Michael Woods
751 articles · The Sweet Science
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RIFFING ON: Mayweather-Mosley 24/7
With just days remaining until Floyd Mayweather receives arguably the stiffest test of his pro career, viewers of HBO's 24/7 aren't surprised, if they've followed the fighter in the last few years,…
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Manny Says He’s Content With Career If Mayweather Fight Doesn’t Happen
Say it ain't so, Manny. Please tell us that you aren't going to get sucked into the politics vortex, and let that uglier-than-boxing arena kidnap you, and keep you. At the top…
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TRAINER TURMOIL: Will Clottey Be On His Own Come Fight Night?
We've discussed, to a nauseating degree, the negotiating saga which took down the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight. Some will blame Mayweather for putting onerous PED testing demands upon Pacquiao, and thus attach…
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Donaire Gets Cakewalk Win Over Undersized Foe Vargas
Nonito Donaire looked rock-solid in the main event of the Latin Fury-Pinoy Power PPV card from the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas on Saturday night. But he was a super flyweight in…
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Malignaggi Explains Why He Should Fight Mayweather
Just one problem if Floyd Mayweather fights Paulie Malignaggi. Who the heck are the fans going to root for? Two guys who typically wear the villain hat, facing off...What are viewers who…
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Roach Thinks Mayweather Is Scared, Still Hopeful Manny-Money Happens
Trainer Freddie Roach chatted with ESPN's Brian Kenny today and said he's still hopeful that Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather will get it on, but he thinks Mayweather is scared he'll lose, and…
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Foreman Out Of Manny Sweepstakes; Who Should Manny Meet Next?
Yuri Foreman wasn't crushed when he got the news that as of today, he would not be gloving up with Manny Pacquaio, giving Pacman a shot at an unprecedented eighth belt in…
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Paul Malignaggi Explains Why He Thinks Manny Has Used PEDs
In theory and in practice I am vehemently opposed to people tossing out unfounded allegations against someone. Supply evidence, then we can talk. But saying someone is using steroids, or EPO, or…
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If Pacquiao-Mayweather Fizzles, Pacquaio-Foreman Might Flourish
Team Pacquiao couldn't be faulted if they just said to heck with it, money is nice, but this negotiation session to set up Mayweather vs. Pacquiao has been a monstrous pain in…
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Woods Rants Against “Cheater Manny” Allegations; Plus, MORE MERCHANT
Hotdogs taste good, but nobody really wants to watch them being made, not if they want to scarf one at the ballpark without hurling. All the various bits and pieces, from various…
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TSS Toward 2010: What’s Next For JuanMa, Gamboa
Shame on us keyboard tappers. So much of our interest and energy has been spent in the last couple of weeks on the impending Pacquiao-Mayweather showdown, that we've taken our eyes of…
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Paul Williams Gets A Majority Win In Fierce Battle With Sergio Martinez
Boxing has the ability to make me feel like a fool quite regularly. It did so once again Saturday, as I watched the Paul Williams-Sergio Martinez middleweight battle from Atlantic City on…
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Pencil In The Date: March 13 A Tentative Go For Pacquiao-Mayweather
You shouldn't use a permanent marker to pencil in the date, it'd be wiser to use pencil, because these things can change on a dime. But it's looking like March 13 is…
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Manny Pacquiao Announces Second Congressional Bid
Manny Pacquiao, not one to be put off by a daunting challenge, has announced he is running for Congress in the Phillipines. Pacquiao, who turns 31 on Dec. 17, claimed his seventh…
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Yuri Foreman Would Be Happy To Give Pacquiao Crack At Title No. 8
Americans aren't a culture known for their proficiency at smelling the roses. We are a forward looking bunch, barely able to exult for a nominal length of time before we are proceeding…
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THE PREDICTION PAGE
The stats, the resumes, the weakness and strengths have been laid out, and re-laid, and laid out yet again for the past few weeks. You know who they are, their records and…
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TSS As PI: Searching 24/7 For Clues To Cotto-Pacquiao
Examining HBO's 24/7 for clues which might affect the outcome of the upcoming fight is one of the most enjoyable aspects of watching the expertly crafted infomercial. In the second installment of…
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Roach Says A Win Over Cotto Puts Manny In All-Time Top 5
Freddie Roach isn't simply the man who transformed a whirling dervish of kinetic energy into a technically adept, supremely focused hitter, he's Manny Pacquiao's most ardent fan. OK, that mat be straying…
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MORE MAX: Kellerman Explains Postfight Skirmish With Floyd
Mostly because of Floyd Mayweather's virtuosic performance, and partly because Juan Manuel Marquez was in over his head wearing a lead life jacket, Saturday's pay per view boxing contest featured less drama--faaar…
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Floyd Mayweather Plays Media Masterfully
You think maybe some of the folks associated with Floyd Mayweather’s return to the ring wish that maybe he wasn’t working quite so hard on drumming up interest in the Saturday bout…
