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Between Canelo Álvarez and Billy Joe Saunders, we actually have a real fight to talk aboutFinally, an actual boxing match. ...
Phew, what a day! May 7 sports gobs of history, including MJ's 'Shot,' 'Practice?!' & Big Sexy goin' boomSports people are weird — myself included. We love our stats and our oddities, and our trends and our records. Something that will speak to the hearts of sports fanatics everywhere is a lovely confluence of memorable events that all happened on this very day. ...
Terence Crawford Is The Humiliator
NEW YORK CITY — Terence Crawford is skinny, almost bony, with the gap-toothed smile of a kid who just got caught stealing Honey Buns in the lunchroom. It is kind of an evil smile. He has not spent much effort cultivating the soft fan-friendliness that the best big-money fighters often rub on themse...
Amir Khan Claims His Wife Cheated With Anthony Joshua; Joshua Says He's Never Met Her
Welterweight boxer Amir Khan took time out during a visit to Dubai today to accuse his wife Faryal Makhdoom Khan of cheating on him with heavyweight fighter Anthony Joshua. ...
Will Manny Pacquiao's Final Opponent Be Revealed Tonight?
The week in boxing news was dominated by a fighter who isn’t even currently in training: Manny Pacquiao. Even after an uninspired and perhaps compromised performance against Floyd Mayweather, Pacquiao remains the biggest, most marketable name in the sport. And the race to be Pacquiao’s next foe—in w...
Black-Hatted Mystery Man And Alleged Scorecard Meddler At Amir Khan Fight Identified
The boxing world was abuzz last week with the revelation that a gentleman in an extremely shady black hat might have interfered with judges' scorecards while ringside at the Amir Khan-Lamont Peterson fight in Washington, D.C. in December. At least that's what the Khan camp alleged. (Khan lost both h...
I-Team: Who Is The Mystery Man Allegedly Meddling With Scorecards At The Amir Khan Fight? (UPDATED)
The Amir Khan-Lamont Peterson fight in DC last month ended with a surprising and narrow split decision win for the underdog Peterson in front of his hometown crowd. Khan is a budding superstar. Peterson is a solid fighter. He could have pulled off an upset, but he didn't, not according to our boxi...
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How To Get Robbed In D.C.: Amir Khan Vs. Lamont Peterson
WASHINGTON—A black guy in dark shades and a pimp-style chinchilla coat strode through the D.C. convention center, headed toward the entrance to the fight. Ten feet behind him, a white guy in a button-up shirt surreptitiously snapped photos of him on his cell phone. "Look, a real live pimp, at the fi...
Berto Is More God Than Man
I've made no secret of my affection for Andre Berto, perhaps now you know why. The 24 year-old welterweight put the boxing world on notice, announcing his presence in the upper tier of the sport's best division. Berto earned the vacant WBC belt with a dazzling knockout performance against an admitte...