Bryan Armen Graham
20 articles · Sports Illustrated
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Canelo ?lvarez builds brand with simple demolition of Rocky Fielding
For years Canelo ?lvarez was hailed as the biggest star of boxing?s post- Floyd Mayweather age. After managing to fill Madison Square Garden to capacity on Saturday night for a wildly violent…
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Canelo ?lvarez pours it on in three-round destruction of Rocky Fielding
Canelo ?lvarez did exactly what he was supposed to against an overmatched opponent: he closed the show. The 28-year-old superstar dropped Liverpool?s Rocky Fielding four times in a little over eight minutes…
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Andre Ward ready to challenge Sergey Kovalev in boxing’s fight of the year
Four years ago, Andre Ward was poised to succeed Floyd Mayweather?s spot as the best prizefighter in the world, regardless of weight. The Olympic champion from Oakland had cleaned out the talent-stacked…
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Manny Pacquiao will fight again, promoter says
Manny Pacquiao will fight again. The fighter?s longtime promoter told the Guardian on Tuesday that he?s been instructed to seek out a site and opponent for the eight-division boxing champion, who was…
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Amir Khan a whipping boy no longer after career-defining choice of Canelo
We already knew fighters are not like the rest of us. Professional boxers require at minimum a rare courage to enter the prize ring, society?s only venue where a man can be…
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Roy Jones Jr officially becomes Russian citizen with Moscow passport ceremony
It?s official: Roy Jones Jr is a Russian citizen. The four-division champion widely regarded as one of the finest prizefighters of his generation was presented his Russian passport in a ceremony on…
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Amir Khan no longer deserves Floyd Mayweather date after flat note
Amir Khan?s desperate, unbecoming pursuit of a fight with Floyd Mayweather hit another flat note on Friday night in Brooklyn, when the former two-times junior welterweight champion failed to make a statement…
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Amir Khan can rule welterweight division for years, says Virgil Hunter
Virgil Hunter had heard enough. The trainer of Amir Khan measured the corner conference room at the New York Marriott Brooklyn Bridge Hotel, watching intently as a gaggle of writers peppered his…
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Floyd Mayweather uncharacteristically muted amid pomp at grand arrival
They say if you spend enough time in a place you become that place. So it is for Floyd Mayweather and Las Vegas, the desert town of six hundred thousand souls he?s…
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Manny Pacquiao records entrance song for fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr
Manny Pacquiao is leaving no detail unattended as he prepares for his showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr in Las Vegas. On Thursday, the Filipino puncher recorded a song that will be played…
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Manny Pacquiao defeats Brandon Rios to rediscover winning ways
Against an opponent handpicked to make him look spectacular, Manny Pacquiao appeared just that. The Filipino overwhelmed Brandon Rios on Sunday morning before a sell out crowd of 13,101 at the CotaiArena…
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Pacquiao and Rios entourage fracas makes Bob Arum the winner
Pre-fight gamesmanship is a tactic nearly as old as boxing itself. Impose your will on an opponent during the build-up to a match - and this can regard anything from demands over…
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Floyd Mayweather on self-preservation and conquering the UK
He is prizefighting's greatest heel since Jack Johnson, the undisputed king of convincing people to pay to watch him lose ? even as he never comes close to doing so. Floyd Mayweather,…
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There?s No Time Like the Present for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to Sell Out
Floyd Mayweather Jr., who for the second straight year topped Sports Illustrated?s list of the highest-paid American athletes, generated $90 million in earnings last year ? with an in-many-ways-more-remarkable $0 coming from…
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Low risk but high reward for Floyd Mayweather in latest title fight
LAS VEGAS -- The beginning of the end could not have gone better for Floyd Mayweather, Jr. With a devastating exhibition of speed, accuracy and ring generalship, Mayweather thoroughly dominated Robert Guerrero…
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Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero: A crash course
Floyd Mayweather is defending his WBC welterweight championship against Robert Guerrero on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas (9 p.m. ET, Showtime PPV, $59.95). The 36-year-old Mayweather (43-0,…
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Sergio Martinez overcomes Martin Murray, weather for WBC title
BUENOS AIRES -- Five things we learned from Sergio Martinez's unanimous-decision victory over Martin Murray to retain the WBC middleweight title on a rainy Saturday night at the Estadio Jos? Amalfitani: 1.…
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Bernard Hopkins defies age, tops Tavoris Cloud for IBF title
NEW YORK -- The day will come when Bernard Hopkins can no longer beat back the encroachment of time. That much is certain, even if certainty is to Hopkins a negotiable concept.…
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Marquez earns his moment, floors Pacquiao in stunning fashion
LAS VEGAS -- Juan Manuel Marquez spent nearly half of his decorated career in star-crossed pursuit of the win over his greatest rival that eluded him at every tortuous bend. He'd lost…
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Marquez conquers Pacquiao with ‘perfect punch’
LAS VEGAS -- Juan Manuel Marquez spent nearly half of a Hall of Fame career in mad pursuit of a defining victory over his greatest rival. He'd lost two razor-thin decisions to…
