Lance Pugmire
874 articles · Los Angeles Times
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A Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. rematch is as close as one win away
You can say you don?t want it all you want. They know you?ll watch it. A Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. rematch is as close as one Pacquiao victory away. And should the…
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Manny Pacquiao’s camp has a feeling of nostalgia with Freddie Roach back in his corner
The return of Manny Pacquiao to the MGM Grand boxing ring Saturday night, more than 17 years after his U.S. debut there, is a remarkable event made more meaningful to him because…
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Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather greet each other at Clippers game
Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. reunited at an NBA game again Tuesday when the two greatest boxers of their era sat across the Staples Center court at the Clippers-Charlotte Hornets game.…
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The Fight Corner: Manny Pacquiao reflects on his past and his future
Hi, my name is Lance Pugmire, and welcome to our weekly boxing/MMA newsletter. This newsletter will be delivered right to your inbox every week if you sign up here. Let?s get right…
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Canelo Alvarez has plenty of options after Saturday’s win
Canelo Alvarez achieved a convincing victory and his promoter Oscar De La Hoya underlined the significant leverage this gave to the newly crowned ninth three-division champion from Mexico. ?Tonight was a great…
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Canelo Alvarez finishes Rocky Fielding in third round and wins world title in third weight class
Canelo Alvarez spent all week craning his neck to look up at the taller Rocky Fielding, and he showed Saturday night what he was thinking. The bigger they are, the harder they…
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Oscar De La Hoya: Canelo Alvarez will fight in Las Vegas May 4, but not against Daniel Jacobs or Gennady Golovkin
Oscar De La Hoya has reserved T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on May 4 for Canelo Alvarez?s next fight, but he emphatically said ?no? to the idea of having either Gennady Golovkin…
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What can Deontay Wilder do to Tyson Fury that cocaine binges and 18 pints of beer a day didn’t do? He’s about to find out
Tyson Fury raised his eyebrows and grinned mischievously when asked about the boastful comments he made during this week?s news conference that elicited an angry response from World Boxing Council heavyweight champion…
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The moment finally has arrived for Deontay Wilder and the heavyweight division
The boisterous Alabaman listened along for years to the same prolonged silence in the U.S. from boxing?s heavyweight division. What would he do about it? The question inspired anything but subtlety, so…
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Manny Pacquiao wants to reunite with Freddie Roach for Adrien Broner fight
Manny Pacquiao says as his milestone birthday hovers next month that ?life begins at 40,? but he can?t help to peer back in time. In returning to fight in the U.S. for…
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Here’s a map to get to a Terence Crawford-Errol Spence fight
Top pound-for-pound boxer Terence Crawford fighting former elite prospect Jose Benavidez on Saturday night two years after Benavidez had been shot in the leg is not boxing at its finest. The problem…
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Super-flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas fights to surprise draw
Super-flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas? surprise draw Friday night against Tijuana challenger Alex Santiago possessed all the appeal of the 115-pound series that has generated sharpened interest in the division. Following this week?s…
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The Fight Corner: Smooth sailing toward a Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao rematch
Hi, my name is Lance Pugmire, and welcome to our first boxing/MMA newsletter. We will come to your inbox weekly. Let?s get right to the news. Floyd Mayweather Jr. has initiated conversations…
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Canelo Alvarez took the fight to Golovkin and took home the belts. Now will there be a third fight?
His defining, captivating showing behind him, Canelo Alvarez breathed in the satisfaction of delivering Gennady Golovkin his first defeat and all that meant. By forcing the man who terrorized the division for…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he’s ready to fight Manny Pacquiao in December for WBA welterweight title
Another chance meeting between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao has inspired Mayweather to post, ?I?m coming back,? on his Instagram account. The unbeaten, now 41-year-old Mayweather was at an event in…
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Will Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin 2 be the last big fight ever on HBO?
Boxing industry experts are eagerly waiting to see what will transpire in the aftermath of Saturday?s HBO pay-per-view bout between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin, because representatives for each fighter said this…
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From his first fight with Canelo Alvarez to now, Gennady Golovkin has gone from ideal sportsman to vocal critic of boxing’s hypocrisy
Once, it was enough for Gennady Golovkin to ride the wave of a knockout streak that reached 23 consecutive fights, smile widely afterward and mutter his patented ?Big Drama Show? catchphrase. Golovkin…
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Golovkin-Canelo II is a grudge match of possibly historic proportions
The consequences of the Gennady Golovkin-Canelo Alvarez middleweight title fight Sept. 15 in Las Vegas are immense for each man. Golovkin, a 36-year-old boxer from Kazakhstan, confided in a recent interview that…
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The Fight Corner: Will Gennady Golovkin leave HBO? Canelo Alvarez bout is last on current deal
Gennady Golovkin?s Saturday night pay-per-view rematch with Canelo Alvarez marks the final fight in Golovkin?s current alliance with HBO. In a climate in which powerful new options have emerged to broadcast and…
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Golovkin-Canelo II is a grudge match of possibly historic proportions
The consequences of the Gennady Golovkin-Canelo Alvarez middleweight title fight Saturday night in Las Vegas are immense for each man. Golovkin, a 36-year-old boxer from Kazakhstan, confided in a recent interview that…