Michael Woods
751 articles · The Sweet Science
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Rumor has it: Mayweather vs. McGregor?
The rumor du jour is that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is coming out of retirement and has chosen an unlikely foe with whom to face off in a fight that would presumably lift…
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Let?s hope GGG has a chance to prove his greatness soon: Weekend Review
BIGGEST WINNER Gennady Golovkin: The career of Gennady Golovkin has generated a strange combination of thrills and frustration, thrills from 22 consecutive knockouts and frustration over the fact he still hasn?t faced…
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Errol Spence?s trainer talks Spence-Mayweather, PED chatter
The trainer thought beforehand the reaction that occurred after Errol Spence did a smash-and-grab on Chris Algieri Saturday night in Brooklyn would happen. ?I thought going in, this is where America falls…
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Who?s next for the PBC Pack?
The Al Haymon team is stacked up at 140 and 147 pounds and that surplus got beefier Saturday when Errol Spence Jr. did what mega-stars Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan couldn?t do:…
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Does anyone want Mayweather-Pacquiao II?
If indeed Floyd Mayweather Jr. does what every single soul has thought he?d do since announcing his retirement ? and that is un-retire ? finding a foe whom will seem acceptable to…
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Dominic Wade: ?I don?t believe Golovkin is unstoppable?
The publicist, who has worked for and with IBF/WBA middleweight titlist Gennady Golovkin for a long spell, set up the phone chat. He billed the talk with Dominic Wade as being one…
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Bob Arum the best ever, to this point
He went to Toronto last week, to be feted for his involvement in the first boxing match of his now 50-year promotional career, the Muhammad Ali vs. George Chuvalo faceoff, and, as…
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Has Manny Pacquiao fully written off anti-gay commentary?
I don?t know Manny Pacquiao well enough to even hazard a guess as to whether the major league misstep, in which he insulted the world?s gay population, weighs on his mind, and…
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Freddie Roach thinks Pacquiao will stop Bradley
It?s been a long time coming, that sought-after stoppage. We?ve become accustomed to hearing about it, about the strong level of its near certainty, from eternal optimist Freddie Roach. And you think…
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Pacquiao talks about continuing boxing after Bradley
When in NYC two months ago to hype his April 9 fight against Tim Bradley, Congressman Manny Pacquiao told media that he was feeling a bit sentimental, because this would be the…
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Deontay Wilder to face Alexander Povetkin in Russia, says promoter
Time for Deontay Wilder and his team to get their passports in order because it?s off to Russia they will go to fight mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin. Promoter Lou DiBella tried to…
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Could anti-gay rhetoric cost Pacquiao a senate seat?
Chew on this for a moment. The best thing, for those invested in Manny Pacquiao the fighter ? be they fans, promoters or cable TV providers who disseminate the pay-per-view fights in…
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Amir Khan makes his case
Amir Khan acquitted himself more than well enough on Tuesday, making the case why he took a fight against Canelo Alvarez and believes he can win it with assurance galore. The Brit…
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The Golovkin-Hopkins plot thickens?
Team Golovkin made clear they?d be open to going to 168-pounds to meet a living legend for a showdown. ?GGG? promoter Tom Loeffler told RINGTV.com?s Mitch Abramson that many options have to…
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Could you knock Roy Jones Jr. out for $100,000?
Roy Jones Jr. was the best boxer on the planet back in the day. But the day was many moons ago. Today, the living legend is fighting on but the stakes are…
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Sullivan the spoiler?
So, I had to wonder: Is it not a weird place to be for Kathy Duva, the Main Events boss? If her guy, Sullivan Barrera, beats Andre Ward March 26 in Oakland…
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Sergey Kovalev unmoved by Jean Pascal?s allegations of racism
In case you missed it, Jean Pascal looked to get under the skin, a thick Russian variety, apparently, of his Saturday night foe Sergey Kovalev. He continued his theme, now used at…
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Huh?: Arum says Bradley-Pacquiao III is NOT Bradley-Pacquiao III
The billing of this April 9 fight between Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley is sort of curious. It is not, promoter Bob Arum told me, ?Bradley-Pacquiao 3,? because it will not be…
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Kovalev promises Pascal?s destruction in rematch
He works in methodical, not malevolent fashion. Come Jan. 30, I do wonder, though, if we are going to see what happens when 32-year-old Sergey Kovalev works with a fire of ire…
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Will Kovalev-Pascal II end in a familiar manner?
I?ve heard some grumbling from the Twittersphere, folks thinking it will be more of the same when Sergey Kovalev rematches with Jean Pascal, Jan. 30 in Montreal. I posed that theory, that…