May 24, 2013

Boxing Roth: How (you) could see fight so one-sided is beyond me

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By Julie Jacobson, AP (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The Nevada judges who worked Saturday night’s WBO welterweight title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas have been under fire since Bradley was awarded the victory in one of the most shocking decisions in recent memory. Jerry Roth, [...]

Boxing: Top Rank requests ‘complete inquiry’ into Pacquiao-Bradley decision

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(L-R) Timothy Bradley lands a left to the body of Manny Pacquiao during their WBO welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on June 9, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (June 8, 2012 – Source: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / SI) — Top Rank has submitted a request to the Nevada Attorney [...]

Boxing: Bradley manager – ‘There’s nothing corrupt going on’

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(R-L) Timothy Bradley lands a right to the head of Manny Pacquiao during their WBO welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on June 9, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (June 8, 2012 – Source: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — LAS VEGAS – Timothy Bradley’s manager has what he [...]

Boxing: Floyd Mayweather Sr.: Pacquiao-Bradley judges should “find a new job”

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Timothy Bradley won a controversial judges’ decision victory over Manny Pacquiao last night (Joe Klamar, Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / SB Nation) — Timothy Bradley’s upset decision over Manny Pacquiao last night surprised many observers. Count Floyd Mayweather Sr. among them. The father of Pacquiao’s will-they-won’t-they rival was in the stands for the big bout, telling [...]

Boxing: Bradley wins controversial split decision over stunned Pacquiao

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(R-L) Manny Pacquiao lands a right to the head of Timothy Bradley during their WBO welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on June 9, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (June 8, 2012 – Source: Jeff Bottari/Getty Images North America) LAS VEGAS (AP) — Timothy Bradley promised to shock, though the biggest shock in [...]

Boxing: Tarver fights to a draw against Kayode; retains title

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Antonio Tarver figured he would have no trouble matching his wealth of boxing experience against Lateef Kayode’s raw power Saturday night. He was wrong. The 43-year-old five-time champion started slowly but came on strong in the second half of the fight and retained his IBO cruiserweight title with a draw [...]

Boxing: Mayweather wins by unanimous decision, takes title from Cotto

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Miguel Cotto (L) hits Floyd Mayweather Jr. during the 12th round of their WBA super welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena May 5, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather won by unanimous decision. (May 4, 2012 – Source: Ethan Miller/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — LAS VEGAS – In [...]

Boxing: Prefight sparring could make Rios vs. Abril fun to watch

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — It was everybody’s surefire fight of the year, power against speed, a toe-to-toe showdown of unbeatens on HBO. Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios vs. Yuriorkis “The Cyclone” Gamboa on April 14. The nicknames aptly described this matchup, and any boxing writer worth his salt wanted to be ringside for such a [...]

Boxing: Martinez champions fight against bullying outside the ring

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Sergio Martinez and Paul Williams exchange punches during their Middleweight Championship fight on November 20, 2010 at The Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (November 19, 2010 – Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Inside the boxing ring, Sergio Martinez is paid to hurt people. Outside the ring, [...]

Boxing: Salido retains WBO featherweight title, stopping Lopez again

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — In what is undoubtedly a leading fight of the year candidate loaded with non-stop action from start to finish, champion Orlando Salido stopped Juan Manuel Lopez Saturday night at 32 seconds of the 10th round to retain his WBO featherweight title at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto [...]