The Boxing Post

Has Saul ´´Canelo`` Alvarez´ Win Over Austin Trout Scared Away Floyd Mayweather?

Apr 23, 2013

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Saul ´´Canelo`` Alvarez pounded his way to a solid, unanimous twelve round points decision over the previously unbeaten Austin Trout last weekend.

Apr 16, 2013

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Floyd Mayweather Jr: what descriptive words does that name conjure up to you? Controversial? Great? Undefeated? Obnoxious?

Apr 14, 2013

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We´d hoped for a slug-fest, but what we got was a chess match - theoretically one between Gary Kasparov and Bono (he´s supposedly pretty good.)

Apr 13, 2013

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It hasn’t taken place yet, but already Donaire v Rigondeaux is a 2013 Fight of the Year candidate… potentially.

Mar 22, 2013

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Bernard Hopkins latest phenomenal ring achievement was almost an anticlimax. It should not have been, of course, because there is nothing remotely ordinary or commonplace in a 48 year old athlete winning a major title in their chosen sport.

Mar 21, 2013

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When word reached me that former world heavyweight title challenger Carl ‘The Truth’ Williams was in bad shape in a Westchester Medical Center in New York, my heart paused and my mind immediately rushed back five years to the moment I interviewed him.

Mar 9, 2013

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It is without doubt the most enticing matchup that the super bantamweight division has thrown up in many a year.

Mar 1, 2013

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Was the legendary “Manassa Mauler” Jack Dempsey really one of the greatest heavyweights of all time?

Jan 25, 2013

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Last week former world middleweight champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik announced his retirement from the ring. The 6’3’’ Youngstown slugger has apparently bowed out aged just 30 with a record of 40 wins (34 KOs) against only two points defeats.

Jan 21, 2013

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Gennady Golovkin vs Sergio Martinez: Just saying that sentence makes me excited, as I´m sure it does millions of fight fans the world over.

Jan 18, 2013

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The news that Lance Armstrong admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs for each and every one of his seven Tour de France victories in an interview with Oprah Winfrey on US TV has stunned sports fans the world over.

Jan 17, 2013

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Former WBO super middleweight champion Steve Collins of Ireland has announced his intentions of returning to the ring after a 16 year hiatus for a one-off fight against America's legendary four-weight world champion Roy Jones Jr, possibly in April.

Jan 16, 2013

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Although it now seems virtually nailed on that Floyd Mayweather will defend his WBC welterweight title against interim belt holder Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero on May 4th, as of yet there is no opponent named for WBC light middleweight champ Saul "Canelo" Alvarez - the chief supporting act on the MGM Grand show.

Jan 14, 2013

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After much anticipation, it would seem that Floyd Mayweather Jr´s opponent for his May 4 ring return at the MGM Grand casino in Las Vegas will be Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero after all.