Michael Woods
751 articles · The Sweet Science
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PACQUAIO-MARQUEZ IV–NYC Press Conference Report
Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez and promoter Bob Arum came to New York and on Wednesday, banged the drums for the fourth fight between the rivals for the ages, which will take…
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Arum Aims For Martinez-Chavez II In the Spring
Promoter Bob Arum chatted with TSS before the Pacquiao-Marquez press conference in NYC kicked off on Wednesday late morning. He said that he's aiming to put on a rematch between Julio Cesar…
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Best guess: Chavez was 185, to Sergio’s 167
Many of us fight fans still felt the after-efffects of the buzz we felt on Saturday night, when Sergio Martinez dominated the son of the legend, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at the…
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Martinez Dominates Chavez, Then Escapes With UD, After Scary 12th
Sergio Martinez promises one and all he'd dominate Julio Cesar Chavez jr. in the main event at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas on Saturday night, punish him, make him…
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Report: Pacquiao to Meet Marquez On Dec. 8
They've gone back and forth for 36 rounds, with the vast majority of those rounds neck and neck. They know each other about as well as two folks can, without applying for…
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Chavez Jr. Wears What He Wants, Trains When He Wants
"He works when he wants to, that bugs me a little bit, but overall, it's OK. As long as we get the work done." Hearing Freddie Roach say those words on the…
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FLOYD IS FREE Mayweather Out of Jail
Floyd Mayweather is a free man. The best boxer in the world exited the Clark County Detention Center late Thursday night-early Friday morning; he entered the facility on June 1 on a…
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MSG to show Mayweather, Pacquiao bouts
Fight fans, if they have followed the sport for any length of time, are typically a cynical lot when it comes to the deal-making segment of the sport. Promoters can at times…
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Robert and Casey Guerrero Are BOTH Fighters
I spend too much time on silly stuff. Too much time dilly dallying on Facebook, spewing about politics and such. I spend a bit too much time watching crap TV. I have…
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Martinez to appear in music vid vs. bullying
Sergio Martinez, promoted by local Lou DiBella, has taken up the cause of anti-bullying and taken a stand against violence against women, especially in the last few years. The 49-2-2-boxer is stepping…
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Next for Floyd: Bradley? Canelo?
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be released from Clark County Detention Center on or about Aug. 3, so we have started to think more and more about what fight looms next for him.…
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Next for Mayweather: Bradley? Alvarez?
Floyd Mayweather will be released from Clark County Detention Center on or about Aug. 3 ... so we have started to think more and more about what fight looms next for him.…
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ANOTHER UPSET! Danny Garcia Stops Amir Khan
Another fill in foe, another script flipper, another contender for upset of the year. Danny Garcia knocked down Amir Khan three times and made the ref step in and halt the main…
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It Would Be Good For the Sport if Arum, Golden Boy Made Up
It's been awhile since Oscar (here in 2003) and Arum were even cordial. It would be good for the sport if they could bury the bad blood and co-exist, so some fights…
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In NYC, Chavez Jr. Calls Martinez A “Ballerina”
Funny how things can change in a year. A year ago, fight fans were accusing Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. of ducking Sergio Martinez, and many of those same fans figured that Martinez…
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Ward-Dawson Promotion Heating Up More Than Naysayers Thought Possible
A lot of the Twitter know-it-alls, the pundits on steroids, the writers disguised as wannabee matchmakers, have come down hard on the Andre Ward-Chad Dawson fight. Now, that is their right, for…
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Nonito Donaire Tested, Gets Past Jeffrey Mathebula, UD12
WBO 122 pound champion Nonito Donaire sent Jeffrey Mathebula down to the mat for the first time in his career, in round four, and it looked like that might be all she…
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Rosinsky: “Robbery is the Only Way Pavlik Beats Me!”
Will Rosinsky is smelling upset. He's feeling it, in every bone in his body, every morsel of cartilage, every sinew of tendon. Now, the guy is a realist, so his belief that…
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Can Tony Thompson, With Old Larry Holmes Body, Beat Wladimir Klitschko?
There is no way Tony Thompson can beat Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday in Switzerland. No way in hell...unless he does. Unless Thompson, the 40 year-old DC native, pulls a Josesito, or Klitschko…
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Could Mathebula Pull A Josesito on Donaire?
Jeffrey Mathebula should be thanking Josesito Lopez right about now. Check that...maybe he should be cursing him. Every now and again, you need one of those stunner upset fights, like the one…