Michael Woods
751 articles · The Sweet Science
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Last Call For 33 1/2 Year-Old Barrera?
Is it time yet? Have the Fates determined that Manny Pacquiao?s recent aura of invincibility should be pierced? Has he been conspiring with the Fates, unknowingly, by taking his eyes off the…
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Merchant, Manny Take A Bow-BWAA Dinner, Pt 2
The boxing writers gathered to celebrate themselves and the sport on June 8, and being cursed with a unquenchable desire to document such occasions, I brought my notebook along and scribbled in…
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Boxing Writer’s Assoc. Dinner Report, Pt. 1
Is boxing dying? Will mixed martial arts grab the venerable sweet science in a rear-naked choke, and put the once proud sport to sleep for good? Have the best athletes been siphoned…
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Boxing Writers Announce 2006 Awards
The Boxing Writers Association of America has selected super featherweight Manny Pacquiao, trainer Freddie Roach and the breathtaking brawl between Somsak Sithchatchawal and Mahyar Monshipour as its best of 2006. They will…
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Pacquiao, Arum, Roach Etc?Can?t They All Get Along?
Manny Pacquiao and the Korean In Jin Chi were supposed to get it on in April but all the I?s haven?t been dotted, never mind the T?s being crossed? The Philippine Daily…
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De La Hoya/Mayweather/HBO looking at big numbers up ahead
Think HBO is counting on the May 5th De La Hoya/Floyd Mayweather face-off to be the centerpiece promotion of 2007? Broadcasting and Cable reports that HBO Sports will run a four-part series…
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Old man Arum, he just keeps rolling along
Put one on the board for the old man? Bob Arum fended off a charge from bitter rival, the promotional neophyte Oscar De La Hoya, when he got Manny Pacquiao to sign…
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In and out, up and down with Manny Pacquiao
Most of us thought Manny Pacquiao would hook up again with WBC super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera, but Golden Boy Promotions is saying that Barrera will fight WBO champion Juan Manuel…
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Is Pacquiao The Only Nominee For Fighter of 2006?
Manny Pacquiao, with two victories against Erik Morales, and one against Oscar Larios, is the year’s top fighter, according to USA Today’s fine fight scribe Chuck Johnson. And for that matter, just…
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Merchant: Pac Man, Not PBF, Is Best P4P
He is seventysomething, but looks younger. An athletic regimen that includes ample time on the ski slopes probably has a lot to do with it, but flexibility in negotiating the moguls of…
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Bob Arum: Breathing Down On 75, Still Fit And Fiery
It’s been a mixed bag of a year for Bob Arum. On the plus side, he and his organization, Top Rank, were exonerated this summer as the FBI announced, with less fanfare…
