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Manny Pacquiao built a legend not just on speed, power, and heart, but on the sheer absurdity of the size mismatches he conquered jumping up eight weight divisions. The 5-foot-6 Filipino dynamo … [Read More...] about Manny Pacquiao vs. Sebastian Fundora: The Ultimate David vs. Goliath Spectacle Boxing Still Craves

The Third Man in the Boxing Ring Can Be a Gangster, but He Can’t Be a Crook Three men always enter the squared circle, but only two are supposed to have a side. Even so, consistent “errors” in … [Read More...] about Biased Referee Scandals: From Schofield-Bahdi, Whittaker-Wallace, and Lopez-Carrillo – Enough Is Enough

Forget the Money Fight. Forget the decade of waiting for Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao to finally collide. When Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua meet in the ring on December 11, British boxing … [Read More...] about Mayweather vs Pacquiao Disappointed Millions. Could Fury vs Joshua Give Boxing the Night It Deserves?

Polish President Karol Nawrocki recently stepped into a Manila gym during his historic state visit to the Philippines—the first by a sitting Polish head of state—and trained on the pads with boxing … [Read More...] about Nawrocki’s Harmless Boxing Session with Pacquiao Exposes the Petty Nature of His Critics

Listen to Puerto Rican music long enough, and you may hear the phrase, “La bomba no es la plena y la plena no es la bomba.” Meaning that bomba and plena, although connected, are not the same musical … [Read More...] about Dear Networks and Promoters, Stop Lying to Me: The Cost of Boxing’s Hype Machine

I remember being thigh-high, glued to the screen, bug-eyed and likely drooling as I watched the violent poetry of Roy Jones Jr., the precise destructiveness of Felix “Tito” Trinidad, the technical … [Read More...] about American Boxing and the Death of the Sweet Science

Shakur Stevenson wants us to believe he’s the slickest, most complete fighter of his generation. Undefeated. Four-division champion. A defensive wizard who rarely gets touched. Fine. The record says … [Read More...] about If Shakur Stevenson Fights a Past-Prime Manny Pacquiao at 147 lbs, It Shows He Is Ducking Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney

Conor Benn’s difficult return to 147 pounds could be the decisive factor that tilts Ryan Garcia’s WBC welterweight title defense toward a knockout victory. … [Read More...] about Conor Benn’s Difficult Weight Cut Is Why I Pick Ryan Garcia to Win by Knockout