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The Chilling: Juan Manuel Marquez KO6 Manny Pacquiao
**** Despite the tortured logic of an army of zealots, history was not revised Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. That Juan Manuel Marquez prevailed over nemesis Manny Pacquiao…Read More
Trophy Kill: Austin Trout W12 Miguel Cotto
**** Prevailing wisdom said Austin Trout would be hard-pressed to win a decision over Miguel Cotto in the hostile confines of Madison Square Garden. Apotheosized by the devoted legion who churn turnstiles…Read More
In the Kill Zone: Adrien Broner TKO 8 Antonio DeMarco
**** Questions about Adrien Broner persist, but following an arresting performance last night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, those questions have taken on a decidedly different tone. Over…Read More
Either/Or: Antonio DeMarco-Adrien Broner Preview
**** In October of 2011, believing him fully rehabbed from a stunning first-round knockout loss to Juan Carlos Salgado, Golden Boy Promotions pitted lightweight Jorge Linares against Antonio DeMarco.…Read More
DISHING IT OUT: On Bradley-Peterson, Berto-Guerrero, Broner-DeMarco, Khan-Molina, and Orlando Cruz
**** Undisputed odd man out Timothy Bradley has nearly scuttled his December 15th rematch with Lamont Peterson. A Peterson fight on HBO is the best case scenario for Bradley, who has seen any momentum…Read More
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The Promise of Beauty: Mike Alvarado Faces Brandon Rios
**** Yet for all Rios’ menace, the man standing across from him at the Home Depot Center in Carson,…Read More
AFTERMATH: Darchinyan-Del Valle, Rodriguez-Escalera, Decarie-Perez, Povetkin-Rahman
**** Promoter Lou DiBella’s triple-header from the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort at Mashantucket,…Read More
Only the Lonely: Tim Bradley Without Manny Pacquiao
**** With yesterday’s press conference announcing the final chapter in the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel…Read More
Orcas Tossing Baby Seals: Saul Alvarez TKO5 Josesito Lopez
**** If the value of a product or service is ultimately determined by what it fetches on the market,…Read More
Easy Living: Andre Ward TKO10 Chad Dawson
**** **** Enthusiasm, as defined by Voltaire in his “Philosophical Dictionary” is a “disturbance…Read More
Lowering the Boom: Gennady Golovkin TKO5 Grzegorz Proksa
**** With cruel, calculating efficiency, Kazakhstan’s Gennady Golovkin ravaged Poland’s…Read More
DISHING IT OUT: On Klitschko-Charr, James Kirkland, Amir Khan, and Alexander-Bailey
**** It’s fitting that junior-middleweight roughneck James Kirkland has accused trainers Ann Wolfe…Read More
Straw Boss: David Haye TKO5 Dereck Chisora
**** An absence of class precipitated the heavyweight tilt staged between David Haye and Dereck Chisora…Read More
Carts Before Horses: On Victor Ortiz, Saul Alvarez, and Josesito Lopez
**** The carts brought the horses before us last week, when Golden Boy Promotions announced that Victor…Read More
New Paradigms: On Carl Froch and Lucian Bute
**** **** It is late October 2011, in Toronto, a time of year when the chill lays siege to your bones.…Read More
He Who Would Be King: Why Tim Bradley Beating Manny Pacquiao Would Be Good For Boxing
**** If Tim Bradley defeats Manny Pacquiao on June 9th, knocking one of boxing’s celestial bodies…Read More
Lord of Illusions: Bernard Hopkins, Chad Dawson, and Style as Strategy
**** True to form, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins and “Bad” Chad Dawson managed to avoid…Read More
My Next Victim: Juan Manuel Marquez Takes Aim at Morales, Gesta, Rios, & Alvarado
**** Juan Manuel Marquez has answered all the questions his vocation could pose to him. Now, like a…Read More
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