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Monday, March 15th, 2010
One of my favorite ring entrances ever by Floyd Mayweather, Jr. This fight is probably what convinced me that Mayweather was the real deal–many people (myself included) thought that the late, great Diego Corrales–then undefeated–would catch Floyd and use his power to pummel him. Didn’t quite work out that way as Mayweather put [...]
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Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Just posted–our postfight analysis of Manny Pacquiao’s unanimous decision victory over Joshua Clottey:
PACQUIAO CLOBBERS CLOTTEY @ The Savage Science
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Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Here’s the ESPN coverage of the Pacquiao/Clottey weigh in:
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
That’s the gist of a cover article in today’s Wall Street Journal, which featured this video:
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Monday, January 4th, 2010
In what may be the biggest Hollywood score by a fighter in some time, heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko has been linked with hottie Hayden Panettiere who stars in NBC’s ‘Heroes’. Here’s a pic of the two together in Miami:
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
LeRoy Neiman will forever be synonymous with fight sports, particularly boxing. Here’s an exchange between Neiman and Hugh Hefner in 1959 on the classic TV show ‘Playboy After Dark’:
Here’s a collection of Neiman’s boxing art from his official website:
LeRoy Neiman boxing art @ LeRoy Neiman Official Website
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Mike Tyson’s guest host gig for WWE Raw–scheduled at the same time as UFC’s Ultimate Fight Night–on January 11th is a done deal. There’s a big story announcing his appearance on the WWE website:
Very familiar with being the center of attention inside the squared circle, Mike Tyson is ready to return to the ring. [...]
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Taking a page from the UFC’s playbook, the WWE is pulling out a big gun to counter the 1/11 Ultimate Fight Night event. In recent months, the WWE has featured a different celebrity guest host on ‘Monday Night Raw’ and on this evening they’ve signed former world heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson to do [...]
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
Color me unsurprised. Dan Rafael reports at ESPN.com that the new Dallas Cowboys’ stadium is out of the running for the Pacquiao/Mayweather (or Mayweather/Pacquiao) fight:
For unspecified reasons, Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, is out of the running to host the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather super fight, Top Rank’s Bob Arum told ESPN.com on Wednesday.
Arum, Golden [...]
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
James ‘Lights Out’ Toney rips The Dana a new one:
Tell Dana White he can suck my [expletive]. That’s why he calls out them bum ass fighters. He called out Roy Jones and Floyd Mayweather, but they ain’t calling James Toney out because they don’t want to see me. They have the same excuse that I [...]
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