Ted Sares
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Arreola Fractures Ankle, Breazeale Fight Off
By Ted Sares
Heavyweight Chris Arreola was scheduled for an April fight with prospect Dominic Breazeale, but the veteran and now high-level gate keeper recently suffered a fracture in his ankle and has been forced…
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Motor Mouth Khan at it Again
By Ted Sares
Comparing his upcoming fight With Canelo Alavrez, Amir Khan pointed to Sugar Ray Leonard?s win over the equally legendary Marvelous Marvin great Hagler as ?proof? that a fast and explosive welterweight (allegedly…
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Maybe the Best Pier Six of Them All
By Ted Sares
?After World War II, everything in life is a cakewalk.?-Danny Nardico ?On the day my father died, we were informed that he was elected into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame.…
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Lloyd Marshall: Another Blast from the Past
By Ted Sares
?A past prime Marshall is better than seeing no Marshall, even if it?s just for 35 seconds.??Poster named GJC ?The roughest fight I had was Lloyd Marshall. He was a light-heavyweight. I…
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Molina In for a Tough Go Against Provodnikov
By Ted Sares
On June 11, Ruslan Provodnikov (25-4, 18 KOs) will fight John Molina Jr. (28-6, 23 KOs) ?at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY as part of the Hall of Fame festivities?…
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One of Judges in the Ortiz vs. Thompson fight under Investigation
By Ted Sares
"Good thing it didn't have to go to the scorecards,"?Jay Jimenez, Ortiz?s manager There could be other reasons beyond homerism. Scaife could have just had a bad night or mistakenly inverted the…
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?Prince? Charles Martin in Delusional Call-Out
By Ted Sares
?Prince? Charles Martin told Sky Sports recently that he will knock out undefeated Anthony Joshua and go on to become one of the best southpaw in boxing history.. More specifically, the Prince…
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Lest We Forget: Willie Classen
By Ted Sares
?Boxers last only a short time, but managers go on forever.??Joe Greb Gus Dundee, an ex-heavyweight champion of the world played by Pat Comisky, and the menacing Buddy Brannen, suitably cast by…
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Margarito: Let the Hate Begin
By Ted Sares
The most impressive thing about Margarito was always the hype job that somehow, overnight, turned a crude fringe champion with a very suspect resume into the ?Most Feared Man in Boxing.??Paul Magno…
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Charley Burley: A Blast from the Past
By Ted Sares
?Burley was un-hittable. He didn?t even make elusive moves ? he was just not touched by anything. The only other fighter I?ve ever seen who had that same radar was Marcel Cerdan.…
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Crawford Would Beat Pacquiao
By Ted Sares
?Manny is the only fighter in the Top Rank stable who can take me to the next level.??Terrence Crawford Have you ever heard a song and knew in your heart that it…
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Some New Names in the Philippines
By Ted Sares
Filipino Jesse ?Little Giant? Espinas (13-2) pulled off a big upset when he stopped undefeated Thai KO artist Paipharob ?King of Knockout? Kokietgym (32-0 coming in) last night in Surin, Thailand. Jesse?s…
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Boxing is my Passion (Second Version)
By Ted Sares
?You go to an amateur tournament? You get an inner-city, really rough, hard-core black kid, and you get a white kid from Minnesota. Maybe they never even say ?hi? to each other…
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Charles Martin: As good as it?s going to get
By Ted Sares
??.Charles Martin is a great fighter Charles Martin is a great fighter and a hungry competitor so I am going to have to produce the performance of my career to claim that…
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Cotto vs. Marquez: Days of Whine and Roses
By Ted Sares
?It's too early to tell if Miguel Cotto and Juan Manuel Marquez will eventually fight?We all know In boxing that it is hard to totally discard a plan and at this point…
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Mike Alvarado Takes it to the Brink, Plans Ring Return
By Ted Sares
?What did him in?? Was it the accumulation of damage accrued by Alvarado in a run of meat-grinder matches and a blood-and-guts career? Was it the extracurricular habits that have garnered him…
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Time to Force Boxing Matches
By Ted Sares
?You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink?-Anonymous ?This fight will be sold on the strength of Thompson?s 2 KO wins over David Price ? a guy…
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The Eighties: Boxing and Materialism
By Ted Sares
?? Open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!?? President Ronald Reagan ?Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people…
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Ortiz vs. Dimitrenko: Mugging Time
By Ted Sares
Luis Ortiz knocked out Bryant Jennings in a solid matchup; the Ivan Drago-lookalike?Alexander Dimitrenko-- is no Jennings and will be KOd more maliciously?and earlier. Apparently Drago?err Dimitrenko -- needs money badly. Even…
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The Seventies: Boxing and Disco Ducks
By Ted Sares
The radical ideas of the sixties gain acceptance and traction. They are mainstreamed and assimilated into American life and culture. The 70s prove to be a sharply different and far more tranquil…