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Run Silent, Run Deep: Lucian Bute-Carl Froch Preview
**** The 168-pound division takes its first high-profile step into the post-Super Six era Saturday night when tournament runner-up Carl Froch meets perpetual challenger-in-waiting Lucian Bute at the Nottingham…Read More
ENDGAME: Andre Ward-Carl Froch Preview
**** The Super Six has been a dizzying ride that has many boxing fans and media sea sick. Three of the original participants – Jermain Taylor, Andre Dirrell, and Mikkel Kessler – ended up falling…Read More
Rough Trade: Carl Froch-Glen Johnson Preview
***** The seemingly never-ending Super Six saga winds down to its penultimate bout when Carl Froch faces Glen Johnson in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall on Saturday night. In the 20 months since…Read More
Sound & Fury: Andre Ward & Stardom, Mosley-Pacquiao Aftermath, The Berto Business (As Usual), Horrid Hopkins
***** (Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips clichés. This week TCS takes a look at Andre Ward and his “starmaking” win over Arthur…Read More
Big Easy Meat: Carl Froch W 12 Arthur Abraham
Ungainly underdog Carl Froch embarrassed Arthur Abraham last night at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, notching a lopsided unanimous decision in a fight that was over the moment the opening bell rang.…Read More
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Apocalyptica Now: Carl Froch-Arthur Abraham Preview
***** Two European hard cases go head-to-head in Helsinki tomorrow night when Carl Froch and Arthur…Read More
The Getaway: Andre Dirrell & The Super Six
The Cruelest Sport almost always gives the benefit of the doubt to fighters who claim injury. Boxing…Read More
The Go-Ahead: The Super Six Moves On
The Super Six tournament is back on track with the announcement that Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell will…Read More
Sound & Fury: Mayweather Madness, Pacquiao Cleared, Klitschko-Peter, Hapless David Haye
(Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips clichés.…Read More
A Dream Out of Reach: Mikkel Kessler & The Super Six
Some sort of meditation or other. ****** The Super Six suffered another body shot when Mikkel Kessler…Read More
Meet Me in Monaco: Carl Froch Gets Arthur Abraham by the Mediterranean
Carl Froch has finally found a locale for his Super Six bout with Arthur Abraham that fails to give…Read More
Rough Magic: Andre Ward W12 Allan Green
Allan Green proved once and for all that a junkyard dog without teeth is of little interest unless it…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
Sometimes They Come Back: Mikkel Kessler W12 Carl Froch
Mikkel Kessler salvaged his Super Six ambitions last night by scoring a 12-round unanimous decision…Read More
CARL FROCH-MIKKEL KESSLER PREVIEW
The volcanic ash cloud that has covered Europe over the last week or so seems like an apt metaphor for…Read More
SHELLSHOCKED: Andre Dirrell W DQ11 Arthur Abraham
Bad juju followed the World Boxing Classic to the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit last night when Arthur…Read More
ARTHUR ABRAHAM-ANDRE DIRRELL PREVIEW
The Super Six World Boxing Classic stumbles into luckless Detroit tomorrow night when Andre Dirrell and…Read More
Sound & Fury: Mayweather-Mosley Nastiness, Tavoris Cloud Befuddles Yet Again, Nevada State Athletic Commission Shenanigans, & How Much $$$ Would It Take For You To Let Nonito Donaire Break Your Face?
The Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley mini-media tour has already dipped its toe into boorishness and it…Read More
SOUND & FURY: The Strange Case of Amir Khan, Minimum Requirements for the “Bad Decision” Club, The Super Six Sinks Some More, Pavlik Eyes The Big Time Once Again, Bernard Hopkins & Selective Trash Talk
Two of the least pleasant personalities in boxing–Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr.–have…Read More
Sound & Fury: Bute Upstages The Super Six, Funeka Bamboozled, False Narratives, and, A Strange Detour for Pacquiao-Mayweather?
Lucian Bute, now 25-0, was spectacular in demolishing tough Librado Andrade in four rounds. This is…Read More
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