Up-and-down night in the ring
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Throughout these Olympic Games, United States boxing coach Basheer Abdullah has lamented that his young fighters weren&#39;t listening to him.
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En route to Las Vegas for the world heavyweight title fight between Vitali Klitschko and Britain&#39;s Danny Williams, there is, inevitably, an old stirring of that anticipation which is familiar to almost anyone who has attended a big fight.
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Chuck Liddell was tagged with a vicious right hand that sent him reeling to the mat again. He got up this time, unlike when Quinton "Rampage" Jackson knocked him out to strip the belt away from the Ultimate Fighting Championship golden boy.
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Amir Khanâs victory sparked scenes of celebration tonight in the two towns where the boxing sensation lives and trains. Family and friends in Bolton and Bury heaped praise on the
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The week of a world heavyweight title fight is usually the time for the champion to engage in trash talk. According to boxing&#39;s book of traditions this is when
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David vs. Goliath scenarios have always attracted an audience, particularly when the showdown is inside a boxing ring. When Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins square off Saturday
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When two boxers are in the ring, with only gloves, shorts, and fury between them, it&#39;s sometimes hard to remember that these are men with families, lives, and interests that are completely separate from what happens between the ropes.
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The New York Islanders have become the NHL's version of a three-ring circus &#151; and the spotlight keeps shining on the guys in net.
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What a night for a heavyweight showdown, what a night for boxing, and what a night for your average outspoken, crazy-eyed, biker-looking foul-mouthed trainer.
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Everyone was hoping to see a reincarnation of Sugar Ray Leonard-Marvin Hagler when Oscar De La Hoya challenged undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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When John Ruiz gets in the ring, things usually get ugly. Put Andrew Golota in there with him, and things could get a lot uglier. That&#39;s the possibility Saturday night when Ruiz defends his WBA heavyweight
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Stand up and cheer for the giant or the underdog -- or perhaps both.
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&quot;The fight doesn&#39;t always go to the biggest, strongest guy but that sure as hell is the way to bet.&quot;. So last night, in this town where The House is rarely wrong, where it lives off the near
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At Saturday night&#39;s buffet of heavyweight boxing at Madison Square Garden, some fighters brought more to the table than others.
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Mention Bernard Hopkins, and Felix Trinidad winces. Bring up Oscar De La Hoya or Roy Jones, and Trinidad shakes his head.
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It was sixties night again at the Meadowlands. Actually, the way the Nets are scoring these days, it could be like this every night.
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The scene was the living room of Chris Byrd&#39;s Las Vegas home, and the subject was the state of the heavyweight division. On one couch was Byrd, the IBF heavyweight champion.