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Jessie Vargas: Fighting Manny Pacquiao Has Elevated My Game

Pacquiao, who retired from boxing for a while so he could learn the ropes of governing, is back. He has won a record eight division titles in his now 59-6-2 career, and has now won the won the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title for a...

Oscar Valdez Would Like To One Day Avenge Lomachenko Loss

Some kings wear easily the crown. Or, in the case of boxing, the title belt. ÓSCAR VALDEZ, a Mexican marvel, is doing exactly that these days. And he has had to be a quick learner. In April, on the undercard of the third Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bra...

No Trump PPV Undercard - A Serling Example of Contrasts

LAS VEGAS – There were interesting doings Monday afternoon at the Top Rank Gym here. If you remember the old Rod Serling Twilight Zone series on TV, you get the picture.

Bob Arum on PPV Support: The Hispanic Army is Marching

It may seem like the promotion for Saturday’s MANNY PACQUIAO - TIM BRADLEY boxing match has lasted longer than several of Zsa Zsa Gabor’s marriages, which is not a major achievement.

Jose Ramirez Never Looking Back; PPV Undercard Notes

Even on a high-profile April 9 boxing card that features MANNY 'Pacman' PACQUIAO versus TIMOTHY "Desert Storm" BRADLEY JR undercard fighter JOSE RAMÍREZ is hard to ignore.

Roach, Atlas Raise Tension Level in Trilogy Promotion

Boxing writers tend to look toward the event they are covering differently than you might think. Lousy fight? That’s O.K., as long as the people fighting, or the people promoting, or the people training, are good talkers. Great reading does not...

Caveat Emptor: Timothy Bradley, Boxing and The NFL

Over the years, as a sports columnist for The Los Angeles Times, I received no fewer than 200 emails that asked a version of the same question: How can you write so favorably and passionately about boxing when you keep ripping the NFL and its concus...

Arum Would Make Huge Offer For Bradley vs. Crawford Clash

Tim Bradley and Terence Crawford represent a rosy future for boxing. Also, a dilemma. They won’t fight each other. Say Bradley beats Manny Pacquiao in their widely anticipated April 9 match at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. The whose-got-...

Monica Bradley on Atlas, Being Manager, Dropping Dunkin

It is conceivable that Monica Bradley has the second toughest job in the world. Give Barack Obama the nod for No. 1. Bradley is the wife of word-class boxer TIM BRADLEY. She is also his manager. She has given birth to his children and felt a di...

Arum: Our Damage Control is To Tell The Truth, Keep Telling It

Unlike many of the boxers he has promoted, Top Rank's Bob Arum never goes down for a ten count. Last week, his prized fighter and current main meal ticket, MANNY PACQUIAO, hit Arum with one of the most vicious left hooks he has ever thrown. It wa...

Pacquiao's Comments Generate The Wrong Kind of Fight Buzz

You might wrongly think that the Manny Pacquiao - Tim Bradley fight is suddenly in jeopardy. That's because nobody knows how fast Pacquiao can recover from surgery needed to remove his foot from his mouth. The fight is April 9. The s...

Jose Ramirez Fights The Good Fight - Inside and Out of The Ring

Boxing has brought us heroes, cons and legends. Also, more than its share of losers and bums. But not often a pied piper. Meet JOSE RAMÍREZ, a super lightweight. If a fight is scheduled for him, they will hear and follow....

Bob Arum Continues To Be The Master of Salesmanship

Wednesday brought another boxing news conference and another masterpiece of salesmanship and jaw-dropping from the master of that, Bob Arum. Arum is the chief executive of Top Rank Promotions. He is 84 years old, going on 52. He seems to have the...

Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley: Defying Newton's Laws

What do MANNY 'Pacman' PACQUIAO and TIMOTHY 'Desert Storm BRADLEY JR., have in common with Cam Newton? Fortunately, for boxing, nothing. We all saw Sunday’s Super Bowl. If we didn’t, we need to make sure next year to get the key to the cave i...

Roach Roach, Teddy Atlas Discuss The Proper Time To Stop a Fight

The TV images from boxing last Saturday night were of a glassy-eyed Jean Pascal and a worried Freddie Roach. It was the end of the sixth round of the light heavyweight title fight between Pascal and Sergey Kovalev in Montreal, Pascal’s hometown....