Bart Barry
132 articles · 15rounds.com
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Watching ?24/7? while thinking about Mexican television
Boxing doesn?t have seasons, or much boxing either, anymore, but it does have pay-per-view events that mark artificial seasons. These happen late in winter, spring, summer and fall. This year?s late-winter and…
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Arlington in November
Cowboys Stadium is not in Dallas or anywhere near Grapevine, Tex., home of the Gaylord Texan ? official hotel of the Dallas Cowboys. The stadium is in Arlington, a half hour west…
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Hauser?s writing is . . .
Eight years ago Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post?s longtime book critic, mentioned his policy about reviewing friends? works. He doesn?t do it. He didn?t explain why, but his reasoning must reduce to…
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Laborious dudgeon everywhere
Another bad month in a dreadful year. Dudgeon is high, patience low. Civil disagreements between smart folks deteriorate into fights. Even high-minded dialogue shows a tincture of personal pettiness. And still no…
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Mastery never gets old, part two: Marquez decisions Diaz
LAS VEGAS ? It was entertaining as a one-sided fight could be, but finally, ?The Rematch? was a one-sided fight. Blame it on Marquez?s class ? the ageless type. Saturday night at…
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?The Rematch? is on: Weights from Mandalay Bay, and a Pacquiao pick too
LAS VEGAS ? This town might be only a little bit closer to Houston than it is to Mexico City on a map, but if a town?s heart can be measured, this…
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Marquez and Diaz, and a race to bankruptcy
?How did you go bankrupt?? Bill asked. ?Two ways,? Mike said. ?Gradually and then suddenly.? ? Ernest Hemingway, ?The Sun Also Rises? And so it is with a prizefighter?s energy and legs.…
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An unstylish demand for a matchmaker and tournament
Here?s how I?d planned it. Timothy Bradley might be my favorite American prizefighter and so why not write a column mimicking his style with relentless sentences words upon accurate words and rare…
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Las Vegas in July
No, the upcoming rematch between Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz does not belong on pay-per-view. Two fighters whose cumulative record is 1-2 since their first match should not charge extra for…
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Somebody?s mojo has got to go
At some point a word for the art of inducing black magic, ?mojo,? became a synonym for momentum. Today there?s even a popular Hollywood website that tracks movies? box-office momentum and calls…
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Encountering Barrera: Deregulation, bad experiences, and Edwin Valero
It?s easy to find a professional athlete who will talk to you about his strengths. It?s only slightly harder to find one who will tell you about his peers? weaknesses. A professional…
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Manny, Joshua and the rays come down from Jerrytron
GRAPEVINE, Tex. – To look across the atrium of the Gaylord Texan resort on a Sunday morning – Alamo replica here, River Walk replica there – is to wonder: How did this…
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Non TV results from Cowboys Stadium
ARLINGTON, Tex. – “The Event’s” sixth match saw Fort Worth’s Arthur Trevino (5-3-3, 2 KOs) wage a sustained four-round featherweight scrap with Arizonan Isaac Hidalgo (6-5-2, 1 KO). One ringside judge declared…
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Mepranum and Marquez cap a stellar prelude at the Gaylord Texan
GRAPEVINE, TEX. – Tasty local appetizer cards have become a staple of promoter Top Rank’s superfight weekends, and Friday night’s fare at the Gaylord Texan Hotel & Convention Center – an opening…
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Different from what was promised
There’s an old adage in prizefighting – or if there isn’t, there should be – that you can neither trust a knockout victory on a South American’s resume nor a loss on…
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Redemption over irrelevance
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – And you thought it was flat and dark on a nighttime drive from Phoenix to Tucson? The current view from I-10 East: Indian reservations, 18-wheelers, dust and an…
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A contrarian’s dry-eyed look at the (possible) collapse of Pacquiao-Mayweather
“This one storm is going to change the face of our planet. When this storm is over, we’ll be in a new ice age. My God.” – Professor Jack Hall, “The Day…
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A mosaicked revisit to the year’s biggest fight – Part 1
Mosaic (n.) A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface. 2. A composite picture made of overlapping, usually aerial, photographs. In…
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Sung through him, Muse
LAS VEGAS – Sitting ringside at Madison Square Garden in June, the image of Miguel Cotto’s swollen and torn face still fresh, most writers would have picked Manny Pacquiao to beat Cotto…
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Capacity weigh-in portends great things for Saturday fight
LAS VEGAS – If there’s anything to be said for weigh-ins acting as preambles to super fights, “Firepower” promises to be like nothing boxing has seen for a long time. Then again,…
