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Mark Ortega

8 months

Sometimes I forget just how many people watch the NFL and especially Championship Sunday but when this happened near the 2-minute warning I probably got 15+ messages about it, none funnier than my guy @RJcliffordMMA sending me this one.

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Mark Ortega

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4 years

@bubbaprog What are you talking about it was his pre-existing conditions that caused him to get injured, not the fall

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2 years

My favorite moment of the night was Amanda @Serranosisters being overcome by the moment right before the opening bell saying to Katie “This is crazy! This is crazy” and @KatieTaylor having a hard time holding her stare as she takes in the moment too.

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4 years

Happy Royal Rumble Day! Can’t wait for @CMPunk to enter at Number 29 and punch his ticket to WrestleMania for a match with Goldberg.

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2 years

@nocapiminspace @espn

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3 years

117-111 Fuck you Nelson Vazquez

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2 years

Deontay Wilder has lost his last two fights. Anthony Joshua has lost three of his last four fights. A matchup between the two would still be one of the most lucrative fights that can be made in boxing.

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2 years

@PlatinumPerry If they could script Fury's eye swelling so bad it has to be checked by a doctor, they deserve all the awards. This is dumb as fuck.

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2 years

Spence-Crawford will do more US PPV buys than Canelo-GGG 3.

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8 months

Nice to see @JeffPassan absolutely RINSE the A’s. Also says a source dealing with the A’s relocation thinks they’re clueless.

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3 months

Ryan Garcia said on a Twitter Space: “Hey let’s bring George Floyd back to life and kill that n**** again.” What a sick piece of garbage Ryan is.

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7 months

So much disrespect to Oleksandr Usyk. Eddie Hearn saying he can't wait for Joshua to beat Fury as though Fury is just going to walk through Usyk. Broadcast calling Joshua the best heavyweight in the world forgetting Usyk beat him TWICE.

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3 years

Amir Khan won more rounds against Canelo than Callum Smith did

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2 years

Tank Davis vs. Ryan Garcia, with Mayweather and De La Hoya fully involved in the promotion, would have a chance of doing 1M buys in the US in my opinion

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2 years

Katie Taylor has bigger balls than everybody on boxing Twitter

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8 months

Pat Bev just now: “Hey bro, I might have to leave soon. I’ve got a game tomorrow. I literally have a basketball game tomorrow. Like none of them. I play, like, other professionals, in a couple hours.” 😂 😂 😂 He is on the same court as a guy named Mantis right now.

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3 years

Only in boxing is this an acceptable pre-fight introduction of the athletes

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2 years

Deontay Wilder once boxed a guy 140 pounds heavier than him early in his career. No excuse for Rahman Jr losing to a novice boxer. He was piecing up Greg Hardy in round 1 and then gassed out. That’s poor conditioning

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4 years

Dude can’t even outbox Poirier, and he wanted to fight Pacquiao?

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5 years

Deontay Wilder and Gennady Golovkin had similar resumes before they faced an A-level talent. Their best wins before those fights -- Luis Ortiz and Daniel Jacobs -- are about even terms. Both were KO artists against the C- and B-minus level guys. But treated differently by fans.

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3 years

Why should anyone pay Dillian Whyte a big purse again once he gets knocked out by Tyson Fury if he won’t even do the bare minimum to promote a fight he’s getting paid EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS FOR. Weak stuff.

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2 years

Damn that Ryan Garcia fight last night was an awful watch

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5 years

Damn, @AndrewYang has quite a vocal social media following. I tweeted "leaning #YangGang " and got a bunch of GIF responses from supporters

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2 years

There is no worse boxing reporter who makes a living in the sport out there than Kugan Cassius, let it be said

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3 years

I find @EddieHearn highly entertaining. He's like what I imagine a luxury car salesman is like (not a diss). This bit from @DannyFlexen interview about why he cropped out Frazier Clarke of a group photo made me laugh. Also calls him Joe Joyce 🤣

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2 years

Why aren’t any reporters that are asking Tyson Fury about his Kinahan ties also asking IFL’s Kugan Cassius about his Kinahan ties?

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3 months

Didn’t Henry Garcia make a comment about Devin Haney being “nappy headed”?

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3 months

Statement from Henry and Lisa Garcia, Ryan's parents addressing his recent behavior: "Our son has recently made statements that do not align with his, or our family’s, true character or beliefs. Our family unequivocally does not support any statements he has made regarding race

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5 years

Spicy clip from yesterday's #SpencePorter #PBCFaceToFace that aired on regular FOX. I think this was the best one of these so far. If you have a cable login, you can access this on demand on the @FOXNOW app, search "PBC". #boxing

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6 years

The harmonies are glorious. #destinyschild killing it at #beychella #coachella

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2 years

Eddie Hearn said he'd be willing to make Bivol vs. Beterbiev on ESPN and that it doesn't have to be on DAZN. Does Top Rank want it? Eddie says he would love to do a blind bid with Bob where each puts their offer in an envelope and the bigger offer gets the rights to the fight.

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2 years

Imagine if Deontay Wilder had even a remote connection to an accused drug kingpin my god

Mark Ortega

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2 years

So nobody in boxing media is going to write about heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury allegedly not being allowed in the US?

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3 years

Sergiy Derevyanchenko is the rare 13-3 fighter who has bagged over $10 million in purses despite never winning a world title or being an A-side. That's why it's called the boxing business.

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2 years

@_ChefDon_ Just sent a couple bucks to Gary because he said the burger was on the house for Keith showing up the next day. Good people like that should be winning.

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2 years

Is @KuganCassius ever going to address the fact that @IFLTV was backed heavily by Daniel Kinahan with many trips to Marbella to hang with the crime boss himself, or is he simply going to keep blocking people who ask him about it?

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Mark Ortega

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1 month

In honor of the Oasis reunion, here are some of the best moments of Noel Gallagher’s DVD commentary on Oasis music videos

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Mark Ortega

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2 years

Eddie Hearn said he was 99 percent sure #ShieldsMarshall didn't VADA test and Claressa came with the receipts. Eddie should learn to stay quiet about other people's business when he's in the muck.

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Mark Ortega

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2 years

Haney could beat Lomachenko and they’d still keep Lomachenko in their pound-for-pound top tens. And who is his best win?

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3 years

If you are PBC and you get Canelo-Charlo on PPV on Cinco de Mayo weekend, I think you gotta make it work somehow to put Andy Ruiz Jr on the undercard.

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10 months

@AquafarE @REDSEASHAWTY Good thing there’s never been an asshole bomber

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4 years

Dana White realized he couldn’t give @ErrolSpenceJr a “take or leave it” PPV title defense for $500k and went "Boxing is broken".

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@aaronbronsteter

4 years

Dana White on Zuffa Boxing: "I've been looking and kicking the tires on boxing for the last couple years and the reason you've never seen me do anything is because that's how screwed up and broken it is, that's what a mess it is. I'm not doing anything anytime soon."

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2 years

Both @ErrolSpenceJr and @terencecrawford stopped guys in their last fights that had never been stopped before. They have all of the belts between them. The fight has marinated to perfection. It’s time to get it on.

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2 years

41-year-old US journeyman heavyweight Rydell Booker just vanquished an unbeaten but unheralded Norman Neely in the first round

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@MarkEOrtega

2 years

Am I missing something or did Muhammad Ali fight Joe Frazier and Ken Norton twice

Barstool Boxing

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2 years

The first heavyweight champion 👑 in history with two trilogies: @Tyson_Fury

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3 years

Wouldn't mind Canelo-GGG 3 while Benavidez faces Charlo so one of those guys is forced to earn the shot the old fashioned way.

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4 years

Bayley's "No we didn't" to Michael Cole saying "Bayley and Sasha almost got eliminated at the same time!" while grimacing cracked me up

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3 years

So @MannyPacquiao took part in fights that totaled over 20 million PPV buys. A fighter who started at 106 pounds will never duplicate that model ever again.

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2 years

Rolly Romero is American Ricardo Mayorga

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2 years

So nobody in boxing media is going to write about heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury allegedly not being allowed in the US?

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3 years

David Benavidez got stripped of his WBC title for doing cocaine out of competition while not training for a fight. Oscar Valdez allowed to keep the same sanctioning body title and FIGHT next weekend. Make it make sense.

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Mark Ortega

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3 years

Dillian Whyte won't even allow the promotion for his fight use his likeness or image in any promotional materials. That's next level petty. While I see quite a few people agree with him, I don't think it endears him to the larger audience once they hear he's getting paid $8M.

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Mark Ortega

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3 months

What does that mean “people need to look up the definition of boxing”? Nowhere does it say in the definition it’s “hit and not get hit”. That’s a style, one that promises more longevity. But it’s not the only way to box. That’s why boxing is different. Many ways to skin a cat.

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Bud Crawford said some of yall need to go look up the definition of Boxing If you only want to see a fight go watch UFC!

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2 years

If Dmitry Bivol beats Gilberto Ramirez in this calendar year I think he's the clear-cut Fighter of the Year for 2022

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@KleinschmidtJD He’ll see a charge on his next paycheck

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3 years

Jake Paul's KO should win KO of the Year over Oscar Valdez because Jake Paul did it cleanly

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2 years

Hasim Rahman Jr had about 100 amateur fights before turning pro in 2017. He lost by KO in his first step-up in his most recent fight (his 13th pro fight) but this marks the first opponent for Jake Paul where boxing is their main focus. I don’t hate this fight at all.

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5 months

Doesn’t Usyk becoming undisputed heavyweight champion prove that bridgerweight is an unnecessary sham?

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2 years

Amanda Serrano is a 7-division champ who was the first ever woman to headline a boxing card on an NBC platform. Katie Taylor is the reason women are allowed to box in Ireland and a big reason it got into the Olympics. Couldn’t pick two better Trail Blazers for the sport.

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3 years

Gervonta Davis against Ryan Garcia is one of the biggest fights in boxing right now. It probably won't get made for a while though.

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4 years

If you wouldn’t be excited about a Crawford-Porter fight then you’re not a boxing fan

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Mark Ortega

@MarkEOrtega

3 years

Fucking nonsense influencers “boxing” let’s stop with this BS if they don’t respect the sport

KEEM 🍿

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This is an absolute disgrace!

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3 years

Terence Crawford talking trash about Jermell Charlo’s performance when he’s never himself fought an A-level guy like Brian Castaño in his entire career is pretty funny to me

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4 years

Ryan Garcia vs Manny Pacquiao is so many times bigger than Ryan against any of the 135 pound names it isn’t even funny.

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9 years

Jameis asked "Who wants a TD?" prior to the final TD strike to Mike Evans, who said "ME ME ME!" #bucs

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2 years

I am betting we never see Tyson Fury fight in the USA ever again

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2 months

The situation regarding Olympic boxer Imane Khalif has shown the worst sides of social media. Prominent names not just in sports have come out definitively against her competing without having any of the facts or doing any semblance of research. They see one tweet and lose it.

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ALGERIAN BOXER IMANE KHALIF AS A CHILD Thoughts?

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5 years

In time to drop one of these in the womens Royal Rumble, I hope.

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5 years

See you soon... #KabukiWarriors

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3 years

It's sick to realize Manny Pacquiao has TWO Hall of Fame careers in one. If you split his career in half, everything up through his 130-pound days, and everything after that, both of those guys would be enshrined in Canastota. #boxing

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4 years

Last night’s fight makes me even more impressed by Floyd Mayweather, the only fighter in the modern era to consistently spot his opponent the first two rounds and then go on to dominate every single one of them.

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3 years

Sorry but Evander Holyfield is still the best cruiserweight of all-time.

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5 years

Asked Erik Morales why he turned southpaw against Manny Pacquiao in their epic first encounter, he said "So that bitch knows I can do it all." #boxing

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7 years

I hadn't watched a WWE PPV probably since last year's Royal Rumble. Was pleasantly surprised. My new favorite wrestler is definitely @KairiSaneWWE -- that Macho Man-esque elbow was perfectly Savage.

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2 years

If Nonito Donaire beats Naoya Inoue, it would be the biggest win by a Filipino fighter since...

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5 years

Statement from Jim Lampley on the passing of former @HBOboxing colleague Harold Lederman: #RIPHarold

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1 year

He’s already got more public exposure in a few months of working with PBC than an entire multi-year run with TR 🤷🏻‍♂️

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1 year

. @terencecrawford , who made history when he became the first male boxer to hold all four major titles in two different weight classes, says that he never doubted his ability to win: “Some things you’re just born with and I was born with the will to keep going no matter what.”

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11 months

The guy most known for calling out bull crap in boxing changes his tune when they’re paying him.

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He has the physical ingredients to ‘cook’ up an upset, question now is can he actually ‘serve’ them. Bring to Table. 🥊👑 @francis_ngannou @Tyson_Fury @Turki_alalshikh #FuryNgannou #Battleofthebaddest #RiyadhSeason

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2 years

"Bam ... come and get it..." ...because I obviously cannot leave my country for reasons I don't wanna get into.

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2 years

One of the most elusive finds for this @EdgeRatedR @wweonAE doc was of @BretHart ’s home ring in his indoor pool area. Nobody thought footage existed. Indie wrestler Maddog McFly had a camera setup and I found him on FB. Here’s Bret watching @ShamrockKen & Andrew “Test” Martin.

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3 years

Matchroom Boxing had invested a lot of time and money into Devin Haney and are missing out on an undisputed title fight at 135 pounds. That’s gotta sting quite a bit.

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2 years

Terence Crawford is calling you a hater if you don't tune into his next fight against a guy he is a -1400 favorite against that will cost $40 on a website that looks like it was designed in the dark from a company whose name he can't even say out loud without laughing.

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2 years

Tank doesn’t get enough credit for his demolition job of Pedraza

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3 years

Me waiting Me still waiting for Crawford for Crawford to fight a live to fight a live welterweight welterweight in my 20s in my 30s

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3 years

Never put Nagy Aguilera on a main card ever again

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3 years

Manny Pacquiao isn't making Errol Spence Jr fight at a catchweight but Canelo Alvarez wants to make Dmitry Bivol fight at a catchweight? Make it make sense.

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4 years

@richarddeitsch Where’s the “Get Woke Go Broke” crowd on this one?

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8 months

Anyone who flew from the UK to watch Johnny Fisher fight in Vegas at 12:30 needs to be put on some sort of watch list

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3 years

"I've got more followers than you" is something I don't ever want my favorite fighters to say. Corny.

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2 years

I will place a bet that HBO will get back into boxing within the next five years

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1 year

Tank-Ryan had zero belts on the line and it did more PPV buys than Canelo-Plant, which was for undisputed. Pretty funny.

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7 years

. @awonderland and @OfficialRezz being booked on the third line of @coachella 2018's undercard makes them the highest-booked female DJs in the festival's history

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2 years

Jessica McCaskill is a pretty damn good TV analyst

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5 years

I love how much work @keithfthurmanjr is doing to promote this fight with @MannyPacquiao . He's got Pacquiao laughing from his clowning in this Face to Face. #boxing

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2 years

How angry are you if you fought Conor Benn in the last few years? That knockout of Chris Algieri was brutal and maybe career-ending, and the chances it was done with PEDs in Benn's system are much higher than zero. A travesty.

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2 years

Teofimo is not gonna have a long career.

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1 year

As much as I bag on Matchroom, gotta say Ben Shalom has been an utter embarrassment at Sky. Sky’s boxing programming hasn’t been this consistently forgettable in a while.

Jaime

@JaimeJames90

1 year

The face of a man whose business is falling apart 🤷🏻 #JustSaying

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2 years

Am I crazy or has the Conor Benn discourse already died down? Any update? B sample tested? Any of the info Eddie said would sway our judgment on the way? Anything at all?

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3 years

Props to the ESPN boxing post show talking about the other fights that happened tonight. Boxing needs a regular show that serves the whole sport on TV.

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5 years

@hels In the wake of LA Weekly turning to total dogshit, we launched a free print publication @theLAndmagazine with many former LA Weekly staffers at the helm. Check it out if what LA Weekly is doing now disgusts you.

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2 years

WBC = Wrecking Boxing’s Credibility

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