Tommy Hearns, Roberto Duran Meet Again as Friends
Manchester, N.H. - Thomas Hearns and Roberto Duran are together again here in idyllic New Hampshire, but this time as charitable friends.
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Samuel Peter, The Nightmare is a Citizen of the World
by T.K. Stewart - Several years ago, before his untimely death at the hands of his axe-wielding nephew, former WBC heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick was inside a cramped Montreal courtroom for a deportation hearing. The Canadians wanted to ship Berbick back to his native Jamaica and the disinterested fighter, never one for such formalities, slept through much of the proceedings which took several days to sort themselves out. However, at one point, when the judge asked Berbick what country he considered himself a citizen of, Berbick awoke from his slumber, stood up soldier straight, looked at the judge and blurted out: "I am a citizen of the world!" And then he promptly sat down, dropped his head into his folded arms - and resumed his nap. A few days later Berbick was promptly deported.
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Paulie Malignaggi: "I Don't Have a lot of Fights Left in Me"
IBF 140-pound titlist Paulie Malignaggi says that if he breaks his right hand again that it could very well signal the end of his boxing career. And even if he doesn't break more bones he claims every fight could be his last. Malignaggi will face Ricky Hatton on November 22nd at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas for what could be his final time in a boxing ring.
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Ricky Hatton Discusses Amir Khan's Return, and Floyd Sr.
Just now in the beginning stages of his preparation to face IBF 140-pound titlist Paulie Malignaggi on November 22nd in Las Vegas, Ricky Hatton took a few moments to interrupt his training camp to offer his thoughts on Amir Khan's shocking first round knockout loss to Breidis Prescott last weekend.
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For Antonio Tarver - Life Imitates Art
by T.K. Stewart - For Antonio Tarver the boxing world is a fickle place. Just like in the movie 'Rocky Balboa' his character, Mason 'The Line' Dixon, was also a man who claimed he couldn't get no respect. For 'The Magic Man' no matter how many times he has performed his abracadabra act over the years, he feels he still hasn't pulled a rabbit out of the hat - at least as far as the public is concerned.
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Calzaghe Fires Verbal Jabs at Roy Jones and Pavlik
Joe Calzaghe, The Ring Magazine champion at 168 and 175 pounds, says that he has been waiting a long time to get Roy Jones, Jr. in a boxing ring and that he knows good things come to those who wait.
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Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao - It is What it Is
by T.K. Stewart - I was talking to a co-worker at the daily newspaper that I work for the other day. We were sitting in my office that overlooks a city park and a casino while discussing the current sad plight of the newspaper business and what will ultimately become of it all. But after a while, we decided there wasn't helluva lot either of us could do about any of it, and almost simultaneously we both uttered the same words: "It is what it is." And that's the way I feel about the fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao that is going to take place at the MGM Grand Garden on December 6th in Las Vegas. Many in the boxing press have criticized the fight, and have claimed that Oscar is simply selling out and taking the path of least resistance to add more millions to his already morbidly obese bank account. They perceive the proposed fight to be a mismatch primarily because Pacquiao is a much smaller man who has never officially weighed more than 135 pounds for a fight. On the other hand, they tell you that since Oscar has fought a couple of times as high as 160 pounds, that he will win easily.
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Klitschko-Peter: Shocker as Vitali is The Betting Favorite
In a surprising development, Vitali Klitschko, who hasn't fought in nearly four years, has opened in some sportsbooks as the betting favorite over WBC heavyweight titlist Samuel Peter.
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Mora and Forrest Promise a Better Fight in The Rematch
While the first fight wasn't exactly thrilling, both Sergio Mora and Vernon Forrest are promising they will be better for the rematch. Tickets are going slowly for the September 13th fight card in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden co-featuring Mora vs. Forrest in a rematch for the WBC 154-pound belt and headlined by Joel Casamayor vs. Juan Manuel Marquez for a slice of the lightweight title.
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David Haye is Hungry But He's Not Starving
by T.K. Stewart - David Haye knows the pain of hunger. For years he starved to squeeze his heavyweight body into a cruiserweight suit that was bursting at the seams. But those days are over for the "Hayemaker" and soon he's going to unveil his new look in a new division for a whole new audience. "My weight is fine. I haven't specifically bulked up as such," says Haye of his adios to the land of the cruiserweights. "A lot of people think, O.K. David Haye is a cruiserweight, he's gone up to heavyweight. But what they don't realize is that I've always been coming down to cruiserweight. So, I am what I am, I haven't gotten on the scales. The last time I got on the scales I was 16 stone 8 (232 pounds) and that was perfect. I'll probably be less than that for my fight." Ah, yes, the fight. Well, it hasn't been sorted out exactly who Haye will fight, but as it stands right now it looks as though he'll make his real heavyweight debut on November 15th with his new promoter (Golden Boy Promotions) at the O2 Arena also known as the Millenium Dome in London. There have been lots of changes for England's Haye. With the move to heavyweight, the move to Golden Boy Promotions from Frank Warren and the move to be recognized as a serious threat to Wladimir Klitschko as well as one more big change - he now gets to eat a lot more.
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