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Legendary Hearts: Robert Guerrero-Andre Berto Preview
**** Andre Berto, known around here as The Human Bermuda Triangle of Boxing, returns to the ring tomorrow night with his usual paranormal panache when he faces southpaw Robert Guerrero in a scheduled…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
The Clock Strikes Thirteen: The Best of TCS, 2011
**** Boxing Needs You, Baby! On Arum, Pacquiao, & Mosley Professional logicians would go mad, like blindfolded chess players, trying to make sense of boxing, its followers, and that strange hydra-headed…Read More
The Stuff, or Something Like It: Andre Berto TKO 5 Jan Zaveck
**** Lady Luck and papery skin combined to give Andre Berto another sanctioning body gewgaw last night when Jan Zaveck could no longer continue after a cut over his left eyelid ended matters between the…Read More
Into the Mystic: Jan Zaveck-Andre Berto Preview
**** On the surface, Andre Berto facing Jan Zaveck Saturday night at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi seemed inevitable. Zaveck is relatively anonymous and has a trinket. Berto…Read More
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Lost in the Funhouse: Victor Ortiz W12 Andre Berto
***** A sharp and focused Victor Ortiz thrashed Andre Berto in a savage—if slightly one-sided—bout…Read More
Why Against Why: Andre Berto-Victor Ortiz Preview
***** “Watchman Falls Victim to His Devotion to Duty.” Andre Breton Two of the biggest enigmas…Read More
Sound & Fury: Berto-Ortiz & Pacquiao, GBP Strikes Again, Bradley-Alexander & More
***** (Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips…Read More
Aftermath: On Marquez-Katsidis, Andre Ward, Carl Froch &, Sigh, Andre Berto
***** Juan Manuel Marquez stopped Michael Katsidis on Saturday night in a brutal give-and-take brawl…Read More
Easy Pickings: Manny Pacquiao & The Myth of Soft Competition
Perhaps a certain amount of backlash against Manny Pacquiao was inevitable. Overexposure has probably…Read More
Andre Berto: The Human Bermuda Triangle of Boxing
When it was recently announced that Andre Berto would be defending his Quartermass welterweight title…Read More
Vanishing Act: Is Antonio Margarito Too Far Gone to Test Manny Pacquiao?
With Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito in training for their hot button bout scheduled for November…Read More
Against the Grain: On the Pacquiao-Margarito Fight
Now that Antonio Margarito has gotten a license from a vending machine in the lobby of the offices…Read More
Milksops: Manny Pacquiao & The Promoters Who Weep Over Him
One interesting byproduct of the infamous midnight press conference last week was the explosion of…Read More
Sound & Fury: Pacquiao-Mayweather, Sanchez II, Liars, Duddy, Chavez Jr. & More
(Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips cliches.…Read More
SOUND & FURY: Khan Kayoed by Cup, Froch Keeps Kvetching, Andre Berto Buzz Boggles, & Cotto-Foreman Ratings Fudged
When Sky Sports passed on broadcasting the Amir Khan-Joel Casamayor mismatch because it conflicted…Read More
SOUND & FURY: The Low-Rent Media Edition, Featuring American Press Arrogance, Edwin Valero Coverage, Andre Berto & Twittergate, etc.
One of the disturbing aspects about media coverage of the Edwin Valero-Jennifer Carolina Viero tragedy…Read More
EASY STREET: Andre Berto TKO8 Carlos Quintana
Andre Berto stopped tricky Carlos Quintana in the 8th round last night to defend his WKRP welterweight…Read More
ANDRE BERTO-CARLOS QUINTANA PREVIEW
Welterweight titleholder Andre Berto returns to the ring on Saturday night when he faces well-traveled…Read More
SOUND & FURY: Yuriorkis Gamboa, Top Rank on Fox Sports, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Juan Manuel Lopez, Strange Happenings At Showtime, Crummy Eulogies & Your Boxing Experts At Work
Yuriorkis Gamboa played wrecking crew last night at the WAMU Theater in New York City, demolishing normally…Read More
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