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• HBO's Larry Merchant on Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao
• By Lem Satterfield 1/03/2010 12:19 AM ET
• HBO's Larry Merchant recently shared his thoughts with FanHouse on the drug-testing controversy which led to the stalled negotiations for the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight. Merchant, 78, has ... More »
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• Boxing's Tragedies: Alexis Arguello, Arturo Gatti, Vernon Forrest
• By Lem Satterfield 12/31/2009 3:02 PM ET
• Tragedies Of The Year: Alexis Arguello, 57; Arturo Gatti, 37; Vernon Forrest, 38. FanHouse finds the successive, July, deaths of three former world champions, Arguello, Forrest and Gatti, to be ... More »
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• Kelly Pavlik Fights to Regain Stature
• By Lem Satterfield 12/14/2009 8:46 PM ET
• On September 29, 2007, Kelly Pavlik's knockout of Jermain Taylor hoisted Youngstown, Ohio, to the top of the boxing world. After having absorbed nearly 20 unanswered punches and been dropped by Taylor ... More »
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• Nicaraguan Card Honors Former Champ Alexis Arguello
• By Lem Satterfield 10/16/2009 9:00 AM ET
• After 13 months of inactivity, 31-year-old former two-time IBF world champion, Luis Perez, will return to the ring against Sergio Gomez on Saturday night in both fighters' native Managua, Nicaragua,. ... More »
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• Kelly Pavlik on Jermain Taylor, Paul Williams and Life Since Winning Title
• By Lem Satterfield 9/27/2009 11:30 PM ET
• It was Sept. 29, 2007, and there were many within the boisterous crowd of 10,127 who packed into Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall who wondered if their hometown hero, Kelly Pavlik, would go down in the ... More »
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• If Juan Marquez Is Numero Uno, Where Does Ricardo Lopez Rank?
• By Lem Satterfield 9/15/2009 8:59 PM ET
• International Boxing Federation light flyweight (108 pounds) titlist Ricardo Lopez sat on his stool before the eighth round of the last fight of his illustrious professional career. Seemingly in ... More »
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• Son in Fight of Alexis Arguello's Life
• By Lisa Olson 8/31/2009 6:00 AM ET
• More than eight weeks have passed since boxing legend Alexis Arguello allegedly shot himself in the chest with a 9mm pistol. It was a suicide, declared Nicaraguan government officials, and they ... More »
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• Alexis Arguello Dead: Aaron Pryor Remembers 'A Great Champion'
• By Michael David Smith 7/01/2009 7:30 PM ET
• Hours after the death of boxing great Alexis Arguello, his greatest rival in the ring, Aaron Pryor, recalled Arguello as a great champion. ... More »
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• Alexis Arguello Dies, Boxing Champ Became Mayor of Managua
• By Michael David Smith 7/01/2009 10:39 AM ET
• Alexis Arguello, the former boxing world champion who in 2008 was elected mayor of his hometown of Managua, Nicaragua, was found dead on Wednesday. He was 57. The newspaper El Nuevo Diario reported ... More »
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