Ted Sares
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Is James Kirkland Coming Back?
By Ted Sares
You are the warrior who stopped Alfredo Angulo in one of the most exciting and courageous ring efforts ever witnessed? ?I don?t wish him any harm, and I wish he hadn?t gotten…
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Bowe Establishes the Pattern
By Ted Sares
?He didn?t realize that he shook the water to awake the gator.??Riddick Bowe explaining why he inexplicably punched Larry Donald during a press conference The 1990s were great for boxing; Lennox Lewis,…
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Lomachenko?s Coming out Party
By Ted Sares
A number of interesting matchups are included on the October 12 Bradley-Marquez undercard at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. In the Batte of Orlandos, Orlando Cruz (20-2-1) will be…
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Rigonomics
By Ted Sares
Rigonomics depends on supply and demand as its backbone. Quite simply, if demand is high, prices usually will go higher?? ?Demand creates its own supply.??John Maynard Keynes, the founder of Keynesianism ?Rigondeaux?s…
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Getting Hooked (on Boxing)
By Ted Sares
Other kids my age could rattle off the names of pro baseball or football players, but when it came to boxing, I stood out? Though I vaguely remember Bob Satterfield slaughtering Art…
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Mayweather?s Next Opponents
By Ted Sares
?If Mayweather-Pacquiao ever happens, it?ll be because Pacquiao came to Mayweather, with hat in hands and concessions ready to be conceded?? ?If Mayweather-Pacquiao ever happens, it?ll be because Pacquiao came to Mayweather,…
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Dear Commissioners #2
By Ted Sares
?I was like, ?Are you [bleep] kidding me????Leonard Ellerbe, when asked his initial reaction when he heard ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. announce the fight was a majority decision. ?Boxrec.com has a…
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My Top Ten Pound-for-Pound Fighters (Since 1945)
By Ted Sares
I analyzed their records, style, chin, KO percentages, skill-sets, entire body of work, quality of opposition, and especially the era in which they fought? ?I know a lot of guys are gonna…
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Kovalev?s Date with Fantasy
By Ted Sares
?Kovalev has had a dozen fights since that [first] meeting with Boone and has showed steady improvement, although it?s apparent he?s still overly reliant on his punching power, which is a trait…
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The Boxing Historian
By Ted Sares
?Nescire autem quid antequam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum. (To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.)?―Marcus Tullius Cicero Boxing historians,…
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What?s On? Fall Madness in Boxing
By Ted Sares
This coming autumn will bring to boxing fans a buffet of intriguing?even great matchups. Throw a dart and you likely will hit a tasty morsel. Let?s look at the fare. September ?Let?s…
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From Fighter to Writer
By Ted Sares
Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams was a big John Coiley fan who, rumor had it, wanted to buy Johnny?s contract. But John?s people reportedly balked? ?Many abused children cling to the…
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Manny vs. Money Can Still Happen
By Ted Sares
?Pacquiao?s a has-been; his career is over. [Juan] Manuel Marquez is a legend. I commend him.??Floyd Mayweather Jr. The chances may be slim to none for a Pac-Mayweather fight, but given a…
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Perfection in Dallas
By Ted Sares
Mikey Garcia Failing to make weight had absolutely no ill-effect on Garcia (32-0) as he destroyed a shot Juan Manuel Lopez (33-3) tonight at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Garcia…
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Ted the Bull?s Boxing Awards for 2012
By Ted Sares
Fighter of the Year: Nonito Donaire ?I believe I am still getting better.??Nonito Donaire Nonito Donaire was an equal opportunity kind of guy in 2012 as he beat Puerto Rican Wilfredo Vazquez…
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Just When You Think You?ve Seen Everything
By Ted Sares
?It (Lara vs. Williams) wasn?t as bad as James Toney over Dave Tiberi?but it had shades of it.??Ken Hissner (doghouseboxing.com) ?Rios got beat up all around. Abril beat him all around, and…
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Mosley-Mayweather: A perfect storm reappears
By Ted Sares
Back in July 2006, I wrote an ESB piece to the effect that Sugar Shane Mosley?s brutal KO of Fernando Vargas in their second outing was evidence that like a perfect storm,…
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Vegas Blow Out: Pac-Man KOs Hitman in Two
By Ted Sares
I would like to remind everyone that there is nothing personal for this fight and we are just doing our job to give a good fight to the people and make them…
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Boxing: The Excitement Factor Revisited
By Ted Sares
Are you ready over here? Are you ready here/ Ok, let?s get it on. -- Mills Lane Excitement in the ring means different things to different people. There is no one right…
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Five Very Exciting Fighters Right Now
By Ted Sares
There are many out there who bring electricity into the ring, but if forced to select five, here they are in no particular order. And keep in mind the emphasis here is…