Lyle Fitzsimmons
255 articles · TigerBoxing.com
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Nutritional sacrifices get Bradley in fighting mood
After three months of sacrifice, Timothy Bradley is raring to go. Oh sure, there's a fight with Manny Pacquiao this weekend in Las Vegas that he hopes he wins because of what…
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Roach uses workload to stay ahead of medical concerns
Don?t mourn too much for Freddie Roach. Not because a guy battling the issues he?s battling doesn?t deserve your concern. But simply because there?s still no place that the former fighter and…
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Roach: “If UFC takes over, it’ll only be our own fault”
Into every Freddie Roach interview, a little ?Money? must fall. Though the agenda for a Tuesday chat with the Boxing Writers Association of America's six-time trainer of the year in no way…
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Vera promises “some more whipping” in Chavez rematch
Bryan Vera wasn't going to let a little thing like losing kill his buzz. So, as television analysts gasped and Internet know-it-alls ranted in the aftermath of his first run-in with Julio…
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Promoter?s genius evident with Bradley-Pacquiao rematch
I ask you, Tuesday morning fight club, who among us wouldn?t want to be Bob Arum? Regardless of whether you laud the Top Rank consigliere for a track record of boffo box…
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Events with Ward, Pacquiao present big HBO possibilities
On consecutive Saturdays, a main-event stage on HBO will show us where two of the sport?s best fighters from a year ago stand in comparison to their contemporaries 12 months later. One…
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Donaire?s mouth requests something his fists don?t need
Good for Nonito Donaire. Even though the ?Filipino Flash? looked comprehensively ordinary for eight rounds against repeat foil Vic Darchinyan on Saturday night in Corpus Christi, he still managed to get all…
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Making a B-Hop list, checking it twice
(SportsNetwork.com) - Dear Santa: o, we're less than two months from the big day. I hope all is going well on the frozen tundra up north. Down south, I can speak for…
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Ageless Hopkins puts title on line against Murat
Bernard Hopkins has been at this "I'm in my 40s and still beating guys" thing for so long, that it's become more and more difficult to generate excitement when he prepares for…
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Self-interested Alvarado violates keyboard warrior code
It?s been a rough couple of weeks for the keyboard warriors. First, Timothy Bradley eschews the very fighting style that got him into their good graces seven months ago and elects to…
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A Bradley-Pacquiao rematch: It?s as simple as new math
There are times when it?s really easy to hate boxing. Case in point was Saturday night and the immediate aftermath, in which some tossed up roadblocks to the idea that Timothy Bradley…
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Mayweather’s Easy Win Makes Showtime?s Job Tougher
When are 2 million pay-per-view buys and the largest-grossing fight in history a bad thing? Well, OK, they?re never a bad thing. But just because Showtime?s hottest boxing property took another step…
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Ross?s Iffy Math a Sure Sign of ?Boxing Autumn?
Amid journalistic response to the first score Jimmy Lennon Jr. read Saturday night in Las Vegas have been calls to hunt down judge C.J. Ross, examine the outfit that gave her license…
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New champ Dapudong follows in Filipino footsteps
Maybe it's a Filipino thing, or an IBO thing. Either way, the method in which two recent natives of the Southeast Asian island cluster won jewelry sanctioned by the International Boxing Organization…
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Is Andre Berto Done? One Man Says No
I?ve always had a thing for Andre Berto. I saw him fight for the first time when he was still a single-digit novice ? in his seventh pro fight, to be exact…
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Loving Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner Has Its Ups and Downs
Hello, my name is Lyle and I have a confession to make. I really dig Adrien Broner. And I just can?t seem to stop. Sure, I already know prolonged exposure to the…
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Criticisms of Mikey Garcia Carry No Worthwhile Weight
The boxing crowd is a notoriously tough one to please. Sit at a fight for a minute or two of less-than-Hagler/Hearns action and you?re likely to hear boos begin raining from the…
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On Saturday Fight Night, The Show(time)?s The Thing
It looked like a banner night for HBO boxing. Though its Saturday card from Montreal was inconveniently (for fans) matched up with a dueling 10 p.m. ET event on Showtime, it seemed…
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Like it or Not, Andre, Carl Froch Holds The Cards at 168
We can all agree on one thing these days. It?s pretty damned good to be Carl Froch. Not only is the 35-year-old Englishman in the prime of his athletic career at a…
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Hopkins vs. Froch: A Can?t-Miss Classic For 2013
I?ve been a boxing fan for more than 30 years. That means I?ve seen most of my generation?s nominees for the greatest fight of all time, most notably the first Pryor-Arguello duel…