Ted Sares
455 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Kirkland becoming another ?What If?
By Ted Sares
??personalities like Kirkland, regardless of their talents have a high resistance to all things common sense. They-will march to the beat of their own drum until the music is played out.??Poster named…
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Concussion: Now It?s Boxing?s Turn
By Ted Sares
Concussion: Now It?s Boxing?s Turn ? ?(?Iron Mike? Webster was) a formidable man, at 6-foot-2 and 250 pounds, who sometimes forgot to eat for days ? sleeping in his battered, black Chevy…
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Mason Menard Steals Show on Miller vs. Kassi
By Ted Sares
?Rock Hard Mighty? Mason Menard (32-1, 24 KOs) stopped Bahodir Mamadjonov (19-3, 11 KOs) in the 9th round in Rochester with a sudden late-round explosion of power that showed that his spectacular…
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BWAA Take Note
By Ted Sares
In a move that could help the electoral chances of some popular baseball Hall of Fame candidates, the Board of Directors of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) has moved to…
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Juan Manuel Lopez Comes Back
By Ted Sares
Juan Manuel Lopez, now 33, is set to square off against Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (24-6-1) on October 8. The fight, which will take place at a catch-weight of 129-pounds, will be in…
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Marcos Maidana Goes Out in Style
By Ted Sares
?Chino? played by Lee Marvin in ?The Wild One? was a bad but loveable sort of guy. Chino played by Marcos Maidana was also a bad type of guy who everyone loved…
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Ricky Hatton may be in some distress
By Ted Sares
According to a report in the August 9 edition of the Daily Mail.com, there are worries for boxing legend and super popular Ricky Hatton after he sent a desperate message to fans…
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Strange Nights, Strange Fights: Part Two
By Ted Sares
Just like clockwork, the ones who were supposed to lose lost and the ones who were supposed to win won. Most notably, Czar ?The Czar of Bhopal? Amonsot moved his record to…
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Surprise Surprise. Russian boxers cleared
By Ted Sares
To nobody?s surprise, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) anticipated issuance of a complete ban on Russia?s Olympic athletes fell apart resulting in the following boxing lineup, courtesy of World Boxing News: Men:…
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Time for Vic Darchinyan to Retire
By Ted Sares
After having been waxed by Sergio Frias in the second round in Birmingham, AL, this is what an apparently delusional Vic Darchinyan (42-9-1) had to say: ?It was the first time that…
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Will this be Roy Jones Jr.?s last fight?
By Ted Sares
On August 13 in Pensacola, Florida, a 47-year old totally shot Roy Jones Jr.(63-9) will reportedly fight inactive ?Rocking? Rodney Moore (17-11-2). Moore has not won a fight since 2002 (against Donnell…
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Is this the end for Paulie Malignaggi?
By Ted Sares
?Representing Brooklyn with this belt has been something I?m very proud of,? said Malignaggi. ?I relish the competitive spirit of being able to defend it against another quality Brooklyn fighter like Gabriel…
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Disgrace in Plain Sight
By Ted Sares
Either Former (interim) middleweight titlist Hassan N?Dam has either deteriorated badly or he badly underestimated 21-year-old U.S. amateur Jonathan Esquivel. N?Dam beat the amateur 29-28 in a qualifying tournament was held in…
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Boxing: A Sanctuary from a Country on the Edge
By Ted Sares
From Chicago to San Bernardino to Baltimore to Orlando to Baton Rouge to Minnesota and now to Dallas (and many places in between) , a series of horrific and deadly events have…
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John Bray: A spirit not easily broken
By Ted Sares
?I have degenerative discs in my neck and a bulging disc in my back and they?re saying that?s from taking head shots...? Bray. ?We knew there might be some problems coming along…
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Strange Nights, Strange Fights
By Ted Sares
Jeff Lacy Jeff Lacy will be fighting former British light-heavy champ Tony Oakey in white collar event in the UK on October 1. Yes, that Jeff Lacey, now 39 and coming off…
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Wilder vs. Arreola: Rewarding Failure
By Ted Sares
"Chris knows what this fight means, and having been in the position to be the first Mexican heavyweight world champion before, he's not going to let that chance slip by him again,"--…
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The end may be near for Margarito
By Ted Sares
Aging Antonio Margarito (39-8) reportedly will continue his comeback with a fight against Ramon ?Inocente ?Alvarez in Baja, California on August 13th. Alvarez aged 29 and sporting a 23-4-2 (15) record, is…
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When Things Get Queasy
By Ted Sares
When Orlando Salido and Francisco Vargas went toe-to-toe in a back and forth war on June 4, the pulsating action was getting close to the point where someone might have to be…
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Porter vs. Thurman great but not THAT great
By Ted Sares
?I want to thank Shawn Porter for a tremendous fight,? Thurman ?We worked hard and Keith is a great champion,? Porter ?Boxing needed a night like tonight,? DiBella Mauro Ranallo needs to…