eric raskin
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It’s time to disqualify the IBF for hitting boxers and fans below the belts
There was a time when the IBF was, fairly indisputably, the least problematic of boxing’s major alphabet groups. Granted, that statement is 99 per cent backhand, 1 per cent compliment. It’s like celebrating the best abs at the pie-eating contest or t...
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The Canelo-Berlanga PPV running diary
I haven’t written a pay-per-view running diary in about 13 or 14 years, since I was filing weekly online columns for The Ring, but the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Edgar Berlanga pay-per-view, plus the Prime Video preshow — seven fights spread across some 6...
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Yes, there are still several legacy fights for Canelo Alvarez – if he’s interested
It’s hard to say how close to the end Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is, but in any case, the clock is ticking. If he is interested in challenging himself, though, several opponents remain who can augment his legacy.
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On anniversary of William Joppy-Roberto Duran, Manny Pacquiao flirting with a pointless remake
“There’s something genuinely tragic about a gifted, poverty-stricken kid who can make $50m, only to end up fighting as a sad, slow-moving grandfather because he can’t pay his tax bill.” Those words appeared 26 years ago in Boxing News, and we revi...
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Comparisons to Floyd Mayweather, Pernell Whitaker, and other all-timers don’t shake out well for Shakur Stevenson
The year is 2044. Shakur Stevenson, 47-year-old retired boxing great, is going to earn in excess of $20 million for an exhibition bout against John Gotti IV, such is the enduring public interest in this crossover sports celebrity several years after...
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Raul Marquez keeps punching the clock in every way he can post-Showtime
Versatility has always served Raul Marquez well. A skilled southpaw technician in the ring who boxed his way to the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Marquez could also turn into a pressure fighter when the situation called for it and was no stranger to...
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Pride versus the price: Why Sergiy Derevyanchenko deserved the chance to hear the final bell
With half a round to go in Saturday’s Christian Mbilli-Sergiy Derevyanchenko fight, ESPN analyst Tim Bradley, who’d been calling for Derevyanchenko’s corner to stop the contest from the seventh round on, said of the Ukrainian veteran, with heartfelt...