Silverman: Pacquiao Ready For His First Step Toward Redemption
By Steve Silverman » More Columns Manny Pacquiao is at the crossroads of his career. He has a chance to get things going back in the right direction if he can register a decisive victory over Brandon...
View ArticleKeidel: Boxing Doesn’t Command The Bold Ink It Once Did
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Before boxing was remanded to the back alleys of the sports pages, nestled between horse racing and high school wrestling, there were a phalanx of fighters who stood in...
View ArticleSilverman: Pacquiao Still Has The Fire Needed To Dismantle Bradley
By Steve Silverman » More Columns Manny Pacquiao is stepping in the ring Saturday night against Timothy Bradley, and this may have escaped your attention because the Yankees are playing the Red Sox,...
View ArticleKeidel: How Much ‘Money’ Does Mayweather Have Left In The Tank?
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Half of boxing’s dynamic duo fought Saturday night. And, as always, it left the pugilistic cognoscenti with as many questions as answers. Floyd Mayweather Jr. won a...
View ArticleKeidel: From Cuba To Canelo, Erislandy Lara 12 Rounds From ‘American Dream’
By Jason Keidel » More Columns If boxing is to save its vitality, it needs vital boxers to fight each other. Seems simple enough, an athletic algorithm that serves the sport and its fans. But between...
View ArticleSchwartz: Chris Algieri ‘Hungry’ To Make Hometown Proud Against Pacquiao
By Peter Schwartz » More Columns On November 22, fans all over Long Island will be cheering for the home team as they attend viewing parties for the main event. No, they’re not getting ready for a big...
View ArticleKeidel: Manny Pacquiao Takes On Chris Algieri In Macau
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Somewhere way on the right side of your globe, in the aorta of China, Manny Pacquiao will fight on Saturday, November 22. Pacquiao is so popular around the planet he can...
View ArticleLong Island’s Chris Algieri Looking To Shock Heavy Favorite Manny Pacquiao
MACAU (CBSNewYork/AP) — Boxing is a hurt business, as Manny Pacquiao found out when he ended up face down on the canvas after being knocked out just three fights ago by Juan Manuel Marquez. It’s also a...
View ArticleSilverman: Pac-Man Likely To Shatter Algieri’s Chance Of A Lifetime In Title...
By Steve Silverman » More Columns It’s the opportunity of a lifetime for Chris Algieri when he steps into the ring Saturday night against Manny Pacquiao for the WBO Welterweight Championship at the...
View ArticleManny Pacquiao Knocks Long Island’s Chris Algieri Down 6 Times, Dominates
MACAU (CBSNewYork/AP) — Manny Pacquiao couldn’t resist having a little fun after getting the signature win he desperately needed for the fight boxing fans desperately want to see. No reason not to...
View ArticleKeidel: Until Floyd Takes On Manny, We’ll Have To Continue Dealing In Symbolism
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Sure, boxing is largely buried in the back alleys of the sports pages and the moonlit hours of Tony Paige’s program. Unless, of course, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. or Manny...
View ArticleKeidel: Manny And Mayweather In May?
By Jason Keidel » More Columns With more dueling monologues than a presidential campaign, it’s sounding more and more like Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will fight next year. Mayweather has...
View ArticleKeidel: Will Mayweather Accept Terms For Pacquiao Bout?
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Let us dissect the nth iteration of the Manny – Mayweather contract squabble. Unlike other versions of boxing’s Hatfields and McCoys, the differences and deferences are...
View ArticleKeidel: Perfect Confluence Of Timing, Talent, History For Mayweather
By Jason Keidel » More Columns If you’ve read this column with any regularity, you know I’m hardly a Floyd Mayweather, Jr apologist. Nor am I a company shill. Neither my boss nor my editor has ever...
View ArticleKeidel: Final Round For Manny And Mayweather
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Enough. A report just crawled across my flatscreen, with Bob Arum asserting that the dueling networks, HBO and Showtime, have basically agreed on broadcasting rights for...
View ArticleMayweather: Super Fight With Pacquiao Set For May 2 At MGM Grand In Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Fight is finally on. Floyd Mayweather Jr. will meet Manny Pacquiao on May 2 in a welterweight showdown that will be boxing’s richest fight ever. Mayweather himself...
View ArticleKeidel: Boxing Needs Mayweather-Pacquiao Bout
By Jason Keidel » More Columns In case you’ve been comatose the last week, a boxing match was announced last Friday. The tectonic bout, pitting Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao – or at least the...
View ArticleJared Max: Is Boxing Making A Rocky-Like Comeback?
By Jared Max » More Columns Knocked bloody to the canvas several times the last two decades — by itself and its modern sibling, MMA — the sport of boxing went Rocky Balboa on Ivan Drago Saturday night....
View ArticleMayweather-Pacquiao Fight Expected To Cost $90-$100 On Pay-Per-View
LOS ANGELES (CBSNewYork/AP) — Manny Pacquiao was out walking the red carpet by the time Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived, fashionably late for their first appearance together to promote a fight that really...
View ArticleFloyd Mayweather: ‘This Is A Fight The World Can’t Miss’
LOS ANGELES (CBSNewYork/AP) — Manny Pacquiao was out walking the red carpet by the time Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived, fashionably late for their first appearance together to promote a fight that really...
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