The Cruelest Sport http://thecruelestsport.com A Professional Boxing blog Thu, 17 May 2012 00:44:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Mañana en la batalla: Mariana Juárez vs. Arely Muciño http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/16/manana-en-la-batalla-mariana-juarez-vs-arely-mucino/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/16/manana-en-la-batalla-mariana-juarez-vs-arely-mucino/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 23:21:21 +0000 Mauricio Salvador http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4848

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/16/manana-en-la-batalla-mariana-juarez-vs-arely-mucino/feed/ 0 DIRTY POOL: On David Haye, Dereck Chisora, & Frank Warren http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/15/dirty-pool-on-david-haye-dereck-chisora-frank-warren/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/15/dirty-pool-on-david-haye-dereck-chisora-frank-warren/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 23:22:38 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4845 ****

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/15/dirty-pool-on-david-haye-dereck-chisora-frank-warren/feed/ 9 EDDIE PERKINS 1937-2012 http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/12/eddie-perkins-1937-2012/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/12/eddie-perkins-1937-2012/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 23:23:59 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4843

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/12/eddie-perkins-1937-2012/feed/ 0 FAST COMPANY: Floyd Mayweather Jr. W12 Miguel Cotto http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/08/fast-company-floyd-mayweather-jr-w12-miguel-cotto/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/08/fast-company-floyd-mayweather-jr-w12-miguel-cotto/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 00:23:00 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4840 **** Drawing first blood was not enough for a spirited Miguel Cotto, who dropped a unanimous but competitive decision to Floyd Mayweather, Jr., on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Final scores were 117-111, 118-110, and 118-110, fairly wide tallies for a fight with so much two-way action. Compared to all the stalling, spoiling, and snuggling that goes on among headliners these days, Mayweather-Cotto was as ferocious as the Battle of Thermopylae. It was a pleasure to watch two world-class professionals in the ring working hard at their craft. Ultimately, Mayweather, even at 35, was just [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/08/fast-company-floyd-mayweather-jr-w12-miguel-cotto/feed/ 8 THE GOODBYE LOOK: Miguel Cotto-Floyd Mayweather Jr. Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/04/the-goodbye-look-floyd-mayweather-jr-miguel-cotto-preview/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/04/the-goodbye-look-floyd-mayweather-jr-miguel-cotto-preview/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 02:27:06 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4813 **** “You’re the good good guys. We’re the bad good guys.” Whitey Bulger **** Floyd Mayweather, Jr., squeezes in another Powerball-sized paycheck before he heads off for a short bid at the Clark County Detention Center when he faces veteran Miguel Cotto tomorrow night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Will Mayweather look back in anger when the cell doors close behind him? Or will he be ready, as usual, with a knowing wink for all four admiring walls? No matter. For now, he still has a pretty fair piece of business to take care of before his [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/04/the-goodbye-look-floyd-mayweather-jr-miguel-cotto-preview/feed/ 9 5 de mayo: Un nuevo “reto” para Saúl Canelo Álvarez http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/03/5-de-mayo-un-nuevo-reto-para-saul-canelo-alvarez/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/03/5-de-mayo-un-nuevo-reto-para-saul-canelo-alvarez/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 19:17:28 +0000 Mauricio Salvador http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4811 **** Si la televisión es el reino del engaño entonces el boxeo en la televisión es el principado de viejos sofistas capaces de hacernos creer, con la mano en la cintura, que A es B, sin importar la evidencia en contrario ni que la fórmula se repita una y otra vez. En el caso de Canelo Álvarez (21 años, 39-0-1) estos sofistas, televisoras y promotoras por igual, nos han hecho creer que cada una de sus últimas peleas ha sido un reto difícil de superar. Y dado que cada vez ha salido victorioso con relativa facilidad cabe pensar dos cosas: [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/03/5-de-mayo-un-nuevo-reto-para-saul-canelo-alvarez/feed/ 1 Lord of Illusions: Bernard Hopkins, Chad Dawson, and Style as Strategy http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/01/lord-of-illusions-bernard-hopkins-chad-dawson-and-style-as-strategy/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/01/lord-of-illusions-bernard-hopkins-chad-dawson-and-style-as-strategy/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 00:54:43 +0000 Jimmy Tobin http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4808 **** True to form, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins and “Bad” Chad Dawson managed to avoid fighting throughout twelve tense but uneventful rounds last Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Even with quasi-willing participants in the stands there was little enthusiastic violence to be found. Lost in the criticism decrying the dearth of action however, was a fight strategy predicated on psychological manipulation. Hopkins had prepared for more than his opponent: he was targeting subliminal messages at the viewer as well. The first step in his contrivance was evident as he stepped through the curtains wearing a black balaclava. [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/01/lord-of-illusions-bernard-hopkins-chad-dawson-and-style-as-strategy/feed/ 4 DEMPSEY SPEAKS! http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/04/27/dempsey-speaks-3/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/04/27/dempsey-speaks-3/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:40:27 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4807 From the files of TCS

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/04/27/dempsey-speaks-3/feed/ 0 Why Not Lucy the Elephant Instead? Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/04/26/why-not-lucy-the-elephant-instead-bernard-hopkins-chad-dawson-preview/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/04/26/why-not-lucy-the-elephant-instead-bernard-hopkins-chad-dawson-preview/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:40:47 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4804 **** Imagine anyone re-electing Nixon, or agreeing to sail on the Titanic II, or, having miraculously escaped execution by hanging, volunteering to face the gibbet once again. When Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson face off Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, it will be for the most familiar boxing reason of all: madness. Cause and effect, supply and demand, ying and yang—who needs any of that? In boxing, the closest thing to logic after more than a century of refinement remains the simple count of “10.” How a bomb as big as Hopkins-Dawson I can produce [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/04/26/why-not-lucy-the-elephant-instead-bernard-hopkins-chad-dawson-preview/feed/ 9 My Next Victim: Juan Manuel Marquez Takes Aim at Morales, Gesta, Rios, & Alvarado http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/04/25/my-next-victim-juan-manuel-marquez-takes-aim-at-morales-gesta-rios-alvarado/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/04/25/my-next-victim-juan-manuel-marquez-takes-aim-at-morales-gesta-rios-alvarado/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:47:15 +0000 Jimmy Tobin http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4803 Juan Manuel Marquez Pictures @ BrownPlanet Musica **** Juan Manuel Marquez has answered all the questions his vocation could pose to him. Now, like a university student who has completed his degree requirements with a few credits remaining, Marquez is in position to take only the electives that interest him. So which course will Marquez choose? … [visit site to read more]

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