Gary Andrew Poole
26 articles · TIME.com
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Is Gennady Golovkin too good to get a big fight?
On Saturday, Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs), the best middleweight boxer in the world and holder of the WBA, IBF, IBO titles and WBC interim belt, will take on unheralded challenger…
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What to Make of Manny Pacquiao’s Alleged Retirement
And now it is time to walk away. And not soon enough. The man from General Santos City, who defined boxing for a decade, will hang up his gloves next year. Manny…
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Shane Mosley v Ricardo Mayorga II: boxing at its tragicomic best ? or worst
Forty-three?year-old ?Sugar? Shane Mosley, a former three-division world champion, and 41-year-old Ricardo Mayorga will be fighting on Saturday at the Forum. It has been a promotion full of mis-steps not befitting Mosley,…
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Middleweight terror Golovkin set for stay-busy fight against Willie Monroe Jr
Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin, the best middleweight in the world and one of boxing?s pound-for-pound greats, will fight on Saturday in Inglewood, California. Golovkin (32-0, 29 KOs) is one of the planet?s most…
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Manny Pacquiao wins the fight before the fight
On Wednesday Manny Pacquiao was at the Wild Card Boxing Club, a cramped gym in a rundown strip mall, where he trains. He was preparing for his 2 May megafight with Floyd…
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In a New Era of Boxing, Two New Documentaries Expose the Sport’s Bloody Side
Reporters, bloggers, and 140-character typists have been saying that boxing has gone away, that boxing needs a comeback, that only a big event can save it, and it better be on network…
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The Feud That’s Endangering Boxing
LAS VEGAS?On Saturday at the MGM Grand, Manny Pacquiao took down Timothy Bradley for the WBO welterweight title. Pacquiao?a congressman in his native Philippines?is one of the most popular fighters in the…
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It’s Official: Manny Pacquiao Still Has It
LAS VEGAS -- So the boxer Manny Pacquiao is back in the conversation. As a fighter this time. As still one of the world?s best. He dominated Tim Bradley on Saturday in…
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Boxing’s Boy Wonder Is from Kazakhstan
Up until about a year ago, Triple G was a YouTube sensation. We'd seen Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin win the silver medal in the 2004 Olympics, and then it was just whispers and…
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Floyd Mayweather Picks An Actual Fight
His last fight pretty much sucked. Another weak opponent, another meaningless win. Brilliant defense, but the fans want to see blood. Floyd had to become a fighter again. So the kid from…
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The Great Chinese Hope: Is Zou the Next Boxing Phenom?
Zou Shiming, 31, is arguably the most popular boxer in the world that no one has heard of in the Western hemisphere. Just a couple weeks ago the Chinese fighter was working…
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The Beginning of the End of Manny Pacquiao?
On Saturday night, with one second to go in the sixth round of the biggest fight of the year, Manny Pacquiao took a short right to the face from Juan Manuel Marquez.…
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The Punch that Knocked-Out Manny Pacquiao
There was one second left in the sixth round of Saturday?s big fight in Vegas between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. Pacquiao, one of the best boxers in the world, had…
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Why Were There 2 Competing Boxing Matches in Las Vegas This Weekend?
About two months ago, boxing writers started getting frantic phone calls and emails from competing promoters Top Rank and Golden Boy. September 15, part of Mexican Independence weekend, was fast approaching and…
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You Can’t Take Manny Pacquiao to the Bank
LAS VEGAS ? He was a robber-baron. Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao ? Manny, the PacMan, the Congressman of Sarangani ? built his empire across eight weight divisions, against 15 opponents, maybe three of…
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Hello God, It?s Me, Manny Pacquiao: What Does Defeat Mean?
Is God trying to tell Manny Pacquiao something? On Saturday night in Las Vegas, the politician and newly re-energized Christian from the Philippines was a hitting machine, pounding his American opponent Timothy…
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The Mystery of Manny Pacquiao’s Calf Muscles
I t should have been a fairy-tale ending to a classic boxing trilogy. Manny Pacquiao had just won his November 2011 fight against Juan Manuel Marquez. Pacquiao won on the scorecards, but…
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Mayweather vs. Cotto: Not our first choice, but solid
There they sat, center stage in a Hollywood theatre, on red and gold thrones. Miguel Cotto and Floyd Mayweather Jr. touting themselves as ?ring kings? during their pre-fight hype tour. Mayweather talked…
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Manny Pacquiao Fights with Destiny
I was sitting in Nat's Thai, in Hollywood, attempting to interview Manny Pacquiao. He was answering some questions, ignoring others. Was it me? I am an American journalist. I am an outsider.…
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When Will Manny Pacquiao Fight The Right American?
"Sugar" Shane Mosley, one of America's greatest active pugilists, lounges in his Big Bear, California, chalet and looks across a forest of wind-whipped pine trees "conjuring" how he will defeat Manny Pacquiao…
