Michael Woods
751 articles · The Sweet Science
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Who’s next for Mayweather, Pacquiao?
Boxing fans are keen to see Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao square off, but that faceoff always seems to stall on the runway. It looks like we'll have to be content to…
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UPDATE! Mayweather-Pacquiao Still Not Being Made
So we got that clear, don?t we, that Floyd Mayweather is NOT fighting Manny Pacquiao in April, or May, or even September? I must confess here and now that I haven?t even…
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The Year in Boxing, Part 2
May belonged to Mayweather, as "Money" earned a b-load of it for his night of "toil" against Robert Guerrero. The underdog challenger did the best he could to stir up the pot…
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Malignaggi nixes Broner re-do for now
Funny thing, this boxing. One might think that a loss would set Adrien Broner back a few steps, puncture his momentum bubble. But it's a fair bet that there won't be a…
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Malignaggi weighs in on Broner’s flaws
He's been telling us, and not in subtle fashion, not resorting to hints or implications. No, Paul Malignaggi has told us for a long spell that Adrien Broner is not the heir…
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Dr. Goodman Responds To Team Rios Slam on Testing Protocol in Macau
Word came out last week that Brandon Rios tested positive for a banned substance following his Nov. 23 loss to Manny Pacquiao in Macau. Team Rios responded with protests, and strength and…
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EXPOSED! Maidana Upsets Braggy Broner in Texas
Welter titlist Adrien Broner looked to get closer to the Floyd Mayweather fight he says he doesn't want, with a tussle against Argentine bomber Marcos Maidana at the Alamodome in San Antonio.…
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Manny Pacquiao and Andre Ward Get Some TMZ “Love”
Boxers are today getting some TMZ love, which is maybe not the sort of pub they want. Manny Pacquiao is featured today on the gossip site, and the story made me cringe,…
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The happiest man in Brooklyn
Maybe the happiest man in Brooklyn on Saturday night was at the Barclays Center, and no, it wasn?t one of the fighters. It was advisor to fighters, Anthony Catanzaro, who was finally…
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Jabbaholic Malignaggi The Sharper Man, Beats Judah in BK Battle
The jab was fab for Paul Malignaggi in the main event at Barclays Center on Saturday evening. The left, pop, pop, from the Bensonhurst boxer made him the king of the pugilism…
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Malignaggi and Alexander Would Both Like Crack At Mayweather
Paul Malignaggi is smart. Not smart for a boxer, to use a patronizing term, but smart, period. I told him so a couple days ago, as we chatted about his Saturday scrap…
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Arum Says Provodnikov Open To Fighting Pacquiao April 12 in Vegas
Most everyone liked what they saw from Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 23, and it is clear that the Filipino is far from shot. His fans, the Manny-iacs, want to know when he'll…
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Arum offers love to Mayweathers
Brooklyn-born promoter Bob Arum, in town to hype his Saturday card in AC, took it gracefully when I aged him a year, and asked him if he was turning 83 on Sunday.…
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No Sugarcoating; HBO’s 24/7 Shows The Ugly Slur-Filled Mayhem in Macao
Some thought maybe the HBO 24/7 crew would enter the sanitation business, and via editing choices, make either Team Pacquiao/Roach or Team Rios/Garcia look bad in the final episode of the documercial…
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Predictions On Pacquiao-Rios From Foreman, Leonard, Barrera, Bradley
It was billed as one of the greatest boxing conference calls ever, if not THE greatest. It had to capacity to be a galloping cluster-dustup, what with Bob Arum, Sugar Ray Leonard,…
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Mikey Garcia: Great fighter, impressive man
I'm a sucker for the humble warriors -- people who you know could care for your toddler in an emergency. Promoter Bob Arum has a couple of those types. One of them,…
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Golovkin forces corner to pull plug on Stevens
Gennady Golovkin knocked Brooklyn-born Curits Stevens to the mat with a left hook in round two on Saturday night at the Theater at MSG. Most expected the Kazakh to close the show,…
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PREDICTION PAGE: Who Do Ya Like? Golovkin or Stevens?
"Anything can happen," Curtis Stevens' promoter, Kathy Duva, told me on Wednesday, at Madison Square Garden, three days before her guy, an 11-to-1 or so underdog, was slated to challenge WBA 160…
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Arum, Rios hype Pacquiao fight
Brooklyn-born promoter Bob Arum's next mega-card endeavor is a promotion to run in Macau on Nov. 23. His top dog, Manny Pacquiao, who is beloved as a congressman in the Philippines, gloves…
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TOP 5 TAKEAWAYS FROM PACQUIAO CONFERENCE CALL
Manny Pacquiao and promoter Bob Arum took part in a conference call this week to help hype Manny's comeback clash, against Brandon Rios, the Cali based banger, in Macau on Nov. 23.…