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Mañana en la batalla: Mariana Juárez vs. Arely Muciño

Mauricio Salvador — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:21:21 +0000

**** Ava Knight era una presencia invisible en el ring este 12 de mayo cuando Mariana La Barbie Juárez (34-5-3) y Arely La Ametralladora Muciño (15-2-1) pelearon por el campeonato de peso mosca de la CMB. Quizá no se trataba exactamente de Ava sino la sombra del brutal nocaut que propinó a Arely cuando esta defendió su cinturón de la FIB en la ciudad de Colima. Fue un nocaut tan espeluznante que cualquier persona podría usarlo como argumento para considerar la prohibición del boxeo femenil. Antes de esa pelea Arely había compilado una buena serie de victorias, noqueando a casi [...]

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DIRTY POOL: On David Haye, Dereck Chisora, & Frank Warren

Carlos Acevedo — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:22:38 +0000

**** A dangerous precedent was set last week when Frank Warren circumvented the British Boxing Board of Control and announced a sideshow between David Haye and Dereck Chisora, two lunatic fringe members looking to cash in on notoriety not earned in the ring. Neither man is licensed to fight by the BBBoC. The fight, which has already sold over 20,000 tickets, is scheduled for July 14 at Upton Park. Since this travesty was announced, threats of lawsuits and license revocations have flown back and forth between Warren and the BBBoC. As for the fight itself, bad taste seems to be [...]

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EDDIE PERKINS 1937-2012

Carlos Acevedo — Sat, 12 May 2012 23:23:59 +0000

**** “I would love to fight an exhibition now to show people how the fight game is supposed to be fought. You just don’t go out there and slug. The name of the game–boxing–is going out and outpointing someone. It’s a sport. I don’t see no sense in killing a man if you don’t have to.” Eddie Perkins to The Ring, 1996

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FAST COMPANY: Floyd Mayweather Jr. W12 Miguel Cotto

Carlos Acevedo — Wed, 09 May 2012 00:23:00 +0000

**** 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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THE GOODBYE LOOK: Miguel Cotto-Floyd Mayweather Jr. Preview

Carlos Acevedo — Sat, 05 May 2012 02:27:06 +0000

**** “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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5 de mayo: Un nuevo “reto” para Saúl Canelo Álvarez

Mauricio Salvador — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:17:28 +0000

**** 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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Lord of Illusions: Bernard Hopkins, Chad Dawson, and Style as Strategy

Jimmy Tobin — Wed, 02 May 2012 00:54:43 +0000

**** 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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DEMPSEY SPEAKS!

Carlos Acevedo — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:40:27 +0000

From the files of TCS **** “I felt I had to give everything I had, whenever I was in the ring. I loved the applause, the roars of approval that fans gave whenever I landed a good hard punch or scored a knockdown. I felt that in return I had to do as well for them as I possibly could. I had to deserve their enthusiasm and applause, as well as their money.”

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Why Not Lucy the Elephant Instead? Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson Preview

Carlos Acevedo — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:40:47 +0000

**** 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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My Next Victim: Juan Manuel Marquez Takes Aim at Morales, Gesta, Rios, & Alvarado

Jimmy Tobin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:47:15 +0000

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? If Marquez is motivated by cultural currency and a sense of closure, he could pursue a fight with fellow Mexican Erik Morales. The only tussle between Mexico’s recent featherweight triumvirate that has yet to take place, Marquez–Morales provides Marquez with the occasion to establish [...]

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