George Willis
251 articles · New York Daily News
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Terence Crawford and Shakur Stevenson dominate at MSG
Terence Crawford and Shakur Stevenson might not have packed the Garden on Saturday night, but they did what all great entertainers do when they play the World?s Most Famous Arena: They closed…
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Superstar on path to boxing glory but first has to survive ?war?
It?s supposed to be a showcase fight for Terence Crawford on Saturday night, the first time he is headlining in the big arena at Madison Square Garden. It?s the next step in…
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Can enigmatic Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. stun Canelo Alvarez?
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has passed the toughest part of his pay-per-view fight with Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez on Saturday night in Las Vegas. He made weight. Whew! Whether Chavez would meet the…
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He has 7 wins ? and could be the best boxer in the world
Vasyl Lomachenko continues his quest to be recognized as the best pound-for-pound boxer on the planet Saturday night when he defends his WBO junior lightweight championship against Jason ?El Canito? Sosa. The…
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Danny Jacobs brought it, but Gennady Golovkin too much in the end
Danny Jacobs thought he fought the perfect fight; thought he had done all he needed to do to upset Gennady Golovkin and capture the middleweight championship before 19,939 at Madison Square Garden…
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If this is Danny Jacobs? moment, it will be a boxing tearjerker
Danny Jacobs has envisioned the outcome of his fight with Gennady Golovkin Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, and it brought him to tears. They were tears of joy and tears of…
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Golovkin could have more fans than Brooklyn-born Jacobs
Danny Jacobs is Brooklyn born and raised, but Gennady Golovkin will be fighting at the Garden for the fifth time on March 18 when they meet for the middleweight championship. This could…
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Keith Thurman outlasts Danny Garcia in a fight to forget
It was more of a clunker than a classic, with most of the suspense coming after Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia had fought for 12 rounds at Barclays Center. That?s when a…
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Memory of mentor janitor is only motivation Keith Thurman needs
Keith Thurman was 7 years old when Ben Getty began shaping him into a boxing prodigy out of Clearwater, Fla. By the time Thurman was 14, Getty had seen enough potential in…
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Boxing returns to New York ? only big shows allowed
It has been five months since a professional boxing card was held in New York. The drought will end Saturday night when super middleweight champions Badou Jack of Las Vegas and James…
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Bernard Hopkins working for storybook ending in ?final? bout
At age 51, Bernard Hopkins insists his light heavyweight fight against Long Island slugger Joe Smith Jr. on Saturday night is the last bout of his prizefighting career. ?Win, lose or draw…
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Tone-deaf commission courts controversy with judging choice
Perhaps it was some lingering hostility over the presidential election results, but much of the boxing community lost its collective mind over the decision that awarded Andre Ward the light heavyweight championship…
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Ward-Kovalev was no robbery and everything boxing needed
LAS VEGAS ? Boxing got what it needed Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena: fans clamoring for a rematch for all the right reasons. Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev will meet again real…
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Boxing tries to climb out of UFC shadow with Kovalev-Ward bout
LAS VEGAS ? After being overshadowed by the UFC for much of the summer and nearly all of the fall, boxing tries to makes itself relevant again with unbeaten champions Sergey Kovalev…
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Boxing can?t afford a Ward-Kovalev disappointment
LAS VEGAS ? Virgil Hunter has done his part. Now it?s up to Andre Ward to do his. Hunter, 63, has not only trained Ward to be in peak condition when he…
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Manny Pacquiao biggest star on jam-packed fall boxing schedule
You can tell the politician in Manny Pacquiao already is taking over the boxer. He sounded senatorial Wednesday during a press conference in Las Vegas to promote his pay-per-view fight Saturday night…
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How boxing is scrambling after hyped matchups fell through
Making fights is never an easy thing in boxing, and even when matchups seem certain, unexpected changes can occur. Take Deontay Wilder and Gennady Golovkin for example. Wilder defends his WBC heavyweight…
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Lomachenko pounds his way to title: ?Couldn?t see his hands?
Someone once said Vasyl Lomachenko wasn?t much of a puncher. It?s time to rethink that. The Ukrainian captured his second world title in just his seventh professional fight, knocking out Roman ?Rocky?…
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Chris Algieri beaten down by Errol Spence Jr.?s brutal fists
Errol Spence Jr. was looking to make a big statement fighting in the main event of a nationally televised broadcast from Barclays Center on Saturday night. He did so at the expense…
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Pacquiao-Bradley winner?s real prize: Floyd Mayweather?
It?s pure speculation at this point, but isn?t that what much of boxing is? Speculation about who will win, when the next fight will be and what it all means, if anything.…