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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
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 based out of Mexico City. The column runs in Spanish in the print version of Esquina and in English…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 in Madison Square Garden last June, nearly 18,000 fans, most of them Puerto Ricans out to support…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 MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. That Juan Manuel Marquez prevailed over nemesis Manny Pacquiao…Read More
FAILBETTER: Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez Preview
**** “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Beckett Contemporary boxing is so ersatz—from tinfoil stars mass-produced by premium cable networks to P-4-P stalwarts…Read More
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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
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…Read More
DAMAGE, INC. : Brandon Rios TKO7 Mike Alvarado
**** They forgot the Catherine Wheel, the strappado, and the whirligig, but Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado…Read More
Only the Lonely: Tim Bradley Without Manny Pacquiao
**** With yesterday’s press conference announcing the final chapter in the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel…Read More
CONTEMPT: On Timothy Bradley-Manny Pacquiao
**** They should hold the rematch in Area 51, roughly 140 miles away from Sin City, where Manny Pacquiao…Read More
STORMBRINGER: Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley Preview
**** The career arcs of Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley suggest that their meeting on Saturday night…Read More
He Who Would Be King: Why Tim Bradley Beating Manny Pacquiao Would Be Good For Boxing
**** If Tim Bradley defeats Manny Pacquiao on June 9th, knocking one of boxing’s celestial bodies…Read More
My Next Victim: Juan Manuel Marquez Takes Aim at Morales, Gesta, Rios, & Alvarado
**** Juan Manuel Marquez has answered all the questions his vocation could pose to him. Now, like a…Read More
DOUBLE SHOT: Marquez Defeats Fedchenko to Keep Pacquiao in His Sights, Rios Slinks Past Abril
**** Fighting in Mexico City for the first time in nearly 18 years, Juan Manuel Marquez easily outpointed…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…Read More
A Score Settled: Miguel Cotto TKO10 Antonio Margarito
After more than three years, and a litany of conjecture, Miguel Cotto evened the score with Antonio…Read More
PAST MIDNIGHT: Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito II Preview
**** Who needs Dali or Dada when you have boxing—the last American surrealist outpost—to fill all…Read More
Winner Take Nothing: Manny Pacquiao W12 Juan Manuel Marquez
**** Manny Pacquiao was lucky to exit the ring with a “W” on Saturday night after going 12 tactical…Read More
ACT III (Or Something Like It): Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez Preview
***** Manny Pacquiao returns to the ring tomorrow night in Las Vegas trailing the usual mixture of…Read More
ON PIER 6: Bradley Nears Pacquiao, DiBella & the Maravilla Mess, Cortez Bounced, JM Lopez Returns
***** Timothy Bradley has signed with Top Rank and will be fighting on the Pacquiao-Marquez III undercard,…Read More
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