The Cruelest Sport » Manny Pacquiao http://thecruelestsport.com A Professional Boxing blog Mon, 20 May 2013 16:35:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 REBOOT: Timothy Bradley-Ruslan Provodnikov Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/03/15/reboot-timothy-bradley-ruslan-provodnikov-preview/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/03/15/reboot-timothy-bradley-ruslan-provodnikov-preview/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:55:34 +0000 Michael Nelson http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5475 **** 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 the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, on Saturday. Innocence lost from the Pacquiao backlash can be partially reclaimed by a dominant [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/03/15/reboot-timothy-bradley-ruslan-provodnikov-preview/feed/ 0 The Ugly American: Those Stars You Gaze Upon, or, On Marquez-Pacquiao http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/01/07/the-ugly-american-those-stars-you-gaze-upon-or-on-marquez-pacquiao/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/01/07/the-ugly-american-those-stars-you-gaze-upon-or-on-marquez-pacquiao/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:44:55 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5398 **** 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 on their website. The latest edition of “The Ugly American” focuses on the suspicions surrounding Juan Manuel Marquez after his [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/01/07/the-ugly-american-those-stars-you-gaze-upon-or-on-marquez-pacquiao/feed/ 0 WAR, BABY, WAR: Why the World Loves Manny Pacquiao http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/18/war-baby-war-why-the-world-loves-manny-pacquiao/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/18/war-baby-war-why-the-world-loves-manny-pacquiao/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:00:01 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://dev.mvn.com/thecruelestsport/2009/09/10/war-baby-war-why-the-world-loves-manny-pacquiao.html **** 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 Cotto, their native son, erupted in cheers. That so many boricuas in attendance applauded a Filipino fighter whom they knew might some day be an opponent [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/18/war-baby-war-why-the-world-loves-manny-pacquiao/feed/ 119 The Chilling: Juan Manuel Marquez KO6 Manny Pacquiao http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/09/the-chilling-juan-manuel-marquez-ko6-manny-pacquiao/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/09/the-chilling-juan-manuel-marquez-ko6-manny-pacquiao/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:22:40 +0000 Jimmy Tobin http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5343 **** 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 does not prove he won the previous three encounters, or that he was robbed in not winning. Nor does the sinister [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/09/the-chilling-juan-manuel-marquez-ko6-manny-pacquiao/feed/ 0 FAILBETTER: Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/07/failbetter-manny-pacquiao-juan-manuel-marquez-preview/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/07/failbetter-manny-pacquiao-juan-manuel-marquez-preview/#comments Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:20:46 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5341 **** “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 who are soon wandering HTML Palookavilles when ADD worrywarts and Super Bloggers are momentarily distracted by their own navels—that it almost seems comforting to see Manny [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/07/failbetter-manny-pacquiao-juan-manuel-marquez-preview/feed/ 0 The Last Detail: Can Juan Manuel Marquez Defeat an Aging Manny Pacquiao? http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/07/the-last-detail-can-juan-manuel-marquez-defeat-an-aging-manny-pacquiao/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/07/the-last-detail-can-juan-manuel-marquez-defeat-an-aging-manny-pacquiao/#comments Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:00:57 +0000 Michael Nelson http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5305 **** The first two installments in the rivalry between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez-who will meet for the fourth time on December 8 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas-were marked by explosive surges intermittently disrupting steady craftsmanship. In 2004 Marquez climbed out of a three-knockdown deficit by stringing together stretches of dominance, only [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/07/the-last-detail-can-juan-manuel-marquez-defeat-an-aging-manny-pacquiao/feed/ 0 DISHING IT OUT: On Bradley-Peterson, Berto-Guerrero, Broner-DeMarco, Khan-Molina, and Orlando Cruz http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/10/17/dishing-it-out-on-bradley-peterson-berto-guerrero-broner-demarco-khan-molina-and-orlando-cruz/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/10/17/dishing-it-out-on-bradley-peterson-berto-guerrero-broner-demarco-khan-molina-and-orlando-cruz/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:31:13 +0000 Jimmy Tobin http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5284 **** 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 he gained from beating Manny Pacquiao dissolve in the ether. Commenting on the proposed matchup, however, Bradley said, “I think he’s [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/10/15/damage-inc-brandon-rios-tko7-mike-alvarado/feed/ 0 Only the Lonely: Tim Bradley Without Manny Pacquiao http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/18/only-the-lonely-tim-bradley-without-manny-pacquiao/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/18/only-the-lonely-tim-bradley-without-manny-pacquiao/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:10:37 +0000 Jimmy Tobin http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5223 **** With yesterday’s press conference announcing the final chapter in the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez quadrilogy, December 8th should find this rivalry renewed under the lights of the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It was on that same blue canvas that Pacquiao suffered a split-decision loss to Tim Bradley in June. It was [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/18/only-the-lonely-tim-bradley-without-manny-pacquiao/feed/ 0 CONTEMPT: On Timothy Bradley-Manny Pacquiao http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/06/10/contempt-on-timothy-bradley-manny-pacquiao/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/06/10/contempt-on-timothy-bradley-manny-pacquiao/#comments Sun, 10 Jun 2012 23:25:23 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4979 **** They should hold the rematch in Area 51, roughly 140 miles away from Sin City, where Manny Pacquiao dropped a peculiar split decision to Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand last night via scores of 115-113, 113-115, and 115-113. Not only was the decision as smelly as Newark Bay, but it allows conspiracy theorists [...]

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