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SCREEN TIME: Floyd Mayweather, Jr.-Robert Guerrero Preview
**** Robert Guerrero is deemed by many to be a supporting character in the opening act of a six-fight, two-hundred-million-plus-dollar contract Floyd Mayweather recently inked with CBS/ Showtime. Buts…Read More
Cinders And Smoke: Danny Garcia-Zab Judah Preview
**** You can roll your eyes at the redemptive narrative of Zab Judah, but the fact that he has clung to relevance over seventeen years is no meager accomplishment. Despite the worst intentions of men…Read More
Yes, We Have No Bananas: Nonito Donaire-Guillermo Rigondeaux Preview
**** The last–and only—prizefight extravaganza held at Radio City Music Hall, topped by Roy Jones, Jr., in 2000, was notable chiefly for its many oddities, including a parallel universe undercard.…Read More
With Mercy For The Dreaming: Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado II Preview
**** Some fighters never stop paying dues, even after they reach the grueling heights of a profession as pitiless and as nebulous as any in North America. For Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado—who brought…Read More
REBOOT: Timothy Bradley-Ruslan Provodnikov Preview
**** Timothy Bradley will enter the ring for only the second time in 15 months—and for the first time since his controversial win over Manny Pacquiao last June—when he faces Ruslan Provodnikov at…Read More
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The Underneath: Keith Thurman-Jan Zaveck
**** Not surprisingly, Keith Thurman thinks highly of himself. He also has a vainglorious view as to…Read More
All Action Requires Forgetting: Tavoris Cloud-Bernard Hopkins Preview
**** It was with an uncharacteristic hint of regret that Friedrich Nietzsche deprecated the Euclidean…Read More
ROUGH TREATMENT: Gennady Golovkin-Gabriel Rosado Preview
**** Last seen bludgeoning Grzegorz Proksa over five rounds last September, middleweight Gennady Golovkin…Read More
SMALL TIME: Nonito Donaire-Jorge Arce Preview
**** It has been a while since Nonito Donaire has done anything particularly thrilling in the ring.…Read More
FAILBETTER: Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez Preview
**** “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Beckett Contemporary…Read More
Legendary Hearts: Robert Guerrero-Andre Berto Preview
**** Andre Berto, known around here as The Human Bermuda Triangle of Boxing, returns to the ring tomorrow…Read More
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning: Carl Froch-Yusaf Mack Preview
**** Marking time is not something Carl Froch has been used to over the last few years, but tomorrow…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…Read More
In the Shadows: Abner Mares, Anselmo Moreno, and Nonito Donaire
**** With Nonito Donaire out of the picture because of the monkeyshines played by fight game overlords—promoters…Read More
WHITE KNUCKLES: Mike Alvarado-Brandon Rios Preview
**** Some of the darker trappings of prizefighting—sutures, penlights, butterfly strips, ice packs,…Read More
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
Hell By Baby Steps: Sergio Martinez-Julio César Chávez Jr. Preview
**** After years of mockery, innuendo, and torment, Julio César Chávez, Jr. gets his chance to legitimize…Read More
The Dream Becomes the World: Vitali Klitschko-Manuel Charr Preview
**** Manuel Charr will play the part of Jack Roper opposite Vitali Klitschko—in the role of the white…Read More
The Beauty of Gesture: Andre Ward-Chad Dawson Preview
**** Wire walking is similar to bullfighting in its illusory properties: it is a risky act imbued with…Read More
The Head-Scratcher: Selcuk Aydin-Robert Guerrero Preview
**** In another twist in an odd career, Robert Guerrero will leapfrog a division to face hard-hitting…Read More
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