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By Steve Kim (Photo © Chris Farina) It was announced on Friday by HBO Pay-Per-View that the November 14th clash between Manny Paquiao and Miguel Cotto procured approximately 1.25 million buys, garnering $70 million in revenue. This on the heels of Floyd Mayweather’s return against Juan Manuel Marquez back on September the 19th getting over a million subscriptions, totaling $52 million. Not bad for a dying sport, right? But this column isn’t about that issue.( Because quite frankly, I
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Montoya's Monday Mailbag - Nov 23, 09
Good Monday, fight fans. We have multiple takes on Andre Ward vs. Mikkel Kessler, the size of Manny Pacquiao’s head, and Montoya’s Weekend Fight Pick ...
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Francisco Rodriguez Passes
By Steve Kim: In unfortunate news, an email sent by promoter Russell Peltz has informed Maxboxing that Francisco Rodriguez, who had to be sent to the ...
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 Luis A. Cortes III (Photo © German Villasenor): Simply put, Andre Ward knew that he wasn’t going to exit his fight with Mikkel Kessler better suited for the rest of the Super Six boxing classic. However, Ward knew that going into this fight he was the better skilled technical boxer and he used the perfect moment to prove it to the rest of the world. It was a fantastic game plan Ward used that combined crisp clean punches with all around speed in order to dominate Kessler over eleven rounds. W
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 By Luis Cortes III (Photo © Jan Sanders / Goossen Tutor Promotions) It’s inevitable in most sports (except for soccer, or football to all my FIFA10 faithful) that if you want to make it to the big stage of mainstream media; you must find your way to the United States. Most decorated athletes from foreign countries try and make their voyage as soon as possible. For boxers this is not always the case. Many fighters have successful careers staying in their home countries while they cultivate a
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 By Martin Mulcahey: One of the fortuitous consequences of Manny Pacquiao’s rocket ride to stardom is his single-handedly forging a new generation of fighters and boxing fans. Especially in his native Philippines, where Pacquiao’s success has inspired thousands of kids to take up the gloves and imitate their hero. Some like Nonito Donaire and Donnie Nietes have already fashioned themselves into champions, and Donaire is either on the cusp of or in most observers ‘pound for pound’ ratings. The P
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