Ted Sares
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Keith Thurman is Becoming Annoying
By Ted Sares
Unlike the style of Paulie Malignaggi or Andre Ward, when Keith Thurman provided comments during Danny Garcia's unanimous decision victory over Robert Guerrero this weekend, he came off as a ?me me,…
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The Sixties: Boxing and Bad Juju
By Ted Sares
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.?Martin Luther King, Jr. Change Is Only a Good Thing If You Change in a Good Way.?Malcolm X…
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Charles Martin: When a Win is a Loss
By Ted Sares
"It would have been great to get a clean knockout, but we got a third-round stoppage and Charles is the new champion.?-Manager Mike Borao ??for the time being at least, Martin has…
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The Fifties: Boxing and Nostalgic Times
By Ted Sares
?colleges being nothing but grooming schools for the middle class non-identity which usually finds its perfect expression on the outskirts of the campus in rows of well-to-do houses with lawns and television…
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly at Barclays Center
By Ted Sares
Better to be Safe than Sorry?Ronnie Shields Any time, any place, anywhere??Tyson Fury Anywhere I hit you, even in the body, the legs go out. It?s boxing?Charles Martin The class Deontay Wilder…
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2001-2010: Boxing and Dangerous Times
By Ted Sares
?I have come to the conclusion that whether or not a person is a religious believer does not matter. Far more important is that they be a good human being.??Dalai Lama 9/11…
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Ruslan Chagaev: Last of the Short Heavyweights?
By Ted Sares
Ruslan ?White Tyson? Chagaev (34-2-1) doesn?t fight very often, but when he does, he usually wins. Since losing to Russian Alexander Povetkin in 2011, the 5?11? WBA World Heavyweight Champion has gone…
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The Ring Names Fury Fighter of the Year
By Ted Sares
Despite the time devoted to making the right year-end selections, the awards usually end up validating the consensus choice? ?You always say I?ll quit when I start to slide, and then one…
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Bronco Billy?s Niche
By Ted Sares
Getting ready to go. It's fight time. I love Boxing!!!!?Bronco Billy Wright This past week, Bronco Billy Wright upped his record to 51-4, 42 KOs with a quick first round destruction of…
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Ike Ibeabuchi: The Misplaced Focus
By Ted Sares
"I am definitely in shape and I understand I would have to prove this?I need to fight for the heavyweight championship of the world and I understand that I will have to…
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Sugar Ray Robinson was Miles Ahead
By Ted Sares
For years I opined that actor Christopher Walken talked like Thelonious Monk played the piano, but it also occurred to me that Monk played the piano like Jersey Joe Walcott boxed. In…
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Diehards Die Hard
By Ted Sares
??No one would even remotely say that the giant Tyson Fury is near the fighter that Marciano was, but his sheer size would more than likely be quite an obstacle for Marciano…
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Ted the Bull?s Annual Boxing Awards for 2015
By Ted Sares
This is Ted Sares? ninth consecutive edition of his annual boxing awards and he always issues them in mid-December risking the possibility and embarrassment of a late fight or incident that should…
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Pardon for Jack Johnson sent to Obama
By Ted Sares
"The record of history must finally be corrected to restore Jack Johnson?s good Name"?Harry Reid Senator Harry Reid (D) is once again pushing for the pardon of John Arthur ?Jack? Johnson, the…
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The Nineties: Boxing and Bizarre times
By Ted Sares
When I visit the boxing past, I like to know something about the era in question. The 90?s were no exception as that decade in boxing seemed like a microcosm of the…
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Generational Prejudice Is Running Amok
By Ted Sares
?Whether he fights Klitschko again in the near future or takes on Wilder in the next year or two, Tyson Fury has put himself on the map in a big way. We?d…
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Huck vs. Afolabi as Tables Turn
By Ted Sares
"Veteran savvy" isn't just a thing commentators say when they're trying to justify pitting a washed-up old man against the newest Neo-Tyson, Patrick L. Steinberg. Cruiserweight Ola ?Kryptonite? Afolabi (22-4-4) has gone…
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Is Tyson Fury Peck?s Bad Boy?
By Ted Sares
Back in 1964, it was predicted that Cassius Clay?s would be slaughtered by ?fearsome? but inactive Sonny Liston. The writers and journalists called Cassius a nut case who was in for a…
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Abraham Continues to Surge, Decisions Murray
By Ted Sares
" 'AR-TUR, AR-TUR'. Crowd love Arthur Abraham but Murray lands snappy shots in early rounds." -BBC Sports With the help of a point deduction for holding, ?King ?Arthur Abraham won a split…
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South African Heavyweights: A Tapestry
By Ted Sares
The heavyweights have truly played a major role in cementing the rich legacy of boxing in South Africa? Over the years, the South Africa boxing landscape has been dotted with highly talented…