Bill Dwyre
120 articles · Los Angeles Times
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Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao sells itself, but they’ll help anyway
Two well-dressed young men came to Los Angeles on Wednesday to publicly discuss their recent business transaction. The surroundings ? a red carpet lined with hundreds of inquiring minds and an equal…
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Finally, a heavyweight title made in America, as Deontay Wilder wins
Before the fight, heavyweight champion Bermane (Be Ware) Stiverne told the world that, after his title defense against Deontay Wilder, the sports world would never hear about Wilder again. It may be…
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Amir Khan looks sharp — maybe too sharp — against Devon Alexander
On this night, the nickname was almost as right as the boxer who carries it. Welterweight Amir (King) Khan took the main event in the MGM Grand Garden on Saturday night, an…
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A two-fight night in Las Vegas
A pair of unusual late-in-the-year boxing shows here Saturday night will keep more than the fighters busy. England's welterweight star, Amir Khan, will headline a card in the MGM Grand Garden, facing…
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Between Golden Boy Promotions and rival Top Rank, the hint of a thaw
The current state of boxing is like Lake Superior in March. There is a hint of a thaw. As proof, there is the need to look no further than this weekend, here…
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Gennady Golovkin brings his show to Carson, facing Marco Antonio Rubio
Gennady Golovkin's West Coast coming-out party takes place Saturday night at the StubHub Center in Carson. The fast-rising middleweight from Kazakhstan will take on Marco Antonio Rubio of Mexico, in a fight…
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Biting, tripping by Maidana can’t keep Mayweather from 47-0
LAS VEGAS ? You still can't hit Floyd Mayweather Jr., but it turns out you can apparently bite him and trip him. To no avail, of course. At the end of this…
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It’s not all golden between Oscar De La Hoya and Richard Schaefer
Wednesday began with breakfast in Pasadena with Oscar De La Hoya and assurances that all was well with his Golden Boy Boxing Promotions. Wednesday continued with a phone conversation with Richard Schaefer…
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Manny Pacquiao takes a decisive stance in beating Timothy Bradley
LAS VEGAS -- The old guy prevailed. Manny Pacquiao's boxing journey, at age 35, will continue. In a show of incredible speed, willpower and condition, he took a unanimous decision over the…
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Freud might be a good analyst for Pacquiao-Bradley II
LAS VEGAS ? They are asking all the wrong people here to predict the outcome of Saturday night's fight between Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley. Sportswriters? Are you kidding? This analysis demands…
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Bob Arum has a pre-fight rant, and you could say there were signs
LAS VEGAS ? We went to write about Manny Pacquiao versus Timothy Bradley and SignGate broke out. It was Wednesday, this was boxing, and so the anger, hatred, rips, finger-pointing and innuendo…
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Manny Pacquiao working hard to make up for a bad decision
On a hot Wednesday afternoon in a strip mall near a busy Los Angeles street corner, a congressman was beating up an elderly and defenseless man. It was almost as one-sided as…
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Manny Pacquiao is taking the fight to Typhoon Haiyan in relief effort
There is no crying in boxing. Not unless you are Manny Pacquiao, you are visiting a part of your country hit by a typhoon and you are overwhelmed by the death and…
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This boxer’s back story is one for the books
LAS VEGAS ? Beibut Shumenov might be the most interesting man in the world who doesn't have a TV commercial to tout that. He is a boxer, the light-heavyweight champion of the…
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Manny Pacquiao’s dilemma: preparing for fight in ravaged Philippines
Manny Pacquiao resides at the intersection of life, death, misery and showtime. He is a professional boxer. His country, the Philippines, is a mess. He is also a high-ranking government official, one…
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. wins by acrimonious decision
Another night of boxing, more controversy. The sport currently comes with an odor. Even more than usual. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., more famous by birth than achievement, won a 10-round unanimous decision…
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Mayweather was brilliant, but boxing judge had a rope-a-dope moment
Only in boxing could we emerge from a Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight with a bigger villain than Floyd Mayweather Jr. And only in boxing could that villain be a 64-year-old named Cynthia,…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. dominates, gets decision over ‘Canelo’ Alvarez
LAS VEGAS ? Floyd Mayweather Jr. put on another boxing clinic here Saturday night. The student was a young Mexican redhead named Saul Alvarez. Or Canelo, which means cinnamon. Mayweather's sweet science…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez: A bout about doubts
LAS VEGAS ? The essence of Saturday night's big fight has been lost in numbers and hyperbole. That essence is as follows: For the last 15 years or so, boxing fans have…
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Is Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Canelo Alvarez a super fight? Don Chargin knows
On the subject of super fights, who better to ask than the Boy Promoter, Don Chargin, who is 85? Yes, they still call him that. And yes, he still promotes boxing matches.…
