Michael Woods
751 articles · The Sweet Science
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Hoping, Still Hoping, Mayweather Sees The Light
We are all a work in progress, and by no means, I have found, does age equal wisdom. I found myself thinking this when I heard what Floyd Mayweather said Tuesday when…
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MALIGNAGGI: “I See Mayweather-Maidana 2 Being Another Close Fight”
There are a lot of folks thinking that this Mayeather-Maidana rematch doesn't play out as exciting, that Mayweather wins by a more comfortable margin than he did back in May, when one…
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Next For Manny If He Beats Algieri? “First Option Is Always Mayweather,” Says Arum
Me, I'm not assuming anything. I think Chris Algieri is a skilled boxer, wickedly ring smart, and I haven't come across an athlete with a higher confidence to level-of-underdog status as Algieri…
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Algieri, If He Didn’t Steal the Show, Came Close at Pacquiao Presser in NYC Today
Freddie Roach had high praise for underdog Chris Algieri, who takes on The Fighting Congressman Manny Pacquiao Nov. 22 in Macau, when I asked what other pure boxer that Manny's faced Algieri…
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Arum Says One Legal Hurdle To Pacquiao-Mayweather Is Not An Issue Any More
Click something else if you don't want to talk about a potential Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight, friends. I know that subject makes some of you queasy, or narcoleptic. But promoter Bob Arum…
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Bob Arum Zings Mayweather For Being Boring
Promoter Bob Arum was in fine form today, looking pretty darn fresh considering the hectic and constant nature of the press tour for the Nov. 22 Manny Pacquiao-Chris Algieri scrap n Macau.…
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Wait, Miguel Cotto Won’t Fight Again in 2014?
True of false, Miguel Cotto won't be fighting again till 2015? The WBC middleweight champ, we thought, was going to glove up in December, maybe take a "stay busy" fight, maybe in…
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Algieri Isn’t Playing Tourist in China: “This Is Work Time”
The trek to China has been so far, so good for Long Island boxer Chris Algieri, who seeks to cement what would be a Fighter of the Year sort of campaign if…
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Chris Algieri on Newfound Star Status and The Charge Nov. 22 is a “PPV Ripoff”
Happens all the time. Person who wants to be a star, get to that promised land where folks are at your beckon call, where the worries melt away because the pitfalls which…
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Algieri Reacts To Oddsmakers
The oddsmakers are saying his chances of beating Manny Pacquiao are slimmer than Brandon Rios' were. Slimmer than my chances of ever having hair as fabulous as David Diamantes'..or making light heavyweight…
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Ideas For Provodnikov’s Next..Rios-Chaves Winner, Herrera..And Maybe Bradley
I chatted with a source at Top Rank on Friday morning, and asked if it is likely or not that a Provodnikov-Bradley rematch gets made, especially in the very near term. Money…
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Ideas For Provodnikov’s Next..Rios-Chaves Winner, Herrera..And Maybe Bradley
Knowing what I do about human nature, and his demeanor, I do think that whoever gloves up with Ruslan Provodnikov next better be at his very best, and expecting a dialed-in and…
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GOOD BOY GETS IT DONE Golovkin Stops Geale In Round Three
The face is kind but the fists are hard and the intent is nasty. Gennady Golovkin, the grinning asassin, stopped overmatched Daniel Geale in round three in the main event at Madison…
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Freddie Roach Contemplating Training Camp With Pacquiao AND Cotto
Freddie Roach has a novel idea that sound cuckoo, but is just so crazy, it just might work. Coach Roach told TSS on Friday that he?s toying with the idea of setting…
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Frankie Gomez Is Now “The Patient Pitbull”
Frankie Gomez was seen by many as a sure thing when he entered the pro ranks in 2010, an East LA kid who?d come up from a humble beginning and would transition…
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Arum Goes All in on Algieri
Last night I was asking a friend about Bob Arum's unpopular plan for his biggest star in Manny Pacquiao to fight an unheralded nobody this November and he summed it up by…
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Algieri Has Been Watching Tape To Get Ready For Pacquiao…Tape of 24/7!
I cracked up when I was questioning Chris Algieri, who scored the opportunity of his fighting lifetime when he signed to fight Manny Pacquiao in Macau on Nov. 22, after I asked…
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How Sure Is Algieri He Will Beat Pacquiao? “ONE HUNDRED PERCENT”
Twitter, I like to say, was built to exemplify the phrase "contempt prior to investigation." People will fire off a half baked, fully furious critique of an issue or a person they…
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Roach Admits He’d Rather A Provodnikov-Algieri Rematch Than Pacquiao-Algieri
If and when all i's are dotted, and t's are crossed, and Chris Algieri is officially announced as the next foe for Manny Pacquiao, Pacman trainer Freddie Roach will be tasked with…
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Roach Says Shiming Is Ready To Rock, Will Be Too Fast For Foe
Freddie Roach would have liked the sparring partners he thought he had set up for ZouShiming in Macau to actually be there. But they weren't?and Dedham Freddie isn't getting grumpy about it.…