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Unanswered Prayers: Floyd Mayweather Jr. W12 Robert Guerrero
**** It was a fight short on drama, one that prompted a smattering of boos among the throng gathered at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. And yet, there is a compliment buried in this criticism.…Read More
Losing Steps: Sergio Martinez W12 Martin Murray
**** Sergio Martinez got the job done, but just barely. On a rainy night in Buenos Aries, the middleweight champion escaped a strong challenge from Martin Murray, surviving a trip to the canvas and a…Read More
A Shallow Pulse: Adrien Broner TKO5 Gavin Rees
**** It started with his pledge to “put on a show.” What was intended as entertainment, considering the showman, was more than the miserable expectations a mismatch can produce. What was intended…Read More
Suffering Hour: On Adrien Broner, Gavin Rees, & HBO
**** In a main event that might qualify as a violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Adrien Broner returns to HBO against British and European lightweight champion Gavin Rees at Boardwalk…Read More
The Ugly American: Jesus “Chucho” Castillo and the Dreams of Yesterday
**** I have a regular column, “The Ugly American,” featured in Esquina, a new boxing magazine based out of Mexico City. The column runs in Spanish in the print version of Esquina and in English…Read More
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Turning Screws: On Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado II
**** Is it reductionist to say that the delightfully brutal contest waged by Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado…Read More
Demetrius Andrade and Freddy Hernandez to Slug it Out On ShoBox!
**** NEW YORK – One of the top prospects in boxing, the talented but untested Demetrius Andrade…Read More
BRICKWORK: Gennady Golovkin TKO7 Gabriel Rosado
**** “No, I called the tune, and now I’m going to pay the piper.” – Carl Stephenson,…Read More
Dimming Lights: Mikey Garcia W TD8 Orlando Salido
**** Perhaps the lights at The Theater in Madison Square Garden should have been killed and Journey’s…Read More
ROUGH TREATMENT: Gennady Golovkin-Gabriel Rosado Preview
**** Last seen bludgeoning Grzegorz Proksa over five rounds last September, middleweight Gennady Golovkin…Read More
The Ugly American: Those Stars You Gaze Upon, or, On Marquez-Pacquiao
**** I have a regular column, “The Ugly American,” featured in ESQUINA, a new boxing magazine…Read More
The Clock Strikes Thirteen: The Best Of TCS, 2012
**** On The Grind: Tavoris Cloud-Gabriel Campillo Preview When Cloud meets a durable opponent, it’s…Read More
WAR, BABY, WAR: Why the World Loves Manny Pacquiao
**** When Manny Pacquiao was introduced to the crowd prior to the Miguel Cotto-Joshua Clottey bout…Read More
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…Read More
The Last Detail: Can Juan Manuel Marquez Defeat an Aging Manny Pacquiao?
**** The first two installments in the rivalry between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez-who will…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
In the Kill Zone: Adrien Broner TKO 8 Antonio DeMarco
**** Questions about Adrien Broner persist, but following an arresting performance last night at Boardwalk…Read More
Little Earthquakes: Brian Viloria TKO10 Hernan “Tyson” Marquez
**** With his energy waning and the fight slipping from his grasp, Brian Viloria landed a devastating…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
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
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