Ted Sares
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Russian Roulette: Part Three
By Ted Sares
When Davey Moore?s cornermen sent him out for the eighth against a sneering and vicious Roberto Duran at the Garden, their bravery was remarkable? Hopefully, some awareness has been established that a…
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Russian Roulette: Part Two
By Ted Sares
If a boxer has suffered a subdural hematoma, my personal advice, having survived a subdural hematoma several years ago, is never return to the ring? ?Boxing is the only sport in which…
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Russian Roulette: Part One
By Ted Sares
There are different ways to play this dangerous game. One is to engage in the sport of boxing per se, and if you want to up the ante, do it in Indonesia…
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Osaka Showdown Looms
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? ?Ioka is a good fighter, but when we collide he will face someone…
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Moral Culpability: Part Two
By Ted Sares
Maybe what really ignited the shift and aroused my cynicism was when things metastasized after ?Plaster Gate?? ?The boxing ring can be seen as a mirror on which the full range of…
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My Moral Culpability: Part One
By Ted Sares
The last thing I am is na?ve and I sure as hell am not trying to play the blame game here or lay a guilt trip on anyone (except myself)? ?Some people…
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How It Was?1945
By Ted Sares
Victory over Europe Day, the day on which the surrender of Germany was announced, officially ended the European phase of World War II on May 7, 1945? There are many ways I…
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Ted the Bull?s Boxing Awards for 2013
By Ted Sares
Showing no signs of getting long in the tooth, the sublime beauty and finesse that he brings to the table simply remains unmatched? ?I knew boxing before I knew anything else.??Floyd Mayweather…
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My Ten Favorite Rounds
By Ted Sares
The thing I enjoy most about these kinds of rankings is that you could mix them up in a hat and then lay them out and they still would make sense? ?Once…
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Kirkland?s Back in the Zone
By Ted Sares
Under the tutelage of savvy Ann Wolfe and promotion of 50 Cent, the Mandingo Warrior bludgeoned and battered Glen Tapia? ?You took his nuts, now you gotta take his heart.??Ann Wolfe ?The…
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In Search of Cuban Flash
By Ted Sares
Hank Kaplan is reported to have said that Rodriguez was probably the most underrated lighter weight fighter of the past half-century? ?As soon as I entered the smoke-filled auditorium and heard the…
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Neither a Boxer Nor a Gentleman He
By Ted Sares
In search of money, drugs, and kicks, Brooks hooked up with Martinez, ideally cast as his shapely-ankled and homicidal confederate? ?That?s the kind of yellow son of a bitch he is.??Sheriff Earl…
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Generational Bias and Marciano
By Ted Sares
Rocky fought at a disciplined 183-188 for the most part which places him in the middle of the cruiserweight limit? ?If we compare either the fight itself or each of the two…
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Pacquiao?s Shifting Gravitas
By Ted Sares
He looked a lot like the old Pac Man as he juked and jived his way to a dominant UD over a game but outmatched Brandon Rios? ?That win was my ticket…
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My Top Pound-for-Pound Fighters (Since 1945): Numbers 21-25
By Ted Sares
The ?Explosive Thin Man? used his height and reach to leverage the tremendous one-punch power he possessed in his right hand? This is the last in a four-part series. Thus far, my…
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Boxing Is My Passion, My Sanctuary
By Ted Sares
Boxing in the ring is genuine, but outside it can be harsh, for it has never been all that stringent in its application of scruples or morality? ?You go to an amateur…
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My Top Pound-for-Pound Fighters (Since 1945): Numbers 11-15
By Ted Sares
Why since 1945? Because I actually witnessed each boxer in action at one time or another and in that regard, I feel more comfortable in evaluating them? There is no such thing…
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Hard Times, Good Times: Charles ?Sonny? Liston
By Ted Sares
Floyd Patterson was pleasant to reporters, a conformist, devout, and politically correct. ?Liston was an illiterate brute and a thug?? ?A guy who knew Sonny once said, ?I think he died the…
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Spaddy Goes for 49-0-1
By Ted Sares
?There is speculation that fight could lead to GBP bringing Spadafora into the fold as a possible undefeated opponent for Floyd ?Money? Mayweather. Several years ago there was a sparring session between…
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Time to Hombre Up?
By Ted Sares
This was not one of the early Pacquiao fights where the Marquez camp whined endlessly about the decision? ?We came to win and we did. The judges saw something else.??Juan Manuel Marquez…