Mayweather & The Creeping Call of Irrelevance
If the five-division former world champ really wants to be as happy as he portrays himself to be—stacks of cash all around him and a pack of
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paulmagno2
Apr 26, 20226 min read
Revisiting The Ring Magazine Scandal
The rankings scandal and ABC’s growing discomfort would likely have remained shelved if not for the Scott LeDoux-Johnny Boudreaux fight in t
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paulmagno2
Apr 25, 20223 min read
Rebuilding Krusher Kovalev
Kovalev media days became acceptable places for comfortable, middle aged men to swoon at rough trade in public…Kovalev was the Lennon to Gol
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paulmagno2
Apr 25, 20223 min read
Boxing’s Necro-Journalism (They Say Harry Greb…)
Why talk about today or tomorrow when yesterday’s there and so much easier to deal with? The dead and gone never contradict you. They never
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paulmagno2
Apr 25, 20223 min read
Red, White, and Blue…and Brown
The Golden Boy was anything but beloved by Mexican fight fans and his efforts to ingratiate himself to that all-important boxing fan base wi
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paulmagno2
Apr 25, 20224 min read
Boxing’s House of Flapjacks and Burgers
Greedy, lazy promoters have reached into the pockets of clueless, business school TV execs to grab at some fast cash. And in the pursuit of
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paulmagno2
Apr 25, 20223 min read
A Kiss Is Just A Kiss?
Somebody is invading somebody’s personal space. We’re not sure who’s violator or who’s violatee. Or maybe it’s just the weird overhead, self
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paulmagno2
Apr 25, 20223 min read
Donald Trump was awful at boxing, too
The self-styled adviser role flew in the face of legality and ethics as Trump, live-site promoter to many of Tyson’s bouts, would be in a po
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paulmagno2
Apr 25, 20223 min read
HBO Boxing is Dead (And Peter Nelson Dug The Grave)
Peter Nelson, executive vice president of HBO Sports, didn’t kill HBO Boxing all by himself, but he certainly made it so that there was no c
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paulmagno2
Apr 25, 20223 min read
On Death and Dying…in Boxing
On Tuesday, 28-year-old junior welterweight contender Maxim Dadashev passed away from injuries sustained in a bout with Subriel Matias Frida
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paulmagno2
Apr 25, 20223 min read
Is Gennady Golovkin Getting Old Fast?
Per expert opinion, it’s now clear that Golovkin has contracted a rare case of Pugilistic Progeria, hyper-aging to the point of full deterio
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paulmagno2
Apr 25, 20223 min read
Rod Salka: Poster Boy for Racist Impotence
It was clearly a bad idea to make this political statement where and when he did—against a fighter who was likely to mop the floor with him.
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paulmagno2
Apr 25, 20222 min read
Margarito Gets Outworked, Beaten Up, and Stopped—Wins Unanimous Decision
Carson Jones outworked, beat down, and bloodied up former welterweight champ, Antonio Margarito– appearing to make him quit on his stool bet
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paulmagno2
Apr 25, 20225 min read
My Life As An Aztec
And we’re talking a real Mexican experience, not a 40-hr excursion, ushered around tourist areas by well-fed locals, then enjoying overnight
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paulmagno2
Apr 25, 20223 min read
A Streaming Pile of Crap: ESPN/Top Rank Add Yet Another Paywall to Boxing
Top Rank’s promise to bring boxing back to the masses again lasted all of eight months before they found a way to work paywalls back into th
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paulmagno2
Apr 25, 20225 min read
When Pacland Was King
Self-proclaimed accomplished journalist, Dennis “D’Source” Guillermo…also holds the distinction for having created the single worst headline
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Apr 25, 20224 min read
Mayweather-McGregor: The Postmortem
This fight was about opportunities and the chance to realistically reach the type of sports fan who hasn’t been interested in boxing since t
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Apr 25, 20223 min read
Lollipops and BJs
After the fight, the French-Canadian puncher looked about as frazzled as an aspiring Hollywood starlet emerging from a closed-doors meeting
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Apr 25, 20224 min read
“This Fat Girl is Fernando Vargas:” A Tribute to Ricardo Mayorga’s Best Trash Talk
Here, for your bawdy enjoyment, is a fairly NSFW list of Ricardo Mayorga’s most scandalous trash talk
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paulmagno2
Apr 25, 20223 min read
The Price for Flipping the Script
Most often, a fall guy who manages to overcome the physical odds, escape the judging, and actually walk away with a win is merely going to b
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