Michael Woods
751 articles · The Sweet Science
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Roach: Arum Told Me To Get Pacquiao Ready For Algieri
Freddie Roach is counting down the days till his guy Zou Shiming does battle in Macau, and Freddie is fully foucused on the former amateur standout, who is making marked progress as…
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Lara Calls For Investigation of Judge Levi Martinez
It's Monday, two days have passed, and the ire hasn't dimmed. Erislandy Lara is still quit angry that two of three judges saw Canelo Alvarez as the better man in their twelve…
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Ex Golden Boy-er Binkow Hired By Mayweather
Gentlemen, start your engines of speculation. News is out that Bruce Binkow, recently having left his office at Golden Boy Promotions, on the heels of the departure of day-to-day boss Richard Schaefer,…
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Malignaggi Strikes Blow On Twitter Vs. PED Usage
He was living in LA for awhile, but you could take the Mouthy One?and you know I say that with fondness in my heart?Paul Malignaggi, plunk him down in Podunk, make him…
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Pacquiao-Algieri Update
Chris Algieris' promoter Joe DeGuardia wasn't put off by the report that Manny Pacquiao advisor Michael Koncz said that Algieri was "not in our sights." The NY-based dealmaker, who rolled the dice…
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Hey Top Rank, You Making Pacquiao-Algieri?
Bob Arum is out of the office for a few days so I checked in with Carl Moretti of Top Rank to see if Chris Algieri snagged the next Manny date off…
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Joe DeGuardia Has Started Initial Talks To Make Algieri-Pacquiao
Hey Joe DeGuardia how does it feel to promote the most buzzed-about boxer on the planet, Chris Algieri? "It feels spectacular," the New York based promoter told me on Tuesday late afternoon.…
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Freddie Says Manny’s Next Being in Macau Isn’t Set in Stone
The punching Congressman has been in Jerusalem, on a religious retreat, but we can expect Manny Pacquaio to make himself aware of what happens in the main event on Saturday night in…
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Roach Weighs In On Marquez-Arum Meeting, Khan-Pacquiao Scrap, More
Omnipresent Freddie Roach was in NYC today, in the famed Gleason's Gym down under the Manhattan bridge overpass in Brooklyn, counting down with his boxer, the 140 pound titlist Ruslan Provodnikov, who…
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Arum Talks About Cotto Vs. Canelo, Golovkin, Mayweather and Pacquiao
I wasn't being flippant when I said in this video (at the 2:12 mark) that Bob Arum looked only about 70 early Sunday morning, while exulting in Miguel Cottos' win over WBC…
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Arum Explains Why He Is Bringing Pacquiao Back To Macau
After Manny Pacquaio fought Brandon Rios and the pay per view numbers didn't overwhelm him, promoter Bob Arum was thinking maybe he would table the Pacman fighting in Macau concept. But the…
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Is Sergio Too Brittle? Cotto Too Small? 3 Days To Fightnight in NYC
The time for talk is very nearly over and quite frankly, the pre fight gabbing has not been a potent selling point for the Saturday clash between 39 year old Sergio Martinez,…
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Roach Would Love Pacquiao-Danny Garcia Next
Freddie Roach is in NYC with his second most famous client, Miguel Cotto, and his confidence level seemed quite high during a Wednesday press conference held at Madison Square Garden, to trumpet…
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Why Does Boxing Exist? For "The Siberian Rocky"
You have to love boxing. Or, if not love, then at least appreciate the complexity present in the endeavor, as when you see junior welterweight standout Ruslan Provodnikov, wearing a "Siberian Rocky"…
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After Cotto, How About Sergio-Pacquiao…Or Sergio-Mayweather?
Sergio Martinez has been sending signals that he very well could be that guy who is 100%, who isn't coming into his June 7 MSG scrap against Miguel Cotto nursing an injury…
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Roach Considers Pacquiao-Provodnikov
Juan Manuel Marquez was markedly non-committal when asked early Sunday morning by HBO's Max Kellerman if he will next glove up against Manny Pacquiao, either because he's a savvy negotiator or because…
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Roach Could See Pacquiao Fighting Maidana, Then Mayweather
We will likely have a clearer picture of what's next for Manny Pacquiao in several hours, after Juan Manuel Marquez and Mike Alvarado engage in a contest of who has more left.…
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Cotto Is Battering Roach’s Body In Camp
Freddie Roach is not a stranger to seeing evidence of punishment absorbed when in the privacy of the water closet. Red tinged urine, a sign that the other guy had some luck…
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Showtime’s Espinoza Talks Mayweather PPV Numbers
Rumors are kicking around the internets about the pay-per-view buy rates for the May 3 Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana fight/card. The promotion did under 900,000 buys, I heard. Same as the fight versus…
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Robert Garcia Talks Gloves Controversy, Maidanas’ Effort
Robert Garcia hasn't yet watched a tape of the superb work his man Chino Maidana did, in applying the rock-solid gameplan the trainer set for the Argentine on Saturday versus Floyd Mayweather.…