Graham Houston
33 articles · Boxing Monthly
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Pacquiao-Algieri: A long fight looks likely
The opponent he faces tonight is a capable and courageous one, but with all due respect to Chris Algieri, the fight the boxing world wants to see is Manny Pacquiao taking on…
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Pacquiao-Bradley II: A fight of two halves
It?s a bit late, but here are some thoughts on last weekend?s boxing. I usually jot down the note ?Fight over? when I think that a contest has shifted irrevocably in favour…
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Canelo Alvarez: Outboxing the Boxer
One thing that I don?t think very many people expected was Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez to outbox Austin Trout in Saturday?s junior middleweight title fight on Showtime. Once Canelo came out and started…
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Bradley-Provodnikov: It doesn?t get any better
One thing that boxing has always taught us is that if you don?t give in, if you just hang on and somehow, some way, keep in the fight, you can sometimes win…
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Is Trout good enough to beat Cotto?
Sometimes a boxer who isn?t too well known outside of the hard-core boxing community springs a surprise when he gets his big opportunity. I think that Austin Trout could be in this…
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Pacquiao-Bradley: Is an upset brewing?
After two disappointing performances in a row by Manny Pacquiao, questions are swirling in the boxing industry. Could it be that Pacquiao has peaked? Has the ?typhoon blowing across the Pacific?, as…
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Cotto-Margarito: Revenge or Repeat?
Revenge and redemption are the themes when Miguel Cotto defends his junior middleweight title against Antonio Margarito at a sold-out Madison Square Garden tonight (HBO PPV). Cotto has no doubt that Margarito…
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Pacquiao-Marquez III: No closure
One felt a sense of disappointment over Manny Pacquiao?s performance against Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday night, a feeling that the Filipino superstar should have done better. In a fight where finality…
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Pacquiao-Marquez III: A definitive ending this time?
The boxing world hopes for a sense of finality, a definitive conclusion, when welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao meets his bitterest rival, Juan Manuel, Marquez, on PPV from the MGM Grand in Las…
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Narvaez faces daunting task
It?s good big man against good small man on HBO on Saturday when Nonito Donaire, the fast and powerful Filipino Flash, defends his bantamweight title against Omar Narvaez, the veteran from Argentina…
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Mayweather-Ortiz Preview
I wanted to wait until after the weigh-in before settling down to preview Saturday?s welterweight title fight between Victor Ortiz and Floyd Mayweather Jr. on PPV from the MGM Grand, Las Vegas.…
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SHOWTIME Bantam Tourney Finale
Put two excellent boxers in the ring against each other in a fight that either man can win and you have the ingredients for a highly competitive and compelling contest, which is…
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Pacquiao-Mosley Aftermath
The initial reaction, it has to be said, was one of disappointment. Manny Pacquiao dominated Shane Mosley, outclassed him and beat him up in a one-sided 12-round decision. Boos cascaded down, though,…
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Pacquiao-Mosley Preview
The seemingly unstoppable force that is Manny Pacquiao faces a living legend in Sugar Shane Mosley, and the fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday has captured the imagination.…
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Can ?El Terrible? do it again?
There comes a time when a great fighter takes that one fight too many, and this might be the case in Las Vegas on Saturday night when Erik Morales steps through the…
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Cotto: Forward to Margarito
Beating an outclassed opponent comfortably on points is perfectly acceptable, but to get him out of the fight is even better, and Miguel Cotto saved the best for last when hammering Ricardo…
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Donaire: Over in a flash
Everyone wants to see the best meet the best, but sometimes when elite boxers face each other a much-anticipated fight can end with one punch, almost before it really gets started. That…
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Marquez a master of his craft
Rematches of dramatic fights can equal the original or prove to be disappointing. The return lightweight title bout between Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz on Saturday night was well fought and…
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Crossroads fight for Cotto
Miguel Cotto, surely destined to be ranked with the all-time great Puerto Rican boxers, attempts to become a champion in three weight classes when he challenges junior middle champ Yuri Foreman at…
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Fightwriter: The Champion Returns
When old champions come back it is often with unhappy outcomes. The latest to try is Erik Morales, who, at 33, is giving the game another try, this time in the welterweight…