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A Ruthless Scrutiny: Timothy Bradley W12 Ruslan Provodnikov
**** The outcome was as expected: Tim Bradley won a unanimous decision over Ruslan Provodnikov last night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. But the expectation that Bradley, openly frustrated…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
Another Khajuraho Moment: Bernard Hopkins W12 Tavoris Cloud
**** Far from a chump, I’m hardcore like Brooklyn, Mess with me, And get your manhood tooken - EPMD Vastly superior minds have struggled to evaluate far more significant performances than the one…Read More
DARK SUN: Remembering Joe Frazier
**** Joe Frazier, whose first fight with Muhammad Ali—an event that attracted worldwide attention–sealed his legacy as one of the defining American sports figures of the last 50 years, died of liver…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 structure of Baruch Spinoza’s Ethics for encasing the work “as if in brass.” In his defense,…Read More
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When the Cobra Caught the Mongoose: The Night Ezzard Charles Knocked Out Archie Moore
“How about letting him put a couple of good belts over on you in this heat – and opening him up…Read More
The Ugly American: One Shot at Glory for Florentino Fernández
**** Among the most feared KO punchers of the 1960s, Fernández, billed as The Ox because of his physical…Read More
Win a Real.Big.Fathead or $100 RetailMeNot Visa Gift Card from The Cruelest Sport
Win a Real.Big.Fathead of YOUR choice OR a $100 RetailMeNot Visa Gift Card! All you have…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…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,…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…Read More
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
El Muchacho Alegre de Puerto Marqués: Isidro “Sid” Pérez 1964-2012
**** They found his body on a street in Mexico City, more battered and bruised than it had ever been…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
JESUS “CHUCHO” CASTILLO 1944-2013
**** “Winning the title is not important. The only thing I want to do is beat that loudmouth,…Read More
PERSPECTIVE
**** “You know, it’s a funny thing. Those crowds, those autographs, having everybody say,…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
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