Michael Woods
751 articles · The Sweet Science
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Could we see Golovkin-Saunders in April?
He invaded a new sphere of stardom in 2014, did the fighting pride of Kazakhstan, Gennady Golovkin. Golovkinites are now curious to know when the baby-faced brainpan-rattler will glove up next. I…
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Teddy Atlas says Bradley will have right plan, mindset for Pacquiao
He hasn?t heard from his fighter, so until he does, and gets the thumbs up, Teddy Atlas isn?t booking his room in Vegas. But he has been told that yep, his guy…
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Pacquiao-Bradley III is on?or is it?
You have seen them do the dance for 24 rounds and they will engage in another batch on April 9. Manny Pacquiao, the fighting Congressman from the Philippines, will once again attempt…
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The curious case of Andre Ward
The curious case of Andre Ward, we wonder, will it be cleared up, or still something of an unsolved mystery in 2016? I was told by a rock-solid source that HBO has…
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Kathy Duva says Sergey Kovalev is better than Gennady Golovkin
The year in boxing ticks down and soon we hit the reset button and start anew another installment of the never-ending season in boxing. The next week or two we will spend…
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The buzz on Luis Ortiz is loud
Social media is ever so useful, to alert you to what a screw-up Steve Harvey is, and to help measure just what sort of an impression a person has made on some…
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The Ken Hershman Era comes to a close
HBO is presenting fights on Saturday, on the last card of the Ken Hershman Era, and heavyweights will top that bill. Who woulda thunk it? Wladimir Klitschko?s armlock on the division enriched…
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Could Adrien Broner be Manny Pacquiao?s final foe?
And then there were three?and then there were four?or more? The winnowing process for who might get that last tango with Manny Pacquiao has apparently become more bloated. The names were whittled…
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Decision time (or not) for Pacquiao, Bradley and Canelo
Chips are going to fall but they are being held by Manny Pacquiao right now, so until the Congressman makes up his mind regarding what he wants to do next, chip-watchers will…
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Why it?s OK to marinate the Canelo-Golovkin date
You want it, you are quite likely to get it?but you will have to wait. You may not like it; it might irk you but this is the boxing business and it…
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Will 2016?s first quarter be PBC made-to-order?
Time is marching on, friends, and we must start our planning for the New Year. The calendar is firming up for the first quarter of the year in boxing 2016 and I?m…
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How long will we wait for Canelo-GGG?
To sell well, you?ve got to give the people what they want. This is true, I?d say, in any arena. Donald Trump tops the GOP nomination polls because he?s giving the people…
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Tyson Fury stripped of IBF title
That was a brief stint, that IBF belt barely got time to get warm around the waist of RING heavyweight champ Tyson Fury. The New Jersey-based sanctioning body today decided to strip…
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Is Fury-Klitschko II already in the making?
The big lad is sopping up all the juices of euphoria following the Saturday downing of the long-reigning king of the heavyweight class in D?sseldorf, Germany. But while new RING champion Tyson…
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One belt to go: Is Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder next?
The debate rages on: Was it the skills of Tyson Fury which ended the Wladimir Klitschko reign of supremacy ? or did Wlad get old in that ring, and bring nothing to…
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Brandon Rios un-retires
Nah. I?m not done yet, Brandon Rios has declared. Rios has been in the gym, sparred six rounds just yesterday, his manager Cameron Dunkin told me, and wants to give this Sweet…
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Pacquiao Studying Tape, Then Will Decide on Next
Manny Pacquiao will be doing his thing in Israel, on a peace, love and politics tour, and studying tape of three potential foes, and the world will know who he's fighting in…
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Thomas Hauser and a little Dickens
I have known Thomas Hauser for over a decade and am unreserved about sharing with you that he is an influence on me and that I consider myself fortunate to know and…
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Miguel Cotto vs. Gennady Golovkin?in court?
Fans would love to see the winner of Saturday?s super-fight between RING middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez in a ring with middleweight titan Gennady Golovkin. But ughh?reading between the lines…
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Mauricio Sulaiman answers Miguel Cotto
The hype for the Saturday super-fight pitting Mexico?s top pugilistic product of this age, Canelo Alvarez, against the Puerto Rican Hall of Fame lock, Miguel Cotto (at age 35), looking to continue…