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Presenting the year’s biggest fight

If there’s anything to reincarnation, and if I straighten up real soon, I like to imagine I’ll come back as a Miguel Cotto fan. …

Mon, 09 Nov 2009

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Magnifico and Marvelous

A survey arrived in my inbox some time ago. It bore the look of a get-out-the-Pacquiao-vote initiative. It was respectfully worded, though, …

Mon, 12 Oct 2009

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Destination: Beyond the tangibles in Mayweather-Marquez

Whatever else you've thought about Saturday's fight, you should start here, the best reason not to pick Juan Manuel Marquez to win: Floyd Ma…

Tue, 15 Sep 2009

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Mayweather in reality -- return of boxing's cliche maker

DALLAS -- It's Friday morning, and on my way to the nation's capital, I'm going to Van-Hoy HBO's upcoming Mayweather/Marquez 24/7 series. Th…

Tue, 01 Sep 2009

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Beaten by tweetin’

Do you know what day Miguel Cotto opened camp for his upcoming fight with Manny Pacquiao? How about what time Paul Williams usually heads to…

Tue, 11 Aug 2009

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Some Bull, some Kong and a lot of Thunder

Much as we admired Alexis Arguello, we considered Arturo Gatti a friend. That's how to characterize the reaction their recent deaths have ga…

Tue, 14 Jul 2009

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In New York City, a celebratory weekend indeed

NEW YORK -- It's easy to forget how green the rest of the country is. Sitting in Central Park on a Sunday morning, after 13 years of Sonora …

Tue, 16 Jun 2009

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Boxing writing about Frauenheim, Cotto and Clottey

So there?s this dinner Friday night in New York City. If you?re a boxing fan, you might want to check out GoFightLive.TV?s webcast of the ev…

Mon, 08 Jun 2009

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?And it just worked beautiful"

Today you wonder what Ricky Hatton thinks of Floyd Mayweather Sr. Is Hatton glad his trainer taught him those nifty hand-pad tricks? What do…

Mon, 04 May 2009

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An ode to obscurity

Among the more misunderstood quotes from ?Hamlet? is this one: ?The lady doth protest too much, methinks.? The word ?protest? meant somethin…

Mon, 09 Mar 2009

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?Juan is not fragile?

HOUSTON ? After the post-fight press conference I followed Nacho Beristain into the underground corridor that would take him and the rest of…

Mon, 02 Mar 2009

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Discomforting Marquez, Discomfiting Diaz

Too much cannot be said for making your opponent uncomfortable in a prizefight. Even at its most tranquil, boxing is a terribly stressful th…

Mon, 23 Feb 2009

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Pacquiao's win sparks uncertainty for De La Hoya, boxing

Afterward came the usual self-assured grin. In the swollen left eye, there might even have been a glimmer. The entire fa?ade of certainty to…

Tue, 09 Dec 2008

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?I?m not shocked?

Afterwards came the usual self-assured grin. In the swollen left eye there may even have been a glimmer. The entire fa?ade of certainty to u…

Mon, 08 Dec 2008

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Oscar and Manny: Curiosity, money and an empty 45?

Go ahead, admit it. No matter how much of a purist you are, no matter how much you ridiculed this fight?s announcement, no matter how much y…

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

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Surprises in store for Saturday's Showtime doubleheader

To consider elements of HBO's fall lineup, in light of American capitalism's coming overhaul, is to wonder if we'll ever again have a broadc…

Wed, 08 Oct 2008

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The Brothers Marquez revisited

The Olympic torch is lit. The Games have begun. Audacious as boxing promoters usually are with others? time and money, no one wants to go up…

Mon, 11 Aug 2008

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Courage, resignation and the space in between

The spirit of the mass is broken; the original excitement about losing or winning, through which danger was forgotten, is spent, and to the …

Mon, 07 Jul 2008

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Pac-Monster is no lightweight

While promoting his next title defense, WBC lightweight champion David Diaz joked he had a strategy for combating Manny Pacquiao?s best weap…

Mon, 30 Jun 2008

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In celebration of what?s good for us

How much fun has it been getting to know WBC lightweight champion David Diaz? For the first time in years Manny Pacquiao has had an opponent…

Mon, 23 Jun 2008