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Posted on February 1, 2010
Ol’ man river, Dat ol’ man river He mus’know sumpin’ But don’t say nuthin’, He jes’keeps rollin’ He keeps on rollin’ along. – Lyrics from "Old Man River," performed by Paul Robeson...
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Posted on December 11, 2009
Same fighters. Different location. Same result: Paulie Malignaggi (26-3-1, 5 KOs) out-boxes Juan Diaz (35-2, 17 KOs) over 12 rounds. Who will the official decision actually go to? Your guess is as good as mine. When I predicted Diaz-Malignaggi I , I went with my gut and was proven right by the judges. They say to always go with your gut but I’ll go with my mind this time around, and not bec...
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Posted on December 9, 2009
Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37 KOs) vs Kevin Johnson (22-0-1, 9 KOs) is as legit a heavyweight title fight that you will get today. In Klitschko, you have a widely-respected champion facing an undefeated American prospect in Johnson. The problem is that this ain’t your parent’s heavyweights (from the 1970s or 1990s). We are in the midst of "Generation Y" and I often ask myself wh y aren&#...
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Posted on November 23, 2009
This is an easy one to predict. Lucian Bute (24-0, 19 KOs) is arguably the best super middleweight in the world. I say arguably because Arthur Abraham and suddenly Andre Ward, fresh off of his dismantling of Mikkel Kessler , can also make legitimate claims. Be that as it may, I do not expect Bute to have any problem dispatching of the very limited Librado Andrade (28-2, 21 KOs). Let’s be ho...
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Posted on November 17, 2009
From Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia: "Home advantage is an athletic competition phenomenon. The most-commonly cited factors of home advantage are usually ones whose advantageous effects are difficult to measure and thus even their existence is debated. Most of these are psychological in nature, such as familiarity with the playing grounds, the ability for participants to lodge in their homes r...
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