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Marquez masters Pacquiao but not judges in third match
LAS VEGAS – In the years since Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez began their rivalry, fans have debated what might have happened had...
Magdaleno dominant but not destructive on “Top Rank Live”
LAS VEGAS – Diego Magdaleno may not have blown through his opponent the way some hoped he would, but he made a dominant showing...
Pacquiao-Marquez III: Growing intrigue
LAS VEGAS (Nov. 11) – After ripping his shirt neckline to bellybutton and tossing its remains to a group of aghast Filipino fans, Mexican...
Winks, daggers and exasperation
In his latest collection of boxing writing, “Winks and Daggers” (The University of Arkansas Press; $24.95), Thomas Hauser provides his signature, last-word treatment of...
“20-1 odds are too much”
Right on, Roy.
The quote above belongs to HBO analyst Roy Jones, who said those words Saturday in a context far different from how they...
Welcome, Mr. Hershman, we have lots of work for you
Thursday the indefatigable Lem Satterfield broke news that Ken Hershman will replace Ross Greenburg as President of HBO Sports – a position akin to...
Then the rains came
SAN ANTONIO – The withering aridity that made this city consider water rations has finally broken. The drought is on, many inches of...
Más trabajador que maravilla
Saturday continued the happiest development our sport has seen in years. Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez, a southpaw Argentine who prefers Spain but lives in...
And when Mayweather and Pacquiao never do fight?
We are where we were 20 months ago. Floyd Mayweather knows he can beat Many Pacquiao, doesn’t understand why the rest of us...
One man acted like a fighter, and the other did not
If the day ever comes that you spar with a prizefighter, you’ll find yourself defenseless soon enough. Exhausted or confused, you’ll drop your...
Chalk up another for Money May
Legend has it the gambling term “chalk” precedes World War II. In the days when horsetrack bettors watched a chalkboard for odds, the...
My amazing summer internship
As a philosophy major in the mid 1990s, I never had a chance to do an internship. A decade’s worth of hindsight now...
Fretting already about Pacquiao-Marquez III
A friend visited me from Mexico last week. Between trips to Austin and strolls along the San Antonio River, we had occasion to...
Blood, steel, canvas and warmth
“Blood, Steel and Canvas: The Asian Odyssey of a Fighter” by Craig Alan Wilson (Diversion Books; $4.99) is a spare and enjoyable e-book that...
“The most disgraceful performance by a referee that I have seen...
That quote belongs to Showtime commentator Al Bernstein. Its subject is Nevada referee Russell Mora. Bernstein made the comment between rounds 11 and 12,...
What happened when I treated my next two columns like Kelly...
By now you’ve read the press release about my Monday column, the one that was to be a workaday review of Kelly Pavlik’s comeback...
Alvarado, Pavlik, and Top Rank loyalty
Colorado’s Mike Alvarado successfully continued his comeback Saturday. Ohio’s Kelly Pavlik will successfully continue his comeback Saturday. Top Rank continues to promote...
Khan, Judah, and our AAA rating
Englishman Amir Khan will never fail to look unbeatable against an opponent who considers contact optional. If you are a prizefighter who relies...
A pox on the stereotypes
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. – Contrary to stereotypes about South Texas, held by the rest of the country, yes, but also other Texans, this city...
Palate cleansed
Boxing insiders will forgive David Haye. Many of us have already. What he did some Saturdays ago against Wladimir Klitschko, the ballsy...
Well, that was futile
In the moments after two contemporary prizefighters meet at a press conference to question each other’s class, family, sexual orientation and all the rest,...
Alamo City surprise: Lujan levels Melligan
SAN ANTONIO – Fight fans looking for the next southpaw sensation to come out of the Philippines, someone to play heir to Manny Pacquiao,...
Alternate endings to a fight boxing badly needs
We all knew Wladimir Klitschko was a chinny smart guy who took no unnecessary shots and worried openly about what might happen if the...
We demand more “Cinnamon”!
“Give us more of Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez!” we cry. There, was that enthusiastic enough? It’s part of a new scheme to explore....
Encounters with “Chicanito”
By now you’ve read reminiscences of Genaro Hernandez from men who knew him far better than I did. Some covered his matches, others...
Super Six, Carl Froch, and the joy of not knowing
The greatest joy of Showtime’s Super Six tournament has been one of discovery – a joy that makes anything worth playing audience to. ...
Falling in love with Carl Froch
Prizefighting now draws near to completing its most innovative concept in ages. Showtime’s Super Six World Boxing Classic is days from matching its...
Hopkins, a legend, squashes the haters
Apropos of my own irreverence last week, 15rounds.com’s indispensible editor Marc Abrams addressed the consequences of Saturday’s fight thusly: “A man winning the lineal...
“Wearing ‘West Point ‘03’ on my trunks”
It should surprise no one that boxing is a plebe-year requirement at the United States Military Academy. West Point’s ultimate purpose is to...
Unfit for prime time
There is a time of the year in professional golf when the four tournaments collectively known as “the majors” are finished, the Ryder Cup,...
Sweetness that overcomes the sour
There are prizefights that begin with one participant looking so confident and establishing such a superiority of craft that you wonder if this mightn’t...
Things to do while you’re in L.A.
LOS ANGELES – To live in this city one must be pathologically optimistic. It is a machine designed to do wondrous things but...
No butts about it: Darchinyan dominates Perez
LOS ANGELES – An accidental collision of heads happened as Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan charged Yonnhy Perez in the fifth round of their consolation-cum-main-event...
Darchinyan and Perez make weight; Agbeko and Mares are missed
LOS ANGELES – Friday afternoon on the second floor of the never-ending JW Marriott Hotel in the middle of downtown, last-minute main-event bantamweights Armenian...
Agbeko-Mares and the pursuit of authenticity
SAN ANTONIO – Saturday night as the HBO fights were getting under way, an enormous event happened here in the downtown area. Fiesta...
