Ted Sares
455 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Kovalev vs. Ward: It Just Doesn?t Get Any Better
By Ted Sares
Self-styled boxing historians have a lot in common and one thing that especially stands out is their disdain for anything modern or current. In fact, mention of today?s heavyweights inspires such outbursts…
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Part Two: Recent Notable Boxing Quotes
By Ted Sares
?My dad is always mad. He?s happy sometimes, but when it?s fight time, he?s always mad. That?s all I can say.? ?Danny Garcia ?The Brook fight is a big one for the…
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REVANCHE Henry Maske?s Remarkable One-Fight Comeback
By Ted Sares
Revanche Henry Maske ? Most boxing comebacks are categorized as ?ill-advised.? Alexis Arguello, Danny ?Little Red? Lopez, Razor Ruddock, Eric Lucas, Stephane Ouellet, Paul Briggs, Axel Schultz, Boone Pultz, Mads Larsen, and…
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Recent Notable Boxing Quotes in 2016
By Ted Sares
?Australians all let us rejoice, cos this bloke's (Tony Mundine) about to get a proper tune-up." --Danny Green ?My mega-fight would be against Golovkin!?-- James DeGale Freddie Roach likes the idea of…
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The Russians may be coming, but the Brits have arrived
By Ted Sares
With Tyson Fury out of the picture, many observers might think the fighters from across the pond have lost their panache. Not so; not by a long shot..The depth of solid fighters…
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A 3-PUNCH COMBO AND TWO SUSPENSIONS
By Ted Sares
After waxing Wilfredo Vazquez Jr, in the eleventh round, Juan Manual Lopez promptly ran across the ring and squared off with Junior?s coach, Albert Rivera. Shockingly, Juanma was met by a nifty…
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Redemption Down Under
By Ted Sares
?When we get in the ring, speed beats power, skills pay the bills.? Anthony Mundine" ?Australians all let us rejoice, cos this bloke's about to get a proper tune-up." Danny Green South…
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Who is Raul ?El Raton? Macias (1953-1962)?
By Ted Sares
He is on the ballot in this year?s IBHOF voting so it?s important to note just who he was. ?When he fought, everything in Mexico stopped. Still, even today, he's probably one…
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Old School: Part Two
By Ted Sares
A pier six mind-set involving an inclination to engage in brutal street-like brawls was a part of the old-school mix. The Basilio-DeMarco wars were the sin quo non of Old School, but…
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Old School: Part One
By Ted Sares
Back in the day, Joe Louis was everyone?s hero. When he lost to Rocky Marciano, many wept, for Joe had transcended the sport and was viewed as America?s fighter. Fact is, Joe…
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Trash Talk in Boxing
By Ted Sares
?I?ll moider da Bum??Tony Galento ?I?m a baaaadd man!? exclaimed Muhammad Ali after the first Liston fight. Did the trash-talking and bad-mouthing start then? Maybe Two Ton Tony started it, but that?s…
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Boxing and Drama: Part 2
By Ted Sares
Like a meteorite, he emerged seemingly out of nowhere as one of the fight game?s most exciting, tough-as-nails welterweights and the fans came to love him both as a fighter and as…
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Jhonny Gonzalez Does his Thing in Cancun
By Ted Sares
With the WBC International Silver Super Featherweight Title at stake, current title holder Jhonny Gonzalez upped his record to an old school 62-10 by icing Hirotsugu Yamamoto (19-13-2) in Cancun, Mexico. In…
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?Big Baby? is what?s wrong with boxing today
By Ted Sares
In the latest bizarre call-out, unbeaten and untested New Yorker Jarrell ?Big Baby? Miller (18-0) says he would take on and ?break Anthony Joshua?s face in half.? Says the verbose and grossly…
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?Gentleman Gerry? vs. Big George
By Ted Sares
Defying the odds and fighting in a more relaxed intelligent, and economical manner with no stamina issues caused by the tension that had haunted him in his ?first? career, the second version…
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Ali, Sugar, and Joe
By Ted Sares
In my book Boxing is my Sanctuary, I have a chapter in which I l set forth my top 100 fighters since 1950: My first five are as follows: 1. Sugar Ray…
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Boxing and Drama, Part 1
By Ted Sares
Like snowflakes, no two boxing matches are alike. Each presents the possibility for spine-tingling drama or mind-numbing boredom. Surprise is part of the equation. In 1982, Valerie Chacon, the wife of former…
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A Silver Lining for Tribal Commissions
By Ted Sares
At a meeting of the New York State Athletic Commission in Manhattan on August 3, the much ballyhooed (and feared) hike in insurance premiums relative to NY boxing was confirmed. The basic…
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Everyone Has That ONE Favorite Boxing Match
By Ted Sares
Many count Castillo vs. Corrales (2005) as their favorite while older fans like Graziano vs. Zale (1947), Durelle vs. Moore (1958, Pep vs. Saddler (1949) and DeMarco vs. Basilio (1955). The ?War?…
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DeMarcus Corley still chopping away
By Ted Sares
Former WBO World super lightweight champion DeMarcus ?Chop Chop? Corley is beginning to aquiver an old school record and he has been fighting since 1996 and was 29-1-1 right out of the…