Michael Woods
751 articles · The Sweet Science
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Richard Schaefer: “We’re Not The Sport Of Smoke-Filled Rooms”
In the last couple of years, I've noticed a practice employed by Golden Boy's Richard Schaefer and HBO's Mark Taffet that I didn't particularly care for. During press conferences, each would point…
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De La Hoya Escapes With Decision Win Over Shaq
Count me among those pundits who think that we have not seen the last of Oscar De La Hoya in the squared circle. Until the day he turns 40, on Feb. 2,…
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Low-key Marquez Says Postponement Time Aided Him
When you are running a promotion involving Floyd Mayweather, there isn’t too much of a need for his foe, whomever that may be, to act as a foil for Floyd. Mayweather, with…
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Acosta Upsets Antillon On Latin Fury PPV
Urbano Antillon has been a professional for nine years and he’s 26 years old. Do the math, go ahead. Even if you are reading this after stumbling in from a night of…
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PREDICTION PAGE: Cotto/Clottey–Who Wins And How?
Just about crunch time. Talk has been talked, now is time to walk the walk, to see if confidence has been justified, or more of a masquerade. The road work, miles upon…
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Juan Diaz/Paulie Malignaggi Is On
Fight fans will be getting some clarity in the lightweight division, as former champions Juan Diaz and Paulie Malignaggi, each still smarting from marquee fight defeats, are set to tangle on Aug.…
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Humble Hitters Cotto And Clottey Count Down To Saturday Rumble
There will be no histrionics, staged or otherwise, to beef up the gate, not between these two humble, unassuming warriors. Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey, two of the five best welterweights in…
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Money Mayweather Is Back In Circulation
They are burning the midnight oil in the White House, the Obamas, Geithners, and Bernankes. They are buying tubs upon tubs of ink, and firing up the printing presses, 24-7, printing more…
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THE PREDICTION PAGE: Pacquiao or Hatton? Weigh in!
Predictions are like children. Parents crow over their golden offspring, boasting about their exploits and brilliance. With their less stellar spawn, parents aren?t as inclined to spread the word, and inform the…
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Top-5 pound-for-pound boxers of all time
The term "pound-for-pound" was first coined by Ring magazine editor Nat Fleischer in the early 1950s as a way of comparing and contrasting fighters in different weight divisions. These days, with the…
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A JuanMARVELOUS Win; Lopez Beats Courageous Penalosa In PR
Juan Manuel Lopez was the winner in the main event of a card at the Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum in Bayamon, Puerto Rico on Saturday night but equal, or perhaps more congratulations has…
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WHEN TRAINERS COLLIDE: Roach Wins This Round Over Mayweather
Freddie Roach and Floyd Mayweather Sr., two men who?ve been delivering the spiciest trash talk going into the May 2 Manny Pacquiao/Ricky Hatton clash, didn?t disappoint on a Wednesday conference call to…
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Hatton Promises An Explosive Fight Which Won’t Go 12
The Hitman?s confidence going into his May 2 tussle with Manny Pacquiao is sky high, and he?s sticking to his trainer?s call that he will finish off the Filipino icon. On a…
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Valero Strikes With KO; Katsidis, Escobedo, Reyes Get Ws
There are those that will try and elevate Edwin Valero to the top tier of the 135 pound class with his second round rubout of Antonio Pitalua at the Erwin Center at…
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WOW-Valero Says Fractured Skull “Very Minor”
A standout pro boxer is cut from different cloth than you or I. They are risk takers, and have a tolerance to pain, mental and physical, which allows them to keep training…
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Amir Khan Stops Faded Marco Antonio Barrera
Marco Antonio Barrera had called it quits, determined that his best days were far in the rear view mirror, and walked away from the cruelest sport after a 2007 loss to Manny…
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Hatton And Floyd Sr. Like ‘Peas and Carrots’
TSS readers regularly come up with tags for fights that obliterate the names given by promoters. I think our ace commenters might be able to do a bit better than ?The Battle…
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MORE MERCHANT: Larry On JMM, Floyd, Oscar
He is not the sort who when he is not assigned to an event, chooses to steer clear of all things fistic. Larry Merchant didn?t work the Juan Manuel Marquez/Juan Diaz HBO…
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Roach: Life Ban For Margarito If Guilty
Acclaimed trainer Freddie Roach is on the record. If the California commission finds that Antonio Margarito did indeed use illegal hand wraps, and that he did so with the intention of gaining…
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Mosley KOs Margarito In Stapled Shocker
It?s why we love boxing, the theater of the unexpected. Shane Mosley had steroids allegations and a divorce hanging over his head as he got ready to face off with the real…
