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De La Hoya-Pacquiao might be a hard sell after all
Dan Rafael...and forgo an expensive pay-per-view card. It's a lot easier to stick to other sports and television programming that is free for your Saturday night entertainment. That's what promoters Golden Boy...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2008Taylor, Lacy meet at a crossroads
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comEight years ago, Jermain Taylor shared a room with fellow Olympian Jeff Lacy. Taylor will share the ring with his old foe when they meet in a crossroads battle on Saturday.
Story | Conversation | November 13, 2008Canceled shows a low blow to boxing industry
Dan Rafael...crushing for loyal fans and devastating to the sport in the United States, especially the death of...knockdowns in the 10th to win the all-action fight. Philadelphia promoter and Hall of Famer Russell...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2008To Vic go the spoils: Darchinyan starches Mijares to unify 115-pound titles
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comVic Darchinyan can talk smack with the best of them. He can now rub shoulders with the best 115-pound fighters in a world as well after wresting a pair of super flyweight titles from Cristian Mijares on Saturday.
Story | Conversation | November 02, 2008One and done: Calzaghe keen on quitting while he's ahead
Dan Rafael, ESPN.com...on Nov. 8 (HBO PPV) at New York's Madison Square Garden, then walk away from the sport undefeated, at the top of his game and with his good looks still intact. "I'm up...
Page | ConversationPavlik's plan is to KO Hopkins
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comEd Mulholland/US Presswire Kelly Pavlik's crunching power has vanquished many a fighter. Will it be enough to stop the iron-jawed Hopkins? Pavlik...
Page | ConversationHolt will defend junior welterweight title against Torres in third matchup
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comKendall Holt will defend his 140-pound belt against rival Ricardo Torres on Dec. 13 in Atlantic City, N.J., Top Rank president Todd duBoef told ESPN.com Friday evening.
Story | Conversation | October 10, 2008Williams looking to augment résumé as a middleweight
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comWilliams aims for middleweight statement Paul Williams holds a welterweight world title, which he is quite proud of, but "The Punisher" has designs...
Page | ConversationBefuddled, irate Campbell looking for answers
Dan Rafael...lightweight Edner Cherry became the nominal main event. Campbell, one of the most dedicated fighters in the sport, was anxious to defend his lightweight belts but was left high and dry when the unprofessional Guzman...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2008Smooth-boxing Marquez hands Casamayor first KO defeat
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comJuan Manuel Marquez seized a lightweight title Saturday by stopping Joel Casamayor in 11 rounds.
Story | Conversation | September 15, 2008De La Hoya looking good
Dan Rafael...former lightweight titlist. Hello! He's a former junior lightweight titlist. • Separated at birth: HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg and actor Nestor Carbonell, who plays the Gotham City mayor in the box office...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 12, 2008Khan crumpled by Prescott; Juarez tears through Barrios
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comA case of too much, too soon? Or maybe ill-advised matchmaking? Either way, Amir Khan will have to start from scratch after being blasted out in under a round by robust Colombian Breidis Prescott on Saturday.
Story | Conversation | September 07, 2008Crossroads battle? No. Titanic clash? Probably
Dan Rafael, ESPN.com...and if their track record for producing all-action fights is any indication, it's boxing fans...A lot of times the people in the sport dismiss you just because you have one or...
Page | ConversationThe best boxer fight fans might not know
Dan Rafael, ESPN.com...form, he's been dominant throughout his career, and is perhaps the finest pure technician in the sport over the past 20 years. How dominant has he been in making his opponents look silly? In...
Page | ConversationMending Ward wonders what happened to U.S. Olympic boxing
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comJoe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images Andre Ward, who won gold in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, is disappointed with the '08 squad's performance. Ward recov...
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