Rick Maese
18 articles · The Sydney Morning Herald
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Gennady Golovkin?s legacy depends on Canelo Alvarez. And ?GGG? is fighting mad about it.
By Rick Maese
Gennady Golovkin has made a career leading with his jab, not his mouth. But in the lead-up to the year?s most anticipated fight, the quiet Kazakh boxer has uncorked unexpected levels of…
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Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin bout canceled following doping allegations
By Rick Maese
In a sport that long ago ran out of eyes to blacken, boxing?s much-anticipated rematch between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin was canceled Tuesday after fight organizers determined Alvarez, beset by a…
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Gennady Golovkin hasn?t met a foe like Canelo Alvarez
By Rick Maese
Abel Sanchez noticed something just a little bit different about his fighter during training camp these past few months. Gennady Golovkin worked as hard as ever, was in tiptop shape and still…
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While Mayweather heads back to retirement, McGregor weighs his fighting options
By Rick Maese
LAS VEGAS ? It was nearing midnight when Conor McGregor emerged from his locker room, carrying a bottle of whiskey and looking nothing like a beaten man. He was introduced at a…
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Before Mayweather-McGregor, poll shows MMA isn?t stealing boxing?s popularity
By Rick Maese
LAS VEGAS ? For much of the past two decades, mixed martial arts has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the United States, its surge in popularity coinciding with mounting concerns over the…
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Days before McGregor fight, Floyd Mayweather talks business. At 3 a.m. in his Vegas strip club
By Rick Maese
LAS VEGAS ? It was past midnight on Thursday when Floyd Mayweather Jr., finished his nightly workout, but he was still hours away from going to sleep. Instead, he cooled down, changed…
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Mayweather-McGregor bout is just the latest in a string of dubious boxing matchups
By Rick Maese
Less than two weeks before the big fight, the world champion boxer ? perhaps the best ever to lace up a pair of gloves ? paid a visit to "The Tonight Show"…
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McGregor and Mayweather can?t stop, won?t stop on media tour for megafight
By Rick Maese
NEW YORK ? Conor McGregor, the Dublin-born mixed martial arts superstar, strutted to the stage at Barclays Center, his chin jutting out and leading the way, his chest bare beneath a white…
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Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor: the factor that makes boxing legend the overwhelming favourite
By Rick Maese
With the mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor finally official, two possibilities quickly emerged on Thursday: Oddsmakers and analysts are either greatly underestimating McGregor's chances in the ring or the mixed…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao: Boxing?s saving grace or its last hurrah?
By Rick Maese
LAS VEGAS ? Battered, bruised and against the ropes for years, the sport of boxing takes center stage Saturday night. Fans will pay a king?s ransom to sit ringside at the MGM…
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Is Floyd Mayweather boring? Only when he?s inside the boxing ring
By Rick Maese
LAS VEGAS ? Floyd Mayweather is all flash and pomposity. He has more luxury cars than a high-end dealership. He treats wads of cash like pocket lint, eager to flaunt his wealth…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao: Freddie Roach has a plan for Manny Pacquiao to win Saturday
By Rick Maese
LAS VEGAS ? Every day for the past seven weeks, Freddie Roach would shoo reporters out of his gym. Bystanders, friends and other fighters were shown the door too. In a departure…
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Meet the reporter who?s got Manny Pacquiao covered
By Rick Maese
Where Manny Pacquiao goes, Nick Giongco is usually not far behind. They?ve traveled the world together: all over the United States, Thailand, Mexico, Macau and of course, the Philippines. Giongco, 45, is…
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Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao have drug testing, but some aren’t sure that’s enough
By Rick Maese
For weeks, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather have been met at all hours by strangers. They've been visited in their homes and in their gyms, voluntarily giving blood and urine aimed at…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao: How clean will the fight be?
By Rick Maese
For weeks, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather have been met at all hours by strangers. They?ve been visited in their homes and in their gyms, voluntarily giving blood and urine aimed at…
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Manny Pacquiao has won so much, some wonder what he might have lost
By Rick Maese
LOS ANGELES ? The Hollywood strip mall near Sunset and Vine contains a nail salon, a massage parlor, a Thai takeout joint, an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting place and, for several hours every…
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Leonard Ellerbe: From Northeast DC to Floyd Mayweather?s money man
By Rick Maese
LAS VEGAS ? When Floyd Mayweather looks to his corner Saturday night during his fight again Marcos Maidana, one familiar face will be absent. Since joining Mayweather ?s camp in the early…
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Floyd Mayweather is flawed and flawless in and out of the ring
By Rick Maese
Las Vegas: Everyone's waiting on Floyd Mayweather jnr. The prodigal pugilist is not often punctual, typically arriving at the gym for his daily workout at some point between 3 and 4 pm.…