Lyle Fitzsimmons
255 articles · TigerBoxing.com
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Mayweather-Guerrero: Looking back at Saturday’s live blog
Neither age, nor jail, nor insistent opponent and trainer were enough to keep Floyd Mayweather Jr. from completing his appointed Saturday night rounds. And by the time the night was over, even…
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Cloud on Hopkins: There is a heightened sense of urgency
Tavoris Cloud has seen the movie. He recognizes the part where the brash young stud ? a role most recently played by guys named Pavlik and Pascal ? loudly proclaims to be…
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Broner: After Mayweather is Done, I’ll Take Over Boxing
If nothing at all else, Adrien Broner knows how to answer adversity. The 23-year-old from Cincinnati struggled mightily in a made-for-TV showcase against former 130-pound champ Daniel Ponce De Leon in March…
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Forecast for 2013: Everything Old is New Again
Presents delivered and unwrapped. Check. Champagne chilled and corks popped. Check. Favorite NFL teams excruciatingly eliminated from playoffs. Check. OK, having dispensed with the traditional New Year's items around the sunny Fitzbitz…
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Upon Further Review: We All Deserved Better
An Open Letter to My Readers: Sometimes, as I tell my wife when I?m finishing up an article? it feels good off the hands. The salient points come to mind quickly. The…
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Marquez?s One-Shot Finish Worthy of Silver Screen
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?Bam Bam? and ?The Problem? ? Must-See TV for 2013
Move on, boxing fans? they have. Sometime around midnight ET on Saturday, the prolonged tease of a slow dance between Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao and anyone who?d had an interest in…
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Guerrero Discusses Berto, Drug Testing, Legacy, More
I?ve never been hesitant to engage with Robert Guerrero. When he initially piped up last winter with claims that Floyd Mayweather Jr. wanted no part of him because Guerrero was ?the guy…
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Ward climbs to P4P top five
Former U.S. Olympian Andre Ward makes the first top-five appearance of his career in the October pound-for-pound boxing rankings released by SportsNetwork.com. The 28-year-old Ward is fourth on the list, trailing only…
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?Bam Bam?s? Act Long on Thrills, Short on Excellence
Don?t get me wrong, folks. I?m all for excitement. When two guys meet in ring center, drop all pretense about a battle of skills and simply stand toe to toe with designs…
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Bet on it, Folks?Pacquiao-Mayweather is a No-Go
I concede. I?m a betting man; but not a particularly smart one. So even when the surest of sure things leaps out of sporting woodwork and screams, ?Hey Lyle, bet on me,…
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Chavez-Martinez: A Tape-Delayed Journey into Oblivion
Rather than hopping a flight to Las Vegas to take in the dueling fight cards first hand, or surreptitiously adding ?cable? to the list of bills at the friend?s house where I?m…
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Ward-Dawson Hangover: The Prediction Walk of Shame
Next time, dammit? I?m listening to my wife. Because she?s been around me nearly every day for nearly seven years and has endured work trips that have sent me from the Cayman…
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Guerrero?s Fists Won?t Cover Mouth?s Bloated Checks
Believe it or not, I?m just like anyone else. I hear the stories about Robert Guerrero and his considerable family devotion, and I find it impossible not to wish them all the…
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To Quit or Not To Quit: Escobedo Gains From Positive Spin
I?ve never met Vicente Escobedo, but he seems like a decent enough guy. He?s had a solid career. He represented his country at the Olympics. And he seems to genuinely care about…
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KO of Amir Khan Puts Garcia on Shockingly Short List
Move over Iran Barkley. Step aside George Foreman. And you, Antonio Tarver, please make room for another passenger. When the looping left hand that departed North Philadelphia finally crash-landed on the Vegas…
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Victor Ortiz Made The Right Call: Health First, Dollars Later
Here?s a news flash, folks? I love sports. I played football, baseball and hockey to moderate success as a youngster, picked up distance running as an intermittent hobby in my 30s and…
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Crunching the Numbers: Give Writers the Nod
Another big fight. Another big disaster. And while nearly two weeks have passed since the Bradley-Pacquiao decision that many went far and wide to label a "robbery" -- though I only had…
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Pac/Bradley Musings: Birth of a Salesman? and a Trilogy
Forget Willy Loman. And while you?re at it? forget Billy Mays, Dale Carnegie and that old guy who mentored Tom Cruise?s character in Jerry Maguire. In fact, you can go ahead and…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. is Back in Superfight Driver?s Seat
I got an e-mail from an old friend yesterday. ?I made this statement to a colleague earlier today,? it said. ?Mayweather?s an all-timer. I just thought I'd share.? Hardly an Earth-shattering proclamation…