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  Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker the best defensive fighter ever in my opinion he was a four-weight world champion,lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight, and light middleweight, as well as the undisputed lightweight title, and the lineal lightweight and welterweight titles one of all time greats and a tad underrated he wasContinue Reading

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Jack Johnson—born in Texas, the son of former slaves—was the most famous black man on the planet. As the first African American World Heavyweight Champion (1908–1915), he publicly challenged white supremacy at home and abroad, enjoying the same audacious lifestyle of conspicuous consumption, masculine bravado, and interracial love wherever heContinue Reading

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Las Vegas (May 2)…Undefeated Seven-Time and Five-Division World Champion and pay-per-view king Floyd “Money” Mayweather is appropriately featured on the cover of ESPN the Magazine’s annual Money Issue which hits mailboxes tomorrow and newsstands Friday.According to the ESPN, Mayweather is the highest paid player in the United States. He isContinue Reading

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Mayweather vs Cotto HBO 24/7 [Episode 1] HBO’s 24/7 with Mayweather/Cotto premiered this past Saturday. You know it’s gonna be interesting with Mayweather involved…and of course he brought his best friend 50 Cent along. Check it out…Continue Reading

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Photos by James Dimmock GQ Sport: It looks like Mike Tyson is a changed man. What happened? Mike Tyson: Listen, the world is like boxing. You don’t realise until you get older. People look at boxing and they think it’s a tough guy’s sport, but it’s not. It’s a thinkingContinue Reading

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MANILA, Philippines – Despite his repeated drug use claims against Manny Pacquiao, controversial boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. said he holds no personal grudge against his closest rival from the Philippines. In a video interview on FightHype.com, Mayweather said he wanted to clarify the issue with Pacquiao, which began when hisContinue Reading

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“Im taking Mosley by KO early.” Manny Pacquiao, widely considered the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter, is defending his WBO welterweight championship against “Sugar” Shane Mosley on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas (9 p.m. ET, Showtime PPV).The fight marks Pacquiao’s second defense of the 147-pound titleContinue Reading

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Weeks after they concluded their deal for one of the most anticipated fights in boxing, the heavyweight showdown between unified champion Wladimir Klitschko and titleholder David Haye now has a date and venue: July 2 at the Hamburg Imtech Arena in Germany. The 55,000-seat stadium is the home arena forContinue Reading

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Train like the greatest of all time with the Everlast Muhammad Ali Collection ($8-$110). This new signature range — literally, every product features a facsimile of Ali’s autograph — includes everything from cotton handwraps to full-size heavy bags, all manufactured to standards worthy of their namesake, and most including aContinue Reading

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Shane Mosley has agreed to fight Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas on May 7. Pacquiao (52-3-23, 38 knockouts) will defend his WBO welterweight title. Former welterweight champion Mosley (46-6-1, 39 knockouts) is 0-1-1 in a pair of poor performances against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and SergioContinue Reading

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Since the moment it was announced that Manny Pacquiao had taken a shutout win over Antonio Margarito last month, the burning question has been “If it isn’t Mayweather, then who is next?” Pacquiao’s promoter, Top Rank, has already set aside April 16 for Pacquiao to face someone in Las VegasContinue Reading

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This may very well be the most beautiful piece of fitness equipment we have ever laid eyes on. Context, Leather Head, and Horween teamed up to produce this stunning 12lb, Chromexcel wrapped medicine ball ($350) named after Context owner Ryan Huber’s grandfather, Melzer Rhey, who used a leather ball justContinue Reading

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DALLAS: Manny Pacquiao captured the vacant WBC super-welterweight title with a punishing 12-round unanimous decision over Antonio Margarito at Cowboys Stadium on Saturday night. Filipino hero Pacquiao won on all three judges’ scorecards as he inflicted a savage beating on Margarito and extended his winning streak to 13 fights.Continue Reading

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Jack Johnson was the first black heavy-weight boxing world champion. He defeated all opponents and had no equal. The was very distressing for whites in America who were challenged in their views of racial superiority for the first time. Johnson didn’t merely offend the whites through his physical prowess, butContinue Reading

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LOS ANGELES — Nobody won. Not Shane Mosley, not Sergio Mora and certainly not the fans, who suffered through their awful junior middleweight fight, which was declared a split draw on Saturday night at Staples Center. The 13,591 fight fans at Golden Boy Promotions’ Mexican bicentennial celebration card booed throughoutContinue Reading

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In this installment of the “Boxing Basics” series I’m going to cover proper stance as well as a bit of footwork. There are a couple things you want to accomplish in your stance. One, you want to be ready to react, which means having your knees bent in an athleticContinue Reading

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FRANKFURT, Germany — Wladimir Klitschko didn’t let this one go to the scorecards. The IBF and WBO heavyweight champion stopped former titleholder Samuel Peter in the 10th round Saturday night, an emphatic victory that came after getting knocked down three times and squeaking by Peter in their first meeting nearlyContinue Reading

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Floyd Mayweather Jr has issued an apology for his rant on UStream Thursday (September 2) against Manny Pacquiao. Floyd received a lot of criticism for some of the language he used when talking about the Filipino boxing champion, while discussing their potential blockbuster fight. Some have suggested that Floyd was beingContinue Reading

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Boxing has been around for thousands of years in some form or another. Whether it was the Ancient Greeks or Romans or the Brits and later the rest of the world competing under the Queensbury Rules – which are still used today – the sport has remained one of theContinue Reading

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Floyd Mayweather Jr is known for his trash talking ability, but he outdid himself this morning on UStream. Money May started off by talking about his current lack of desire to fight again, but that soon segued into an all out verbal assault on Manny Pacquiao.Continue Reading

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Quick-handed WBC light heavyweight world champion Jean Pascal wowed his hometown supporters on Saturday night with a technical decision upset over previously undefeated American Chad Dawson at The Bell Center in Montreal, Canada. Pascal 26-1 (16) whose only defeat came at the hands of Carl Froch seven pounds south ofContinue Reading

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Former boxing champ Mike Tyson has dedicated the rest of his life to caring for others – because he considers himself a “pig” who has “wasted” so many years of his life. Tyson shot to fame in 1986 when he became the youngest boxer to ever win the World BoxingContinue Reading

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By Dan Rafael ESPN.com Archive The better Paul Williams looks, the harder it is for him to find opponents. Paul Williams a middleweight? A junior middleweight? Welterweight? Who knows? It all depends on which day you catch “The Punisher.” In his past five fights, Williams has fought in all threeContinue Reading

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When it comes to Floyd Mayweather, or Manny Pacquiao, for that matter, a trinket from some corrupt sanctioning body is useless and unnecessary, because when Mayweather asserts that he is the face of boxing, whether you like him or not, he’s absolutely right. Mayweather doesn’t need the sanctioning bodies, they need him, and if they want him to fight for their belt, they should pay him 3%!Continue Reading

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The judges scored the 12-round bout 117-111, 116-112 and 115-113 in Kessler’s favor, despite the Dane (43-2) being bothered by a cut over his left eye in the final rounds. The bout was part of the Super Six tournament, designed to give six of the best 168-pound boxers in theContinue Reading

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‘Viking Warrior’ out to right the ship’ ESPN.com Courtesy of Tony Brochner Carl Froch, left, brings his perfect record and an unrelenting attack into the ring against Mikkel Kessler.  When the Super Six World Boxing Classic was announced last summer, Mikkel Kessler was immediately tabbed as the favorite to winContinue Reading