Blood was gushing from Miguel Cotto’s left eyebrow, rendering the WBO welterweight champion virtually blind.
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In Freddie Roach’s perfect world, Manny Pacquiao would train full time in Los Angeles, Roach’s Wild Card Gym would be closed to everyone but him and Pacquiao, and those intrusive HBO “24/7” reality show cameras would be turned off.
Miguel Cotto walks into the Top Rank Gym near Interstate 15 and West Flamingo Road and it’s as though the outside world ceases to exist.
Rabbis, by nature, are peaceful people. They deal in the spiritual side of life and usually settle arguments with their brains, not their fists.
Manny Pacquiao is not one to run from a fight, be it in the ring or at the polls.
Former world champions Zab Judah and Joel Casamayor return to the ring tonight at the Palms to headline a boxing card promoted by another former world champion, Fernando Vargas.
My mother is a small, forgetful, cheerful Irish immigrant who never drove a day in her life, is convinced mashed potatoes aren’t the same without mixing in that fourth stick of butter and always thinks the next cup of coffee she drinks is the best of her lifetime.
For us logical types, let’s assume the first time Antonio Margarito tried wrapping his hands for a fight with enough plaster to shape a small cast wasn’t moments before facing Shane Mosley in January.
Long before the MTV show “Bully Beatdown” hit the airwaves, Joseph Agbeko was defending the honor of his friends in his native Ghana.
The wind was blowing so hard, it seemed as if the big pirate ship in front of Treasure Island was going to wind up sailing down Las Vegas Boulevard.
When Phil Ruffin purchased Treasure Island from MGM Mirage in April, one of his first projects was to bring boxing to his newly acquired property.
After nine years of serving Nevada, John Bailey is ready for a vacation from public service.
Joel Casamayor wants to fight as often as possible before he retires in a year.
Zab Judah pulled a Floyd Mayweather Jr. and decided to take a break from boxing.
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