Bill Dwyre
120 articles · Los Angeles Times
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Commentary: Thirty years ago Freddie Roach didn’t take sage advice, opened Wild Card Boxing Club
By Bill Dwyre
Next week, and for years to follow, people driving in the area of Hollywood and Vine will pass a corner shopping center with a sign that says: “Freddie Roach Square.” That will…
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Commentary: Manny Pacquiao’s Hall of Fame-caliber talent was only matched by his longevity
By Bill Dwyre
Manny Pacquiao has been elected to boxing’s Hall of Fame. And the sun will rise in the East. There was never a doubt. The only question was when he would stop fighting…
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Commentary: Why is Manny Pacquiao boxing again?
By Bill Dwyre
To be Manny Pacquiao is to smile and carry on. He is a legendary boxer, about to fight in his 82nd professional match. He is one of just 12 senators who govern…
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Commentary: Looking back at Ali vs. Frazier: 50 years since ‘The Fight of the Century’
By Bill Dwyre
The world of sports never stops jumping and running, shooting and hitting, winning and losing. Occasionally, this chaos of constant action brings a moment that lingers forever, like the taste of perfect…
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Manny Pacquaio tries, at 40, to prove he?s a fighter for the ages
By Bill Dwyre
To many people, Manny Pacquiao is becoming an ageless wonder. Others wonder why somebody his age is stillboxing . An argument can be made that watching an aging sports legend is more…
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Manny Pacquiao, Phillippines senator, is out to prove sports and politics do mix
By Bill Dwyre
The ever-wise Freddie Roach, who might have been Socrates before reincarnation as a boxing trainer, scrunches his nose at the question. He looks like somebody watching a snake eat a rat. Can…
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Walk-off wisdom from Bill Dwyre
By Bill Dwyre
There are a million stories in the naked city, and I'm not going to get to all of them. It sure has been fun trying. Today is my last column for the…
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Canelo Alvarez is bigger and better than Miguel Cotto
By Bill Dwyre
They finished with hands alongside each other's heads. That, and the immediate and direct eye contact spoke volumes. The bell ending their middleweight World Boxing Council title epic had just ended and…
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Forget hump day ? in boxing, Wednesday is hype day, as Alvarez-Cotto proves
By Bill Dwyre
Mexico's Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is a 3-1 favorite to beat Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto in their middleweight title fight here Saturday night. That made Freddie Roach lick his chops and Floyd Mayweather…
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Timothy Bradley follows plan and knocks out Brandon Rios
By Bill Dwyre
Timothy Bradley may need a new nickname. Desert Storm might fittingly be replaced by Desert Swarm, because swarm is what he did to Brandon Rios on Saturday night at the Thomas &…
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Controversial 2012 win over Manny Pacquiao still dogs boxer Tim Bradley Jr.
By Bill Dwyre
Tim Bradley Jr.'s boxing career has been a bit more complicated than that of the average fighter. In essence, he is the lottery winner who collects his payoff, steps outside and is…
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Tim Bradley has Teddy Atlas in his corner
By Bill Dwyre
When he got the call several months ago about taking over as Tim Bradley's trainer, Teddy Atlas shrugged. He had been there and done that. He had learned, by experience, to dislike…
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Freddie Roach sinks in Pacquiao nightmare, awaits Cotto cloud-lifter
By Bill Dwyre
Boxing trainer Freddie Roach finds sort of a silver lining as he deals with aftermath of Manny Pacquiao's loss For Freddie Roach, America's most-famous boxing trainer, cloud that began hovering overhead refuses…
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Letting Pacquiao fight Mayweather injured dealt damaging blow to boxing’s future
By Bill Dwyre
The morning after the fight here became yuck-it-up time. The legendary P.T. Barnum line seemed a perfect fit: There is a sucker born every minute. Included in those suckers were the 16,507…
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With Pacquiao injury, boxing had a shot to do right thing; it ducked
By Bill Dwyre
The morning after the fight here became yuck-it-up time. The legendary P.T. Barnum line seemed a perfect fit: There is a sucker born every minute. Included in those suckers were the 16,507…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao is made for Las Vegas
By Bill Dwyre
Two little guys who are really good with their fists have turned this city, and perhaps the entire sports world, into silly putty. Floyd Mayweather Jr. will box Manny Pacquiao here Saturday…
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No news is the only news as Pacquiao-Mayweather approaches
By Bill Dwyre
We are here on the fight scene. It's Wednesday, meaning Manny Pacquiao versus Floyd Mayweather Jr. is three days away. We are here to report the news. There is none. They held…
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In boxing or political arena, Manny Pacquiao wields a lot of clout
By Bill Dwyre
The congressman from the Sarangani district of the Philippines was in a relaxed mood Tuesday. He wore a T-shirt and a big smile. If confidence can ooze, it did from him. Manny…
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Manny Pacquiao calms the chaos as Floyd Mayweather Jr. bout approaches
By Bill Dwyre
No man is an island, but Manny Pacquiao is living on one these days. He has found peace, order and room to breathe at the same place where he had previously trained…
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Manny Pacquiao calms the chaos as Floyd Mayweather Jr. bout approaches
By Bill Dwyre
No man is an island, but Manny Pacquiao is living on one these days. He has found peace, order and room to breathe at the same place where he had previously trained…