LATEST STORIES FROM T.K. STEWART ON BOXING
The Samuel Peter Principle
June 05, 2008 by
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Arum Rolls the Dice with Cotto and Margarito in Vegas
June 05, 2008 by
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De La Hoya Proves You Can Go Home Again
June 05, 2008 by
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There's No Place Like Home
June 05, 2008 by
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He Huffs, He Puffs and He'll Blow Your House Down
June 05, 2008 by
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The Czar of Atlantic City
June 05, 2008 by
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Cotto Takes it One Fight at a Time
June 05, 2008 by
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An Underdog Gets His Shot
June 05, 2008 by
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In two weeks, Alfonso Gomez will try to do what underdogs do in boxing - upset the champ. He'll step through the ropes and into the ring at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall and take a shot at doing what 31 other guys have been unable to do - send Miguel Cotto back home to Puerto...
No Country for Old Heavyweights
June 05, 2008 by
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Vitali Klitschko, the nearly 37 year-old brother of Wladimir Klitschko, says he will return to the ring later this year in an attempt to win back his WBC title.Joel and Ethan Coen's movie, "No Country for Old Men" won four Academy Awards the other night and the brothers...
Will Klitschko Be the Last One Standing?
June 05, 2008 by
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Wladimir Klitschko and Sultan Ibragimov will be face-to-face on Saturday night at New York's Madison Square Garden.To listen to hall of fame trainer Emanuel Steward tell it, Saturday night will be one of the most dangerous nights in the career of his charge, IBF heavweight titlist...
Marquez Fights for His Place in the Sun
June 05, 2008 by
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Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez is ready to defend his title and exact a measure of revenge against Manny Pacquiao on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Talk to those in the know around this game they call boxing and they'll tell you that Manny Pacquiao, the little Filipino spitfire...
Lightweights Are a Heavyweight Mess
May 29, 2008 by
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"Nigerian Nightmare" Ready to Crush Maskaev's Dreams
April 20, 2008 by
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WBC titlist Oleg Maskaev (R) is flanked by promoter Don King and Nigeria's Samuel Peter at the press conference to announce their fight in Cancun, Mexico. There's a store on the Danby Road in Ithaca, New York called Sam Peter Furniture. It has nothing to do with the World Boxing...
Larry Holmes' Long Fight is Finally Over
March 15, 2008 by
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Larry Holmes (right) battles Ken Norton for the heavyweight title, June 1978.He was never who we wanted him to be. But that wasn't Larry Holmes' fault.In June 1982, minutes after he dealt Gerry Cooney a thirteen round beating in the sweetest victory of his long career, Holmes...
A Chip Off The Old Block?
March 11, 2008 by
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On Saturday night, doe-eyed Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. will once again be cranking up the left hook that looks a lot like dear old Dad's. For 'Junior' it will be his second straight fight as a pay-per-view headliner and another opportunity for him to continue building his...
On the Road at Foxwoods
March 07, 2008 by
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Matt Remillard, left, shoots a shot to the body of the game Manuel Perez.MASHANTUCKET, CONNECTICUT - There's a sign on Route 2 as you're heading into Foxwoods that lets you know, "The fine for littering is $219."Well, there was no danger of that happening tonight...
"The Rock" Keeps Rolling Along
February 24, 2008 by
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Former heavyweight champion of the world, Hasim "The Rock" Rahman.For Hasim "The Rock" Rahman, life has never been as good as the night in 2001 when he shocked the planet, and Lennox Lewis, to win the heavyweight championship of the world. For Rahman the sweet taste...
The Hits Keep On Coming
February 23, 2008 by
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Above: "Ireland's" John Duddy is looking to fight Middleweight Champion Kelly Pavlik on January 26th in Atlantic City, New Jersey.Well, if you ever doubted that what Bob Arum wants, Bob Arum gets, then you needn't look any further than the fact that reports are indicating...
Two Sides to Atlas, But He's His Own Man
February 22, 2008 by
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I've been following the ongoing saga with Teddy Atlas and his seven day suspension from his position as a color analyst with ESPN2 Friday Night Fights with a keen interest as to what will come of it all. If you know Teddy Atlas, you know there's two sides to the man. There...
Paulie Malignaggi is the New Bionic Man
February 22, 2008 by
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He's splintered his right hand like dry kindling wood on no less than three occasions and he's gone under the knife nine times in order to fix it. But that hasn't stopped Brooklyn born Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi from punching.Similarly, during the decade...
It's Time for Hopkins to Fight Like He Talks
February 22, 2008 by
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Bernard Hopkins and Joe Calzaghe came face-to-face last month in Las Vegas and they engaged in a heated exhange of words. This week's announcement that Bernard Hopkins will face Welshman Joe Calzaghe on April 12th in Las Vegas came with the same hype and blather that comes from...
Jermain Taylor Has 96 Ounces of Hope
February 22, 2008 by
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Jermain "Bad Intentions" Taylor, former middleweight champion of the world, is telling anybody with ears that the main reason he lost the title to Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik back in September was because he just couldn't make the division limit of 160-pounds anymore...
Antonio Tarver Knows They Are Out to Get Him
February 10, 2008 by
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Millionaire, champion and movie star Antonio Tarver forges on with his life.There's a scene in last year's movie 'Rocky Balboa' in which Antonio Tarver's character, Mason "The Line" Dixon, complains that he isn't getting the respect he deserves. Despite...
THIS HITMAN WEARS BABY BLUE
February 07, 2008 by
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Nobody told Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton that real hitmen are supposed to wear black. And even if they had, it probably wouldn't have made any difference. Hatton, who is getting ready to face the tough as nails Mexican Jose Luis Castillo on Saturday night in Las Vegas, has...
THIS MAGIC MAN CAN CHANGE MINDS
February 05, 2008 by
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The first time I laid eyes on Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi was in Atlantic City on a cool November night nearly five years ago. It was the night before Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward took a second turn tearing the pages from each other's book. I was waiting in line...
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