Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Shots from today’s Grand Arrivals at the MGM with Victor Ortiz, Floyd Mayweather, Jessie Vargas and Erik Morales . . . . |more|
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Lacking the army brought across the Pond by Ricky Hatton, England’s Amir “King” Khan weighed in before a small, subdued crowd at the Mandalay Bay for tomorrow night’s showdown with Zab “Super” Judah. Both fighters were 140 pounds. For a complete slideshow . . . . |more|
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The complete gallery from last night’s action-packed “Action Heroes” card in Las Vegas . . . |more|
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Also tagged el chino, el terrible, erik morales, ghost, golden boy, hbo, james kirkland, marcos maidana, mgm, mgm grand, mgm grant, michael katsidis, miguel angel cotto, Nobuhiro Ishida, Paulie Malignaggi, robert guerrero
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From last night’s Paulie Malignaggi vs. Jose Miguel Cotto fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
From last night’s huge upset at the MGM: Nobuhiro Ishida upsets James Kirkland in one round.
In much the same way most of press row will be dining on crow all week, having earmarked the return of Erik Morales something closer to a funeral than the epic battle it turned out to be, the campy billing of “Action Heroes” had most of us rolling our eyes . . . |more|
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Top shots from last nights’ Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero vs. Michael Katsidis fight.
“I knew he was a great warrior and would put up a great fight,” were the first words out of Marcos Maidana after he made his entrance into the media room, an Argentinean flag draped over his shoulders . . . |more|
From last night’s epic battle between legend Erik Morales and Marcos Maidana.
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
“Who do ya like?” It’s a common enough question in the fight biz, but when it comes to “Action Heroes,” I tend to take it a different way. Instead of picking winners and losers, I take the likeability angle, for there ain’t an unlikeable guy on the card. Whether you’re talking about a stand-up and [...]
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