Michael Woods
751 articles · The Sweet Science
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Garcia and Judah Kept Apart at Weigh-In; Broner and Paulie Jaw in BK
The promoter part of me wanted Danny Garcia and Zab Judah to do a faceoff, a staredown, after weighing in at Barclays Center today, but the actual promoters, Golden Boy, thought the…
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Zab Bolts Barclays, Then Returns For Presser, Barks At Oscar
Zab Judah felt dissed that he was made to wait in the bowels of Barclays in Brooklyn on Thursday, so the 35-year-old hitter, set to challenge junior welter champ Danny Garcia Saturday…
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Mayweather Calls Ghost A Hypocrite, Gives Self “D” For Cotto Effort
"This is a religious guy, but he had Marilyn Monroe on his wall in his house, he be contradicting himself," says Floyd Mayweather to open the third episode of Showtime's All-Access docu-mercial,…
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Zab Judah Seems Quite Focused Ahead of Garcia Clash
I know some of you will call me a fool, ask me if I've lost my fastball, wonder if my pro-New York bias has infected my ability to reason: but all that…
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Donaire facing shoulder surgery
Nonito Donaire hadn't tasted defeat in 12 years, and he sipped from the bitter cup on Saturday night, at Radio City Music Hall, as Cuban native Guillermo Rigondeaux showed amazing command of…
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Rigondeaux Runs Away With It, Beats Donaire UD in NY
This was no Bradley-Provodnikov or Rios-Alvarado but that doesn't detract from the superior effort put forth by ultra-skilled Guillermo Rigondeaux in the main event at Radio City Music Hall in New York…
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PREDICTION PAGE: Donaire or Rigondeaux?
Who do you like, fight fans? Do you see the Filipino-American superstar Nonito Donaire having his hand raised at the end of the night in NY, or will the Cuban defector Guillermo…
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BWAA Dinner Report: Donaire Impresses, Arum Rails
Gosh, are major, multinational companies dropping the ball not throwing fat endorsement deals at Nonito Donaire, I found myself thinking on Thursday evening at the luxurious Capitale in NYC, at the 88th…
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Roach: Zou Could Fight No. 2 Flyweight Next Fight
Apart from a bout of seasickness on a boatride from Hong Kong to Macau, trainer Freddie Roach reports that his trek to oversee Zou Shiming was a smashing success. The Massachusetts-born tutor…
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Final Presser Report For #DonaireRigondeaux
Nonito Donaire admitted to me that people who are thinking he might be vulnerable at the hands of Guillermo Rigondeaux on Saturday night in New York City have a point. He's at…
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Freddie Roach: Marquez Wants Just About A 50-50 Split With Manny
Most fight fans are keen on seeing if Manny Pacquiao can bounce back from the KO loss to rival-for-the-ages Juan Manuel Marquez last December. But that fifth scrap between the Congressman and…
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Arum should know Manny foe by Sunday
Bob Arum is looking to determine who will get the coveted slot to fight Manny Pacquiao in his next bout by Sunday, he told NYFightblog during a Wednesday press conference at Madison…
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Hyde-Rigo an unlikely pair
I was chatting with Irishman Gary Hyde, the manager of Guillermo Rigondeaux today, during a Top Rank media gathering at Mendez Gym on E. 26th St. in NYC. Hyde asked me who…
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Roach sees Donaire-Rigo as ’50-50′
Freddie Roach -- who was in the corner of Top Rank prospect Zou Shiming, the two-time gold medalist from China, last Saturday in Macau -- chatted with NYFightblog about the faceoff between…
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Zou Wins In Top Rank’s Splashy Asia Debut
If you run a business, it makes much sense to offer your product where a ton of people reside. Yes, boxing in China, population 1.35 billion, makes sense if you're Top Rank,…
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Alvarado Beats Rios, Evens Up The Score
Mike Alvarado started slowly versus Brandon Rios, but he did what all said he couldn't, and boxed smartly and steadily for the duration in the main event at the Mandalay Bay on…
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Is Floyd on CBS, off PPV, a pipe dream?
Stephen Espinoza runs boxing at Showtime and has put his stamp on the program in a big way, with the signing of the game's top pugilist, Floyd Mayweather, to a mega-deal that…
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Espinoza Talks HBO-GB Divorce, Floyd on CBS; Ghost Says He’s The Chosen One
I confess I enjoy talking to Showtime boxing boss Stephen Espinoza when I see him. He's a lawyer, yes. But I don't hold that against him. He's not from the Judd Burstein…
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Nonito Donaire & Victor Conte Part Ways
Nonito Donaire, the 2012 BWAA Fighter of the Year, who is set to glove up against Guillermo Rigondeaux on April 13 at Radio City Music Hall in New York, has parted ways…
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Arum looking at Singapore
Brooklyn-born promoter Bob Arum hasn't had time to even contemplate lightening his load in the last few days. He put together the fight which is the early lock for the 2013 Fight…