George Willis
251 articles · New York Daily News
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?View? co-host and boxing fan Rosie Perez talks Mayweather-Pacquiao
Brooklyn-born actress Rosie Perez, co-host of ?The View? and now appearing in ?Fish in the Dark? on Broadway, talks about Saturday?s Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao superfight and her love of boxing with…
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Why Mayweather questions Pacquiao?s professionalism
LAS VEGAS ? There was a reason Floyd Mayweather Jr. was smiling from ear-to-ear Tuesday as he made his Grand Arrival at the MGM Grand to kick off a fight week when…
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Why Pacquiao-Mayweather would have been better and worse five years ago
It was the winter of 2009. Manny Pacquiao had just beaten Miguel Cotto to a pulp a few months after Floyd Mayweather had dominated Juan Manuel Marquez. The natural progression would be…
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Every single detail to know about Mayweather-Pacquiao
Fight week for Mayweather-Pacquiao officially begins on Tuesday. Here?s the skinny on what you need to know about the richest bout in boxing history. The Fighters Undefeated and 11-time world champion Floyd…
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Why Mayweather-Pacquiao is looking like Fiasco of the Century
Let?s hope Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao wage an epic battle May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Otherwise, the Fight of the Century could be remembered as the…
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Bettors banking on a draw in epic Mayweather-Pacquiao fight
Bettors looking to make money on the upcoming welterweight championship fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are placing their money on a draw. According to ESPN.com, odds for a draw have…
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Klitschko-Jennings more than Mayweather-Pacquiao warmup
Wladimir Klitschko was joking this week he was happy his heavyweight title defense against Philadelphia native Bryant Jennings Saturday night at the Garden isn?t on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny…
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Boxing?s battle to stay visible, but not incessant on television
Can there be too much boxing on television? It?s a question that wouldn?t have been even asked a year ago, when a sprinkling of bouts were offered ? mainly on HBO, Showtime…
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Bizarre Tyson-Lewis clash paved way for Mayweather-Pacquiao
Ross Greenburg thought the hard part was finished. As president of HBO Sports, he had negotiated a historic partnership with rival Showtime to televise a mega pay-per-view fight with Lennox Lewis defending…
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The Fox star who made Mayweather-Pacquiao bout a reality
Gabriel Salvador may or may not win an Emmy for his recurring role on the FOX television series ?Bones.? But the Bronx native will receive an award of sorts when he sits…
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First shot fired by Mayweather: ?If you?ve lost ? it?s in your mind?
Bob Arum, the 83-year-old CEO of Top Rank Inc., may have summed up the spirit of Wednesday?s press conference in Los Angeles for Floyd Mayweather?s May 2 fight with Manny Pacquiao when…
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A blow-by-blow of how Mayweather-Pacquiao became reality
After five years of starts and stops, the much-anticipated fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao was finalized in February. Here?s a chronological breakdown of important events the led to the May…
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Cotto: This secret weapon will help Pacquiao beat Mayweather
Miguel Cotto is picking Manny Pacquiao to defeat Floyd Mayweather when the two meet May 2 in Las Vegas. Why Pacquiao? Because Freddie Roach, his own trainer, will be in Pacquiao?s corner.…
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How prime-time TV will help boxing?s new stars
Unbeaten welterweight Keith Thurman needed YouTube to learn about what some describe as boxing?s Golden Era. That?s when fighters from Muhammad Ali to Sugar Ray Leonard were consistently featured on network television…
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Wladimir Klitschko: I?m no Louis, Ali or Frazier
Wladimir Klitschko has held a piece of the heavyweight title since regaining the crown in April 2006 with a victory over Chris Byrd. He has made 17 successful title defenses during the…
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The latest snag in proposed Mayweather-Pacquiao bout
About the only thing certain about the proposed fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao is that it won?t take place in Australia. Mayweather was denied a visa for a planned visit…
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Boxer of the year for 2014 ? and fights to dream about for 2015
I?ll check the box next to Sergey Kovalev when I fill out my ballot for the Boxing Writers Association of America Sugar Ray Robinson award for Fighter of the Year. In many…
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How Saturday?s winners could find themselves seeing stars
If Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao don?t wind up fighting each other their next opponents could be determined by the outcomes of separate fights Saturday night in Las Vegas. On Showtime, Amir…
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?There are no excuses?: Pacquiao camp calls out Mayweather
MACAU ? While Manny Pacquiao was trying to coax Floyd Mayweather into being his next opponent, Chris Algieri was left to contemplate what might have been. They are two prize fighters headed…
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Why Algieri will take down Pacquiao
MACAU ? ?Welcome to the Chris Algieri Show.? That?s the title co-trainer Tim Lane would give Saturday night?s WBO welterweight championship fight between Algieri, the Long Island long shot, against Filipino superstar…