Ted Sares
455 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Upset in Osaka
By Ted Sares
Fighting mostly in Osaka, the 24-year-old Kazuto Ioka has won eight championship fights in a row?many with spectacular knockouts? I have been for some time now touting a showdown fight between Nicaraguan…
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Pacquiao vs. Mayweather: Now who wins?
By Ted Sares
?Sure, I?ll give Mayweather a rematch??Marcus Maidana ?You have to fight him [Mayweather} dirty; he?s just too good?? Mike Tyson In Floyd Mayweather?s case, ?Saturday?s performance was not a case of simply…
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Katsidis vs. Earle – Dangerous Redoux
By Ted Sares
Katsidis vs. Earle-Dangerous Redoux There will be no trilogy?Michel Katsidis "Ever since our last fight together I was promised a rematch and the chance to get my revenge,"? Graham Earle AS painful…
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The Worst Boxer in History
By Ted Sares
I wish I could have seen more, but that guy (Briggs) is going to destroy anybody you put in front of him?Promoter Zach Walters Another piece of rubbish in the Briggs build-up.…
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Pacquiao vs. Mayweather: Now or Never
By Ted Sares
? in case the experts hadn?t noticed, Mayweather?s older and not exactly the same fighter he was six years ago, either?Paul Magno There are only so many variations on this potential fight,…
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The Strange Case of Tom Hauser?s Strange Case of Steve Smoger
By Ted Sares
?[Steve] Smoger is widely thought of as fair and unbiased. People in boxing know that certain referees favor the house fighter, but that?s not the case with Smoger. Fighters and trainers trust…
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Slim Pickings for Rubio
By Ted Sares
Marco Antonio Rubio?s last two losses were to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in 2012 and Kelly Pavlik in 2009. In between and since, he has won 16 bouts? ?I?d take James DeGale…
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A World Without Compassion
By Ted Sares
?It was always like this. You swung between hatred and glory, often within seconds of each other. It was a world without compassion?? I just read ?Losing Moses on the Freeway? by…
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For Crying Out Loud
By Ted Sares
I totally understand crying for joy; I have done it myself. Athletes have been doing it for years. Heck, who can ever forget Michael Jordan?s tears after the Bulls won the championship…
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Luisito Espinosa Deserved Better
By Ted Sares
Luisito Espinosa was and is a proud and beloved warrior who, like most Pinoys, will never beg for anything? ?I?m happy because I experienced lots of things? If I only had a…
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That Other Pacquiao
By Ted Sares
Bobby Pacquiao, the free-swinging southpaw younger brother of Manny Pacquiao, went 31-15-3 between 1997 and 2008? ?Bobby Pacquiao, a southpaw like his famous sibling, has shown considerable improvement since getting serious about…
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Velazquez Robbed in Manila
By Ted Sares
Grizzled veteran Hector Velazquez (56-21-3) remains competitive in a 21-year career that began in 1993? ?We knew coming to the Philippines we had to win by a knockout, I trained very hard…
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Where Is Alex Ramos?
By Ted Sares
As long as Alex Ramos is missing as a selectee, I submit the credibility of the selections as a whole comes into serious question? Back in December 2013, the Daily News reported…
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The Other Guy from Youngstown
By Ted Sares
Humble, sincere, friendly, and religious, Harry Arroyo is one of the nicest people with whom to meet and converse? ?When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to…
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Praising Tony Weeks
By Ted Sares
We are fast to criticize?and rightly so?Laurence Cole for his abysmal performance in the Lomachenko-Salido affair, and we do not hesitate to go after those involved in the Magomed tragedy, but what…
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The Legend of Pajarito Moreno
By Ted Sares
His final record was an astounding 60-12-1 with 59 kayos (undoubtedly the single most telling factor in defining Ricardo?s legendary status)? ?For me the Mexican bantamweight revolution started in the fifties with…
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Spinning Around Saturn with Anthony Mundine
By Ted Sares
He remains the ?single greatest Muslim Aboriginal self-made millionaire rugby league legend to win three boxing titles?? ?They call it an act of terrorism, but if you can understand religion, and our…
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Mismatch: GGG vs. Lee
By Ted Sares
Rumors are rife that Gennady Golovkin will meet Andy Lee in April on an HBO fight at the Madison Square Garden Theater? Chonlatarn vs. Utagalang ??it was a huge mismatch with former…
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Connecting the Dots
By Ted Sares
When Hauser is inducted into the IBHOF (probably sooner rather than later), all the dots will connect in a great disharmony of conflicted synchronization? ?Thomas [Hauser] describes writing for Secondsout.com as a…
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A Death in Mexico City
By Ted Sares
Oscar ?Finito? Gonzalez won his last three fights against Hector Velazquez, Adrian Young, and Rico Ramos in a major upset? Oscar ?Finito? Gonzalez (23-3) won his last three fights against Hector Velazquez…