?t change. Other times, it?s…
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Forget retirement, Pacquiao-Crawford is a fight that needs making
Terence Crawford has officially reached the level Frank Sinatra used to sing about. He?s made it there. And now it appears he might make it anywhere. The amiable Nebraskan took his Midwestern…
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Pacquiao-Bradley 3 Would Continue The Wrong Tradition
It may not qualify as tradition, but it does seem to happen a lot in boxing. When one fighting generation fades into another, an identifiable superstar from the outgoing class will oft-times…
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Canelo Alvarez deats Miguel Cotto by unanimous decision, ready for GGG
The younger, bigger, stronger man did what younger, bigger, stronger men do. And in boxing terms in Las Vegas on Saturday night, that meant 25-year-old Canelo Alvarez was the man of the…
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Bradley/Atlas: Too much ado about nothing that special
Maybe it?s official. Maybe I?m now a grumpy old man. I?d like to think that?s not the case, given that I?ve only been alive for eight U.S. presidents and zero New York…
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Mayweather’s Gone, 160 Flatterers Need To Adjust Math
Prowess can be as much about what you get away with as what you actually do. This week?s example, one Gennady Golovkin. But before the inbox fills up, let?s state a few…
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Roman Gonzalez: The Latest Superstar Project For HBO
Ladies and gentlemen, it?s good to be Peter Nelson. Not only can the guy reach into a briefcase and pluck a resume with the word ?HARVARD? scrawled across the top in big…
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One Way or The Other, Mayweather Makes it Historic
By anyone?s measure, it was a historic night. Floyd Mayweather Jr.?s unanimous decision over Andre Berto 10 days ago at the MGM Grand was the 49th straight win in an unbeaten career,…
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Saturday night, Floyd Mayweather or Andre Berto will make history
LAS VEGAS -- There are some people who believe Saturday night's match with Andre Berto at the MGM Grand will indeed be the last time Floyd Mayweather Jr. competes in a boxing…
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Santa Cruz-Mares: Fun Night, But Not One To Remember
Most people got what they expected. Whether you?d picked Leo Santa Cruz or Abner Mares heading into Saturday night?s fight in Los Angeles, the overall result ? a tough, competitive scrap whose…
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Porter’s mind is on Broner, but ‘Money’s’ on his mind
Go ahead and call Ken Porter non-traditional. Because what the father of ex-welterweight title claimant Shawn Porter wants most of all this weekend has zero to do with striped ties, barbecue aprons…
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Cotto heads to weekend with eyes on a lucrative horizon
To Miguel Cotto, it makes perfect cents. After all, the Puerto Rican star has been a pro for 14 years and he's won legit title belts in four weight classes -- a…
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Confident Khan on the verge of a significant starring role
The top of the charts isn't for everybody. In fact, upon reaching big stages with bright lights, some performers indicate though performance that they're better equipped for the smaller venues and the…
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Golovkin’s Drama Show Not Limited To The Ring
Fighter A has two middleweight belts and a following. Fighter B has a super middleweight belt and a reputation. Given those realities, it seems simple that adding Fighter A to Fighter B…
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Breaking Down Kellerman’s Speech on Manny Pacquiao
I know we?ve all been thinking it, but it?s high time someone said it out loud. Thank god for Max Kellerman. Here I was thinking that I?d gotten through 46 years, two…
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Manny Pacquiao fires up rally crowd: ‘I know I’m going to win the fight’
Manny Pacquiao is a betting underdog and is typically considered at least a notch or two beneath imminent opponent Floyd Mayweather Jr. on the sport's mythical pound-for-pound ladder. But that doesn't mean…
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Controversial Olympic loss may have set Mayweather on historic path
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been in 24 title fights in the past 17 years. He has made hundreds of millions of dollars. If he manages to beat Many Pacquiao on May 2,…