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• Antonio Margarito Should Explain Himself Before Return to Ring
• By Kevin Blackistone 1/22/2010 9:42 PM ET
• Before the conclusion of Eric Drath's documentary, Assault in the Ring, a revisiting of what is arguably boxing's most-heinous plot -- which unfolded in the Luis Resto-Billy Collins Jr. bout in June ... More »
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• Mayweather's Blow Hits Below the Belt
• By Kevin Blackistone 1/10/2010 12:03 AM ET
• It's been 17 years since Floyd Mayweather Jr. made his first imprint on the boxing world. It was at the 1993 National Golden Gloves Championships in Little Rock, Ark. He was 16 and won his weight ... More »
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• Pacquiao, Not Johnson, Is Athlete of Year
• By Kevin Blackistone 12/22/2009 11:13 PM ET
• The following is not a denunciation of Associated Press handing its 2009 Male Athlete of the Year Award to Jimmie Johnson, the NASCAR champion. He had another outstanding season. And I don't doubt ... More »
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• A Legacy to Some, Painful Reminders of Loss for One
• By Kevin Blackistone 10/24/2009 2:35 PM ET
• LAS VEGAS -- In a curio cabinet in the living room rests a huge red, white and blue ornamental belt adorned with a massive gold buckle from The Ring magazine proclaiming the late Eddie Futch the ... More »
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• Weekend's Biggest Fight? Boxing vs. Mixed Martial Arts
• By Kevin Blackistone 9/18/2009 8:23 PM ET
• Somewhere during the broadcast Thursday night of the Miami-Georgia Tech football game, a commercial broke across the screen advertising UFC 103, a mixed martial arts fight card featuring somebody ... More »
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• Vernon Forrest One of True Good Guys
• By Kevin Blackistone 7/26/2009 11:01 PM ET
• The truth is that, often times, those of us in this business find ourselves struggling to say only good things about a recently deceased personality whose acts in life demanded that we make him or her ... More »
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• Tyson's Life Marked by Misery, Tragedy
• By Kevin Blackistone 5/27/2009 8:40 PM ET
• A burly black man, his face incised with what appears to be a traditional Maori tribal tattoo, stares at you into a camera lens and, belying his appearance, announces through a thick Brooklyn accent ... More »
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• Pacquiao the Destroyer Rules Ring
• By Kevin Blackistone 5/03/2009 1:56 AM ET
• LAS VEGAS -- At the end of the day, it wasn't that Floyd Mayweather Jr. failed to do what it appeared he'd done earlier Saturday, which was steal the thunder from the first big pay-per-view boxing ... More »
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• Mayweather Jr. Eager to Reclaim Throne
• By Kevin Blackistone 5/02/2009 4:17 PM ET
• LAS VEGAS -- It is not raining here today -- when does it ever? -- but Floyd Mayweather Jr. walked onto the Hollywood Theater stage in the MGM Grand this afternoon with his black jean legs stuffed ... More »
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• Andre Ward Finally Sees Chance Ahead
• By Kevin Blackistone 5/02/2009 3:23 PM ET
• LAS VEGAS – The last time I saw Andre Ward, he was ascending the medal platform in a warehouse-type building in a dingy part of Athens, Greece, to receive the Olympic gold medal in the light ... More »
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• Amir Khan Caught in Middle of Brit Furor
• By Kevin Blackistone 5/01/2009 8:12 PM ET
• LAS VEGAS -- Amir Khan stood sheepishly Friday in a back corner of the crowded stage as we all awaited Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton to weigh-in. His shyness was understood when his name was called ... More »
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• No Real Results From Skewed Weigh-In
• By Kevin Blackistone 5/01/2009 7:29 PM ET
• LAS VEGAS -- With 6,000 screaming fans crammed into a cordoned off portion of the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Friday, Manny Pacquiao stepped onto a scale and tipped it at 138 pounds. Then came Ricky ... More »
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• Pacquiao a True Champion
• By Kevin Blackistone 4/22/2009 12:30 AM ET
• It is virtually impossible to find a superstar athlete these days for whom some disdain can't be mustered. Michael Phelps gets busted. LeBron James gets the benefit of the NBA's preferential ... More »
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• The Most Significant Fighter of His Time
• By Kevin Blackistone 4/16/2009 11:32 AM ET
• It was siesta, or lunch time, in Badalona, Spain, a suburb of Barcelona, when I wandered out of the Olympic boxing venue in the summer of 1992 with a couple of scribe friends and a legend of the ... More »
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• Margarito Leaves Mess in His Trail
• By Kevin Blackistone 1/26/2009 7:45 AM ET
• To this day, it remains the most disgusting thing I've ever witnessed in sports: Billy Collins Jr. vs. Luis Resto, June, 1983. It was just supposed to be a little pre-fight entertainment to the main ... More »
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• Boxing Trainer Freddie Roach on Moving to MMA: 'Any Kind of Fighting, I Like It'
• By Michael David Smith 7/09/2008 3:34 PM ET
• Freddie Roach is one of the world's best known boxing trainers, having worked prepared Oscar De La Hoya to fight Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao to fight Juan Manuel Marquez and David Diaz, and ... More »
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• Oscar De La Hoya to Promote USA Boxing
• By Michael David Smith 7/09/2008 9:25 AM ET
• Oscar De La Hoya is both the most popular boxer in the United States and the most powerful boxing promoter in the United States, so the announcement that De La Hoya has agreed to work with USA Boxing ...
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• Joe Calzaghe-Roy Jones Set for September 20 at Madison Square Garden
• By Michael David Smith 7/09/2008 6:31 AM ET
• Joe Calzaghe, the world's undisputed light heavyweight boxing champion, will fight Roy Jones on September 20 at Madison Square Garden, several media outlets are reporting. The 36-year-old Calzaghe, ...
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• Floyd Mayweather Really Doesn't Sound Like a Guy Who Is Staying Retired
• By Josh Alper 7/08/2008 12:35 PM ET
• When Floyd Mayweather announced his retirement from the boxing ring, it wasn't hard to see him switching gears and making a return. He's a boxer, never a group known for keeping their word, he's ...
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• Kendall Holt and Ricardo Torres Fight Produces the Round of the Year
• By Josh Alper 7/07/2008 1:50 PM ET
• Neither Kendall Holt nor Ricardo Torres is a particularly well-known boxer. Hopefully that didn't stop you from catching their junior welterweight title fight on Saturday night. If you did catch it, ...
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