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Popular Italian-American boxer Paul Malignaggi agreed with NYFightBlog.com last Monday that WBA, WBC and The Ring super middleweight champion Andre Ward is a more complete prizefighter than the legendary Manny Pacquiao. The website ranked Ward (25-0, 13 KOs) behind only WBC welterweight king “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather as the preeminent pugilist in the world. Pacquiao (53-3-2, ...

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It became evident this weekend that the pathetic promoter for WBO world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will negate a “Pac-Man” showdown against WBC world welterweight titlist “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather. Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa ruled Friday to postpone the incarceration of Mayweather until June 1. Mayweather (42-0, 26 KOs), who has captured nine ...

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Puerto Rican icon and WBA world light-welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto was the preeminent boxer in the world in 2011. An argument can be made that Cotto (37-2, 30 KOs), a four-time world champion in three weight divisions, has never been fairly trumped in the squared circle. In curious fashion, Cotto “lost” his first bout as a ...

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WBC welterweight king “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather reportedly won $1 million against a Las Vegas Casino December 18 when he bet the New England Patriots would beat the Broncos in Denver. The 3.5:1 favorite Patriots ultimately shellacked the Broncos 41-23 in “The Mile-High City.” Mike Colbert is the sports book director at M Resort. Colbert refused to answer ...

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Former bantamweight champion “The Filipino Flash” Nonito Donaire will ascend in weight class to fight erstwhile junior featherweight titlist Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. for the now-vacant 122-pound belt February 4 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Donaire (27-1, 18 KOs), also a past IBF and IBO world flyweight champ who recently signed a new contract with ...

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ESPN.com reported that promoter Lou DiBella harshly criticized WBC light middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and WBC silver middleweight titlist Julio Caesar Chavez, Jr. Thursday in front of a slew of fight writers. DiBella allegedly characterized Chavez (45-0-1-1, 31 KOs) as an "arrogant little (penis)" and "spoiled little brat." The graduate of Tufts University and Harvard ...

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WBC heavyweight king "Dr. Iron Fist" Vitali Klitschko is pressing to fight former WBA heavyweight champion David “The Hayemaker” Haye sometime in June at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Provided Vitali (43-2, 38 KOs) lambastes the overmatched Dereck Chisora February 18 in Munich, the obnoxious and overrated Haye (25-2, 23 KOs) could be lured out ...

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Troubled former WBC, WBO and The Ring Magazine middleweight titlist Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik was arrested Wednesday night after he crashed his all-terrain vehicle in an allegedly intoxicated state into a telephone pole and lamp post. Pavlik (37-2, 32 KOs), whose only losses as a professional came at the hands of legendary pugilist Bernard Hopkins ...

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WBC welterweight king “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather plead guilty Wednesday to a reduced battery domestic violence charge and no contest to two harassment charges in a courtroom in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather (42-0, 26 KOs), who has captured nine world titles in five different weight classes, was justifiably sentenced to 90 days behind bars ...

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