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Malignaggi Diaz Rematch Recap

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ - Finally! Paulie Malignaggi(27-3, 5 KOs) wins a notable bout (and the IBF light welterweight belt) and showcases his talent on a big stage. Yes, flamboyant and easy to hate, the Magic Man displayed his crafty style of stick and move against a promising Juan Diaz(35-3, 17 KOs), who had [...]

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Pacquiao vs Cotto: Fight of the Year

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

As a boxing fan, you wade through all the muck for months, even years, to get to a fight like this. You tolerate all the beat around the bush fights, the meaningless mandatories, the over-hyped promo bouts. But Cotto vs Pacquiao is that fight you crave and the sport, after turning its back on its [...]

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Midweek Focus

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Forget your TPS reports. Here’s a little sports ranting to get you thru your humpday.
FAVRE SIGNS WITH VIKINGS

Cue the circus music, Brett Favre has signed with Minnesota. So Tavaris Jackson will sit and old man Favre will give the Vikings a little more agita than necessary in the 2009 season. Sure this may bring excitement [...]

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Cotto vs Pacquiao?

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Thats what you would expect after Miguel Cotto’s slim victory over Ghana native Joshua Clottey, successfully defending his WBO welterweight title. (Isn’t it funny how Clottey, from Ghana, can speak English without a translator but Antonio Margarito can’t speak a lick of English even though he’s from Torrance? Maybe its just me or maybe Tony just wants to keep his [...]

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Boxing: Hatton-Pacquiao Preview…and more

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Here’s the latest from the world of boxing…
 
WRIGHT-WILLIAMS review:
On April 18th, Ronald “Winky” Wright came back to the ring for the first time since dropping a decision to Bernard Hopkins back in 2007. His choice of comeback opponent was none other than the self-proclaimed most feared man in all of boxing, Paul “The Punisher” Williams. [...]

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