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A New Door Opens for Timothy Bradley
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Chris Robinson
In March of this year, Timothy Bradley found himself in Cancun, Mexico,staying at the Cancun Palace, a luscious five star hotel with anything you could ask for in a getaway resort. Under most circumstances one would have expected Bradley to be enjoying himself,
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“Machine Gun” Ready for Lopez;
Keeps Molitor In Sight
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Christopher Roche
“Machine Gun” That’s such a catchy alias that many boxing fans might not know Oliver’s given name is Mike. But, whether it’s his mailman or one of his myspace.com, Oliver says he’s come to enjoy when people greet him as “Machine Gun”.
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“ STAR T.R.E.C.- 2008”
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Sean Reed
Thank God for the Real Estate Council and its immeasurable impact on the city of Dallas. Since 1989, their “Fight Night” series has generated more than $16 million for community redevelopment. That’s a staggering amount by any charitable standard,
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Hector Camacho Jr. Gets Back On His Game
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Chris Robinson
If you ask Hector Camacho Jr. about his fighting career he would probably tell you himself that it’s been unfulfilling up to this point. It seems like just yesterday that Camacho was in his early twenties, gracing the HBO airwaves as an extremely talented and undefeated Jr. Welterweight on the rise.
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Peter Manfredo Dominates in Idaho
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Ricardo Ibarra
Providence, Rhode Island’s Peter Manfredo Jr. (30-5 15KOs 169 lbs.) needed just three rounds to assert his dominance and dish out a one-sided thrashing over Othello, Washington’s Luis Lopez (14-13-1 6KOs 168 lbs.) at the Coeur D’Alene Casino
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2 Pound Versus The 800 Pound guerilla
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David Winston
In a pre-fight interview, Oscar De La Hoya, when contemplating his day at the office on May 3, asserted "this is the most important moment of my life". Hyperbole? Perhaps. Sound recognition of reality...absolutely! To his credit, Oscar knew not to take Steve Forbes lightly a la Felix Sturm in 2004.
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DE LA HOYA KICKS OFF GOODBYE TOUR
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Dave Bitar
The biggest name in boxing returns Saturday night when Oscar De La Hoya makes his “Homecoming” at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
It’s the first time the Golden Boy, from East L.A., has fought in Southern California in eight years.
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SOLO BOXEO AND SHOBOX PREVIEWS
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Dave Bitar
The boxing world will once again be transfixed on Oscar De La Hoya this Cinco de Mayo weekend as The Golden Boy makes his “Homecoming” to southern California, and regular HBO, to take on Steve Forbes at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
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A New Start for Donnell Holmes
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Chris Robinson
Valuev, Klitschko, Chagaev, Ibragimov, Povetkin. The Russians aren’t coming, they are HERE and American heavyweights can’t seem to break their iron grip on the titles. Briggs blew it. Brock was blasted out. Ruiz was ripped-off, and Chambers didn’t even come close. So now the quest continues...
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Eder Jofre: Genius with the Samba Beat
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Mike Casey
When it finally happened, nobody could quite believe it. Eder Jofre had been beaten. It didn’t seem possible and people had begun to wonder if it was even allowed.
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Northwest Prospects Score Wins in WA
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Ricardo Ibarra
Puyallup, Washington’s Eric “Night Train” Boose (14-2-1 8KOs 237 lbs.) continued his climb back up the boxing ranks with a lopsided unanimous decision victory over Galen Brown (29-7-1 19KOs 23 1lbs) at the Quinault Beach Resort and Casino in Ocean Shores, Washington, Thursday, April 24th.
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Too Tough
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By
Adam Berlin
I’ve played host to a few friends who visited New York City for the first time. As their unofficial tour guide, I take them around to the official sights--the Empire State Building, Central Park, the golden stretch of Fifth Avenue, the cow-path confusion of Greenwich Village.
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Urango Moves Closer to Redemption
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Chris Robinson
Wednesday night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, Juan ‘Iron Twins’ Urango pushed closer towards title redemption with a violent 4th round knockout over Argentina’s Carlos Vilches.
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Sechew Powell Eyes A Championship Run
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Chris Robinson
Sechew ‘Iron Horse’ Powell will be the first to tell you that his talents run deep. He is a confident young man and has become a proven commodity. Although the road hasn’t always been straight and narrow for the southpaw stylist he’s overcome and now finds himself on the verge of coveted title shot.
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CALZAGHE WON, GET OVER IT!
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Carlos Guzman
It was a wild dream. You wanted to believe. Could there ever be a fighter from Britain that could match America’s finest? The legendary Ricky Hatton recently tried and fell flat on his face against “Money” Mayweather, being stopped in the 10th round.
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Shaun George
Blends Intelligence and Determination
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Chris Robinson
You don’t play boxing, and boxing is no game. To be successful in boxing it has to be your life. It has to flow through your veins. For some fighters it’s easy, because that’s their only option in life.
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Cotto-Margarito Win Big in AC
Set to Clash in July
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Jason Gonzalez
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ.--- This past Saturday, undefeated WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto thoroughly annihilated and outclassed an overmatched Alfonso Gomez to set up a potential July 26 unification bout with the newly crowned IBF champion Antonio Margarito.
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Why Jack Johnson Would Be King Today
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Mike Casey
For some considerable time I have wanted to write a technical appraisal of the magnificent and timeless Jack Johnson. I have refrained from doing so because Jack, the great Lil’ Arthur as he was known, comes with so much historically vital yet distracting baggage.
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Vazquez-Linares in the Works;
Vazquez to open Boxing Gym!
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Miguel Salazar
After being a part of probably the greatest trilogy in boxing history, Israel Vazquez was honored by Sycuan Ringside Promotions and Frank Espinoza’s High-Flying Boxing Club in a victory celebration luncheon that took place La Huasteca Restaurant, Lynwood, California.
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Heavenly Art: The Wonder Of Nicolino Locche
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Mike Casey
Some time back, when the secretive lair was finally penetrated and the crown jewels sparkled in the sudden sunlight, I realised with a sense of wonder that every great thing ever said about Nicolino Locche was true.
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LUIS YANEZ TAKES ON THE WORLD
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Sean Reed
When August arrives and the 2008 United States Olympic team departs to Beijing, China, the bulk of our countries focus will be on LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and the rest of the basketball squad or the likelihood of Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Maurice Green and Michael Phelps re-joining...
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Masahiko Harada:
Last Hurrah Of The Little Emperor
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Mike Casey
My father, as worldly a man as I have ever met, sounded like an innocent who had missed the starting gun when he told me some years ago of his reaction to Willie Pep's fourth round knockout defeat to Sandy Saddler.
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The Camacho Jab
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Jose Corpas
Mike Tyson once said that for years before beating Larry Holmes in 1988, he had imagined beating him countless number of times. I bet you that someone somewhere is thinking the very same thing about Wladimir Klitschko or Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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Moore to Come
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Adam Berlin
The first time I saw James Moore fight, I was impressed. I didn’t know anything about this pale white fighter with the scruffy blond stubble, but after the first minute of the first round, it was clear this wasn’t some kid starting out. Moore wasn’t over-excited to be under the ring’s bright light
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Exclusive Interview with Israel Vazquez
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Miguel Salazar
He was in three of the most compelling fights the fans have ever seen. It was back and forth, blood, sweat and tears. Even until the end, nobody knew who would win. But on March 1st it was Israel Vasquez who finally had his hand raised
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Arnoutis Earns Much-Needed Win;
Steven's Snatches a W
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Zachary Levin
Jr. welterweight contender “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis visited the Manhattan Center last Thursday—just a day after Lou DiBella put on his Broadway Boxing card at this same venue—and gave his adoring Greek fans
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STARK AVENGES LOSS;
SANTANA BACK ON TRACK
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Carlos Guzman
Last night, at the Manhattan Center in New York, super bantam Gary Stark Jr finally avenged his shocking KO loss to Colombian journeyman Andres Ledesma.
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