Malik Smith
9 articles · ESPN.com
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Canelo-GGG: Which knockout artist has the edge?
By Malik Smith
After nearly two years of negotiation and smack-talk through translation, the potential fight of the year between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin is here. Alvarez and Golovkin face off for the WBA,…
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Top stats to know: Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff Horn
By Malik Smith
Manny Pacquiao will make the first defense of his WBO world welterweight championship against Jeff Horn in Brisbane, Australia, at 9 p.m. ET Saturday (on ESPN and the ESPN app). This will…
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Sergey Kovalev seeking to regain titles he lost to Andre Ward
By Malik Smith
Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev, two of the top five pound-for-pound boxers in the world, will face each other in a rematch of their November 2016 meeting. Ward defeated Kovalev by unanimous…
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Power, tradition and legacy highlight Canelo-Chavez Jr.
By Malik Smith
Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will face off Saturday in a middleweight fight in Las Vegas. They are the only two Mexican-born fighters to win a middleweight title (160-pound limit).…
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Pacquiao hopes to reverse decline in fight against Vargas
By Malik Smith
Manny Pacquiao will make his return to the ring Saturday against WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas. Pacquiao will look to break his career-long streak of 11 fights without a KO win. Vargas,…
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Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol each aiming for 29-0
By Malik Smith
A matchup of undefeated fighters headlines Saturday night's HBO Boxing slate, and on Thursday, undefeated Sergiy Derevyanchenko takes on former IBF middleweight titleholder Sam Soliman on Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN. Stats…
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Previewing Saturday’s Golovkin, Gonzalez fights
By Malik Smith
The top two pound-for-pound fighters in boxing will co-headline the Saturday card when Gennady Golovkin and Rom?n ?Chocolatito? Gonz?lez defend their respective title belts at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Golovkin will…
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History favors Pacquiao in third meeting with Bradley
By Malik Smith
In what might be his last fight, Manny Pacquiao will face Timothy Bradley for the third time in his career Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Pacquiao lost…
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Do stats provide case for Mayweather as The Best Ever?
By Malik Smith
Floyd Mayweather has been in this position before. In 2008, six months after defeating Ricky Hatton, Mayweather announced his retirement from boxing. He already had defeated Oscar De La Hoya in a…