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WHO YOU LIKE? BERNARD HOPKINS VS. ROY JONES JR.

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:49:11 +0000

Boxing Writers Association of America Awards

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:45:57 +0000

Top: Walker Award for “Long and Meritorious service” winner, Steve Farhood and Lamar Clark of ROUND1. Center: Jo-Emma Lavin and Joe Calzaghe, honored as Best Manager. Bottom: Freddie Roach (Named Year’s Top Trainer), Manny Pacquiao (Fighter of Year 2008) and Bob Arum.

Alexis Arguello R.I.P. (1952-2009)

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:46:38 +0000

IN TRIBUTE: Excerpt from ‘Lords of the Ring’ by Steve Farhood (ROUND1 Winter ’07)

Unlike Ali, Alexis Arguello didn’t challenge our preconceived notions about champions. Instead, he embodied what a champion had always been. What separated Arguello from even his most accomplished colleagues was his class and consistency. The Nicaraguan viewed boxing as his profession and conducted himself like a world-class surgeon. There were smoother fighters and plenty of faster ones, but from late 1974 through 1982, Arguello won championships at three weights and compiled a title fight record of 18-0.

What illustrated Arguello’s character more than anything else was a choice he made in 1982. Having won world titles at featherweight, junior lightweight, and lightweight, Arguello attempted to become the first fighter in history to win championships in four different divisions. Rising yet again in weight, he opted to challenge undefeated superstar Aaron Pryor instead of the weaker titlist. “I wouldn’t have proved much if I had beaten one of the easier champions,” he told me in 1986. Arguello’s back-to-back losses to Pryor were thrilling battles that will live in boxing fans’ minds forever. The lesson he taught us? Being a champion is not only about winning.

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WHO YOU LIKE? Pavlik/Cotto

admin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:35:54 +0000

Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik vs Marco Antonio Rubio & Miguel Cotto vs Michael Jennings: Pre-fight predictions and preview with some of boxing’s top journalist and personalities including Steve Farhood (Showtime) and Tim Smith (NY Daily News).

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Miguel Cotto, Kelly Pavlik Fighting Back Miguel Cotto and Kelly Pavlik looked fine. • They smiled and answered questions politely Tuesday during a press conference at Madison Square Garden. And it was impossible to tell whether Cotto or Pavlik had depreciated as a fighter since losing for the first time… BY MITCH ABRAMSON, www.nydailynews.com

WHO YOU LIKE? Peter vs. Klitschko

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:20:58 +0000

Pre-Fight predictions and preview with some of boxing’s top journalist and personalities including Steve Farhood (Showtime) and Tim Smith (NY Daily News).