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Growing Up: Benavidez gets serious by getting rid of an expensive...
CARSON, Calif. – If maturity is measured in knowing what to keep and what to shed, there is some good news in Jose Benavidez...
Donaire finished with experiments and ready to re-empower himself
Boxing’s equivalent of lighting in a bottle was captured by Nonito Donaire nearly two years ago when he knocked out accomplished...
Rios looks at Alvarado and sees a chance at a Ward-Gatti...
The nickname is Bam Bam. Bold and Bolder might be more appropriate for Brandon Rios, who isn’t afraid of promises or punishment.
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Talk of Pacquiao-Mayweather doesn’t matter if the old Manny doesn’t show...
Talk about Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. is back like a bad hangover. Everybody seems to have an interpretation, if not a prediction, in the...
It’s time for Chavez Jr. to test positive for some maturity
Is anybody surprised that Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., tested positive for marijuana?
Didn’t think so.
News of the test in the...
No Obit Here: Dueling cards throw a combo that the doomsayers...
LAS VEGAS – Two major cards separated by a short ride looked like an accident about to happen. Look again. Sergio Martinez-Julio Cesar...
Paul Williams feels good, remains confident
LAS VEGAS – A motorcycle accident took away Paul Williams’ legs, but not his confidence.
It was there, as evident as ever...
Bad Business? Martinez-Chavez, Canelo-Lopez might add up to something good
LAS VEGAS – News conferences came like a one-two punch Wednesday and Thursday for dueling promotions Saturday night featuring Sergio Martinez-versus-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr....
Father Legend has some lessons for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
LAS VEGAS – There was a time when the son couldn’t mention his father’s name. It was too painful. Legends don’t die. But...
Fight For The Future: With Ward-Dawson, Martinez-Chavez and Canelo-Lopez, it’s underway
It’s hard to know whether September’s promise is a new dawn or just a familiar set of oncoming headlights in another head-on collision with...
Golovkin attempts the next step in an American adventure started by...
What's known about Kazakhstan by a U.S. audience that gets most of its news from late-night comedians probably comes from the film, Borat,...
A few entries for August’s empty scorecard
The dog days of August, an unexpected offseason, is full of more idle speculation than medal winners among the American men at...
A Few Good Men: The nominees for a tough American job
USA Boxing's search for a national coach might be as futile as winning an Olympic medal. After the American men came home from the...
Staying Home: Jose Benavidez Jr. is happy he went to the...
It’s hard not to think about Jose Benavidez Jr. while watching the sad and inevitable demise of American boxing at the London...
What resurrection? Robbery still the story of Olympic boxing
We were hoping for a rebirth. Instead, we got another robbery.
On a day when I had hoped to write...
London is the first round in boxing’s fight to resurrect itself
Boxing attempts to become more than just Olympic history in London during the next couple of weeks in a fight to reclaim an identity...
Reasons on a scorecard that a fallen Khan can come back
Amir Khan, who wears lightning bolts on his dark trunks, is a lightning rod for controversy, especially in the week after Danny Garcia stopped...
A solution for the Sept. 15 conflict: Move Canelo-Lopez to Sept....
You know the cliché. It’s trotted out after nearly every controversial decision. Yeah-yeah, reasonable people can disagree. Trouble is, that’s all they ever...
Garcia stops Khan in stunner
LAS VEGAS – Danny Garcia calls himself Swift. Now we know why. He was swift to emerge from anonymity. He was swift to impose...
Khan, Garcia are light on the scale in a weigh-in light...
LAS VEGAS – Amir Khan and Danny Garcia were light on the scale Friday at a weigh-in that included all of the...
Learning from defeat? Khan can
A zero on the right side of a rare won-lost ledger can be a doughnut hole full of illusions. It’s hard to confront...
Comeback Map: Look for signs to see if Pavlik is ready...
Kelly Pavlik is somewhere in the middle of that comeback story few can resist, especially in a business with a soft spot in...
Looking ahead: The next pound-for-pound generation
The furor surrounding Tim Bradley’s victory over Manny Pacquiao is more of the same in a tiresome, if not redundant, succession of...
No chance: Trying to judge the state of the game after...
From Duane Ford to Forbes, the rapid succession of headlines during the last few weeks is either a shotgun blast that adds up...
Pacquiao-Mayweather: Pacquiao wins this week’s round on the public-opinion scorecards
Judges have been tough during the last week on the only two fighters the general public knows.
First, three judges score...
The heavy: Pacquiao heavier than ever at weigh-in for Bradley
LAS VEGAS – Manny Pacquiao is a heavy favorite. Heavier than ever.
Pacquiao was at 147 pounds, a career high, at...
Pacquiao plans to do a lateral dance away from any chance...
LAS VEGAS – Timothy Bradley says he has worked hard to eliminate the head-butt from his attack Saturday night in bid to upset...
Margarito retires
LAS VEGAS -- Antonio Margarito is retiring.
Margarito announced the decision Thursday on his Facebook page.
“After much thought and extended conversations with my family...
Pacquiao the peacemaker in deciding that Ariza will be in the...
LAS VEGAS – Born-again Manny Pacquiao has been more of a diplomat than a preacher for the last few days. He played the peacemaker...
The Wright Stuff: That old defiance is still there in Winky’s...
If defiance is an art form, Winky Wright is an artist. He might not practice it in quite the style of a Bernard...
