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By Gabriel Montoya (Photo © Chris Farina / Top Rank) It was just a few short months ago when boxing seemed on the verge of getting what it always wanted: a super fight of epic proportions between the two top pound-for-pound fighters in the world of boxing in Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. All roads had led to this exciting match up; they had common opponents, had publicly spoken about fighting each other and flew through initial negotiations with reported ease. But then a sport-
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 By Luis A. Cortes III (Photo © Chris Farina / Top Rank): Its crazy how on one weekend, two different types of fighters that have nothing to do with each other can make you merge their two names together. Of course, this occurs after not being able to really grasp my hands around a concept that I felt passionate about during the dog days (comparable to this weekend’s coming fight) that was the past couple weeks in boxing. I guess that age-old adage of “When it rains it pours” is something that
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 By Coyote Duran (Photo © Chris Farina/ Top Rank): Professionally, David Diaz hasn’t had to worry about second chances. Until he lost his WBC lightweight title to Manny Pacquiao in June of 2008, Diaz had but one loss and that was to Kendall Holt over three years prior to the Pacquiao fight. Both fights ended in stoppages but when you consider the type of grittiness “Dangerous David” brings into the ring, losses via stoppage are somewhat weirdly testament to the Chicago-born-and-bred fighter’s
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 Steve Kim (Photo © Chris Farina / Top Rank): If Joshua Clottey should pull the upset this upcoming Saturday night at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, it won’t be against an unfocused or under-trained Manny Pacquiao. Yes, this fight is certainly a let down on many levels from the expected and highly anticipated showdown versus Floyd Mayweather and Pacquiao is in a bit of a no-win situation by taking on the tough but relatively unknown Ghanaian, but make no doubt about it, the “Pac-Man” is
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