Friends, fighters mourn loss of Forrest
Kieran Mulvaney, Special to ESPN.comEven in a sport full of admirable men and feel-good stories, Vernon Forrest's acts of kindness stood out.
Story | Conversation | July 26, 2009Blog 59
Kieran Mulvaney...ET -- Guess who's back? It's already been a busy day in Vegas. I attended the news conference here at the MGM Grand (in the Hollywood Theater) where Floyd Mayweather Jr. officially ended his...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 02, 2009Blog 63
Kieran Mulvaney...ET -- All very strange There were some slightly surreal moments during the Floyd Mayweather-Juan Manuel Marquez news conference. Oscar De La Hoya was extolling the virtues of his fighter, Juan Manuel Marquez, while Richard...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 02, 2009Blog 62
Kieran Mulvaney...Money is back The worst-kept secret in boxing became official today when Golden Boy hosted a news conference and brunch to announce that Floyd "Money" Mayweather will return from his brief "retirement" to take...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 02, 2009Blog 25
Kieran Mulvaney...good quote means being in the best position. Here's how it works when it comes to news conferences. Everyone says what he needs to say, and the genuinely useful stuff comes afterward. One fighter...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 30, 2009Blog 24
Kieran MulvaneyThursday, 8:30 a.m. ET -- Where art thou Floyd? After Wednesday's news conference, I was sitting at a table with legendary publicist Bill Caplan and veteran boxing journalist Norm...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 30, 2009Blog 15
Kieran MulvaneyWednesday, 1:20 p.m. ET -- News conference later The news conference for the main event will be at 3 p.m. ET. I...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 29, 2009Blog 16
Kieran MulvaneyWednesday, 3:15 p.m. ET -- In the media room The news conference will be starting soon. In the meantime, the media room is packed and humming. Oscar De...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 29, 2009Blog 17
Kieran Mulvaney...55 p.m. ET -- Oscar Oscar De La Hoya is on the dais. This is his first news conference as a promoter and an ex-fighter. "I never imagined I'd again have the opportunity...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 29, 2009Power propelling Valero to new heights
Kieran Mulvaney, Special to ESPN.comwhen the curtain was drawn and the cameras were turned on, mainstream fight fans learned what the diehards knew all along -- a night with Edwin Valero never ends well for his opponent.
Story | Conversation | April 05, 2009Keeping tabs on 'Lightweight Lightning'
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Story | Conversation | April 04, 2009Trigger? What trigger? Outgunned De La Hoya leaves firepower at home
Kieran Mulvaney, Special to ESPN.comOscar De La Hoya promised to look like his old self going into his fight with Manny Pacquiao. Instead, he wound up looking just plain old and ready to call it a career, writes Kieran Mulvaney.
Story | Conversation | December 07, 2008Blog 21
Kieran MulvaneyThursday, 9:30 a.m. ET -- What's on tap Normally, the final prefight news conference (which takes place today) involves sitting through an hour of formal comments from everyone before we...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 24, 2008
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Kieran MulvaneyThursday, 3:30 p.m. ET -- The undercard In a news conference devoted to the undercard fights, Bob Arum was defensive over claims that the supporting bouts didn...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 24, 2008
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Kieran Mulvaney...fly is a pretty exciting division right now, and Segura brought a bit of life to the news conference when he started lecturing Cancila at the podium. Cancila had been making the usual fairly mild...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 24, 2008
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