Ted Sares
455 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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The Trevor Berbick Three-Step: 2018 Version
By Ted Sares
Over the years, there have been many oddities in the ring not the least of which were the ?Chicken Dance? and the double knockdown. Zab vs. Tszyu (2001) Many boxers have done…
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It?s a Family Affair for Fast Risers ?Boots? Ennis and Gary Antuanne Russell
By Ted Sares
There has been a bumper crop of fine breakthrough fighters this year including Danny Roman, Filip Hrgovic, Jaime Munguia, Tevin Farmer, Maurice Hooker and Regis Prograis. Of course, the line that separates…
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A Boxing Aficionado?s Christmas Wish List
By Ted Sares
It?s cold outside and there?s a deep cover of white snow on the ground. This aficionado is mulling over what he would want boxing-wise in 2019, while partaking in a warm eggnog…
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Who can Provide the Thrill Rides Today?
By Ted Sares
Back in the day, work went by faster on Friday knowing that you?d be seeing Danny Lopez, Arturo Gatti or Matthew Saad Muhammad fight on TV over the weekend. On Monday, another…
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A Blast From the Past: Derrell Coley vs. Kip Diggs in a Fight for the Ages
By Ted Sares
Derrell ?Too Sweet? Coley was a ranked contender and 29-1-2 when he faced off with Kip ?Top Kat? Diggs (27-2) for the vacant NABF welterweight title in Oxnard, CA in March 1997.…
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A Spectrum of Bad Behavior in Boxing
By Ted Sares
When the #MeToo movement got started, Actor Matt Damion was criticized for suggesting that there was a ?spectrum of behavior? and that zero tolerance should not be applied across the board. He…
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A Kaleidoscope of Boxers Guaranteed to Provide Action: Past and Present
By Ted Sares
To set the tone for this article, one needs only to watch the way in which Thomas Hearns came out in the first round against Marvelous Marvin Hagler. He was ready to…
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Singwancha vs. Yuri Boy: No Contest
By Ted Sares
It ain?t over till it?s over-Yogi Berra Luis Ramon ?Yori Boy? Campas (who is 47) is still fighting and stopped Joel Jurarez (32-28) on March 16, 2018. His remarkable record is 107-17-3…
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Angulo vs. Rosado: ?This Time Things Will Be Different?
By Ted Sares
Alfredo ?El Perro? Angulo (24-7) and ?King? Gabe Rosado (24-11) have a lot in common. Both make the Red Cross take notice (as they openly and easily cut) and both are seldom…
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Women?s Boxing: How Do you Feel About It? The Results of a TSS Survey
By Ted Sares
PART ONE OF A TWO-PART STORY. In this our latest survey, we asked noted boxing buffs to share their thoughts on the subject of women?s boxing. We posed this question: ?Women?s boxing…
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Some Unsolicited Advice for Claressa Shields
By Ted Sares
In just her sixth professional fight, Claressa ?T-Rex? Shields (6-0, 2 KOs) defeated super-tough Hanna ?La Amazona? Gabriels (18-2-1, 11 KOs) for the vacant IBF and WBA world middleweight titles. Shields, a…
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Old School Fighters of the Modern Era: 33 Noted Boxing Buffs Weigh In
By Ted Sares
When applied to boxing, the term ?Old School? has many meanings. That said, in this, our latest survey, we asked our respondents which boxer of the modern era ? active or retired…
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Sportscaster Mauro Ranallo Bares his Soul in a Mesmerizing Documentary
By Ted Sares
Over the years I have been pretty harsh on prolific sports broadcaster Mauro Ranallo, although I was vaguely aware of some personal health issues he had. I admired his uncanny grasp of…
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Lomachenko and Garcia: Lightning and Thunder
By Ted Sares
Irish legend and former featherweight king Barry McGuigan takes it as far as you can go: ?Lomachenko is one of the greatest fighters we have seen or ever will see,? he wrote…
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Proposals for Elevating the Sport of Boxing. Part 2 (K-W) of a TSS Survey
By Ted Sares
We asked 32 noted boxing buffs this question: If you could do one thing to make boxing better, what would it be? The answers were surprisingly varied and interesting ? and in…
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Fixing the Sport of Boxing ? A New TSS Survey: Part 1 (A-J)
By Ted Sares
We asked 32 noted boxing buffs this question: If you could do one thing to make boxing better, what would it be? The answers were surprisingly varied and interesting ? and in…
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The Four Faces on the Mount Rushmore of Boxing: A New TSS Survey
By Ted Sares
In this survey we posed a hypothetical question: Suppose that there was going to be a Mount Rushmore of Boxing with the faces of four boxers carved on to a granite mountain.…
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James DeGale: Fit and Ready to Avenge a Humiliating Defeat
By Ted Sares
James ?Chunky? DeGale was a 16-to-1 favorite to beat Caleb Truax and retain his IBF super middleweight title when they met this past December at the Copper Box Arena in London. But…
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Jim Lampley and 16 Others Weigh in on the Problem of PED Use in Boxing
By Ted Sares
For this latest survey, I reached out for suggestions from our regular panel of respondents. Among the fascinating survey questions submitted were ?Should Boxers Be Allowed to Have Beards?? and ?What Was…
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Why Sor Rungvisai Could be the new Manny Pacquiao and not Donnie Nietes
By Ted Sares
For a long time, Gennady Golovkin was being hailed as the new Pacquiao ?or at least the Eastern Euro version. However, the shine seems to have worn off GGG given his last…