Michael Woods
751 articles · The Sweet Science
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Terence Crawford Crew Ready To Rock, Want Pacman First and Foremost
The kid wants it. He doesn't want to let it marinate, and yes, he's respectful of the legend that is Manny Pacquiao, but Terence Crawford is hungry. He wants to figure out…
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From the pay-per-view card to the race card: Mayweather speaks
Floyd Mayweather Jr. may be retired but his mouth still works and he can still generate buzz, even when not an active fighter. Exhibit A: Floyd spoke to FightHype.com and touched on…
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EXCLUSIVE: Floyd Fires At Oscar, But Oscar Wins Counterpunch Battle
If I didn't know better, my antennae would be perked up, and I'd be thinking that FloydMayweather and Oscar De La Hoya were on a head-on path for a rematch. Now, never…
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Sadam Ali Wants Bradley, Willing To Pay to Play
Sadam Ali is the No. 1 ranked contender by the WBO at 147 pounds. He waited for a title shot against WBO champ Tim Bradley, craved it, and craves it still. He…
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Who Does Tim Bradley Think Is THE BEST At Welterweight?
He could have picked himself, or Pacman...but no. He picked a PBC guy. Keith Thurman. The Floridian, age 25, is the guy who Bradley believes is the overall ace at welterweight. Villegas,…
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Maybe the Most Fascinating Thing About Bradley-Rios Is…
Hall of Famer Jim Lampley has called so many of their bouts, as both Tim Bradley and Brandon Rios have been HBO staples for a goodly number of years. He knows what…
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TEAM CRAWFORD TO PACQUIAO: “Give Us a Chance To Take That Torch From You!”
He is going to take a day or two or so to chill after showing off his stuff to Nebraska and the boxing world on Saturday night. Terence Crawford day-after did some…
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Crawford Fishing For Pacman Bout, Impresses In Demo Job on Jean
No subterfuge, this one was presented as an exhibition. Terence Crawford was supposed to win, and look good, make people start to think of him as a top five pound for pounder,…
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Crawford A Considerable Favorite Over Jean TONIGHT
Let's be honest. Kid got kinda lost in the #MayweatherPacquiao shuffle. Not totally, he's had one fight this year. But for the 2014 Fighter of the Year, 2015 has been a "stay…
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Laywer Looks At The Arum V. Haymon Judge Ruling
Some folks care only for the business inside the ring, but the fights outside the ring are also brutal, in a different way, and can mightily impact what you do or don't…
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Golovkin Talks PEDs
The PED kerfuffle hit baseball way before fight sports, somewhat strange, I think, in that when you use PEDs to gain an extra advantage in baseball, you might crush the ball harder.…
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This Might Be Golovkins’ Top Asset
We all know that his fists are the sort which make proud men shake, make brave men question their mettle, make livers into mush, make brain pans rattle at an alarming frequency.…
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NOW Maybe Begins the Golovkin Era
This is the first fight, the first big one, in a new era. This is the post Mayweather era, friends, and auditions are beginning now on NEXT.... Dust will settle, after it…
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AB versus?TBE?
The rumor reached me from my best, on-the-ground source, Mr. X. ?Woodsy, I?m hearing rumblings?They are thinking Adrien Broner versus Floyd Mayweather if and when Floyd decides to get bored of being…
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Sanchez Speaks Up For Golovkin Regarding VADA Testing
PED testing, it gets a bump in notoriety, and attention, then recedes from view. The whole complicated deal barged onto our radars right before the last Floyd Mayweather fight, as Thomas Hauser…
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No glitz, no glamour, all Golovkin
Time ticks down to a most anticipated clash between the baby-faced assassin from Kazakhstan, WBA middleweight titlist Gennady Golovkin, he of a kind grin and sinfully vicious fists, and the confident kid…
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Mayweather vs. Berto: The numbers are in ? sort of
The numbers are in, or at least enough of them, to give a good sense of how much the people did or did not embrace the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Andre Berto going-away promotion.…
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Nonito Donaire vs. Scott Quigg is a no-go
They waited, with fingers crossed, with hope springing if not eternally, then for a proper spell. But the writing is on the wall for the Donaires. ?It looks like there?s no fight,?…
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Orlando Salido gets the short end after a long night
Another day, another controversial decision. ?SSDD,? you know what that stands for? We saw it again on Saturday night. The guy I thought, you thought, the announcers thought ? most everyone thought…
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Thomas Hauser explains USADA/Mayweather article
Two days before Floyd Mayweathers? supposed last fight, and the news is all about, basically, the long-form report done by fightwriting dean Thomas Hauser, which called into question the integrity of PED-testing…