Michael Woods
751 articles · The Sweet Science
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Dunkin Senses More Deciding Bradley Win Not A “Robbery”
Cameron Dunkin is OK, really he is, if you don't think his guy Timothy Bradley beat Manny Pacquiao, as two of three judges said on the night of June 9. But it…
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Lampley: “Time Has Come For Fans To Occupy Boxing”
The second installment of Jim Lampley?s ?The Fight Game? ran Saturday, after the Chavez Jr.-Lee fight, and the timing could not have been much better, coming so soon after the decision that…
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Julio Cesar Chavez Stops Andy Lee In Round 7
No, he doesn't have the pop his pop had, but Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. can crack, as he showed in the main event in the Sun Bowl at U. Texas-El Paso, in…
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Thoughts On Floyd’s Request To Do Time At Home?
The minimal time I spent in jail was by no means a pleasant outing for me, though the downside was minimized by the knowledge that it wouldn't be a sleepover, that I'd…
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DiBella wants fair shake in Texas
On Saturday, middleweight contender "Irish" Andy Lee (28-1, 20 KOs) will battle Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1-1NC, 31 KOs), for the WBC middleweight championship at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.…
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Upon Re-Watching, I Still Think Pacquiao Won, But…
Three days on, and I'm still wrestling with the Pacquiao-Bradley decision. I'm still not sure what it was that my eyes saw. Fight night, I was certain. I was right there with…
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Promoters Association is mad as hell
Promoter Joe DeGuardia is in Howard Beale mode. Saturday night, the Bronx resident determined that enough is enough. I'm mad as hell at this Pacquiao-Bradley decision, he thought, and I'm going to…
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NYFightBlog’s verdict: Pacquiao robbed!
Boxing fans are used to this, the fight-night hangover that roots itself into your head after you watch a fight, are certain one guy won, handily ... and then see the judges…
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Pacquiao Dominates Bradley, But Bradley Wins Decision
Timothy Bradley did his best work in the leadup to the main event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday night. In the ring, against Manny Pacquiao, Bradley wasn't so…
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‘Kid Chocolate’ sweet on Pacquiao
NYFightBlog checked in with Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin, the middleweight contender on the cusp of a title crack, to get his take on Saturday's welterweight showdown, between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley…
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Could Being Good Be Bad For Manny Pacquiao?
Religion isn't my thing. I grew up Catholic, not because I wanted to, but because my parents set it up that way. I attended church, but was bored by it. I drifted…
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Bradley Ultra Relaxed, Confident Four Days Away
Top Rank has already hit a home run in choosing Tim Bradley to face off with Manny Pacquiao. His heartfelt declarations of confidence have resonated with fans, and will add a good…
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Malignaggi likes Pac over Bradley
Paulie Malignaggi has been soaking in the sun, figuratively, after snagging the WBA welterweight crown from Vyacheslav Senchenko on April 29. He's a full-on veteran now at age 31, and he knows…
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24/7 Recap: Roach Boots Ariza From Manny’s Corner
It looks like both the Pacquiao and Bradley training camps are humming along well, from the third installment of HBO's 24/7 series, but one wonders if the pockets of discord, like the…
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Floyd Mayweather Goes To Jail; How Will It Affect Him?
Floyd Mayweather has kept it light regarding his impending jail sentence for domestic violence, but the trademark gleaming beam of "Money" was absent as he put his hands behind his back, was…
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24/7 Heats Up: Roach Says He Might Recommend Manny Fire Ariza
In the second installment of HBO?s Pacquiao-Bradley 24/7, viewers are presented with the possibility that Timothy Bradley is a man at peace, not in recent flux, as Manny Pacquiao is, or was.…
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Roach: No interest in Pac-Marquez IV
Word is out that Juan Manuel Marquez will not, in fact, be gloving up at Cowboys Stadium in July, and it looks like he'll be playing the waiting game, holding out for…
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Road To Pacquaio-Bradley: Clinging To God, Guns and Family
Who woulda thunk it, say, five years ago that the road to Manny Pacquiao's next big bout would have been interrupted with a big ole pothole kerfuffle about same-sex marriage? You have…
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Pacquiao Clarifies: “I’m Not Against Gay People”
Manny Pacquiao, the boxer turned boxer-Congressman who has found himself in territory that rival Floyd Mayweather is more accustomed to, counterpunching the press which had cornered him, some could argue, on the…
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Pacquiao Same-Sex Marriage Controversy Continues
The writer who helped created a storm of controversy when he wrote that Manny Pacquiao is at odds with President Obama's personal stance on same-sex marriage has gone on the offensive against…