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Boxing: Shane Langford In His Own Words

People live with the cards fate dealt them with. Others may have the odds favoring their lives, while some have to keep on living with everything stacked against them. For Shane Langford, boxing was supposed to be his ticket to grandeur...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about 10 days ago 75 reads 10 comments
Mia Eteläpelto: In Her Own Words

If there is anything that can take a boxing fan’s attention from a good boxing match, it would be a fine babe. And fine babes can top a good brawl any time of the day. So perhaps it is a consensus desire amongst men that the two would mesh together.

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about 18 days ago 76 reads 3 comments
Gerry Penalosa Should Retire for Good

Former two-time world champion Gerry Penalosa has expressed his desire to fight Mexican Fernando Montiel for the latter’s WBO bantamweight title...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about about 1 month ago 113 reads 4 comments
Lopez Survives Mtagwa's Late Rally To Retain Featherweight Title

A lot of us got surprised last Saturday when WBO junior featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez defeated challenger Rogers Mtagwa from Tanzania in a very unfamiliar fashion...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about about 1 month ago 171 reads 15 comments
Open Letter To Manny Pacquaio: Lose Mike Koncz

Dear Manny Pacquiao, In the name of everything that is boxing, please fire Michael Koncz. I do know that in this sport that you so love passionately, you need to surround yourself with people ...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about about 1 month ago 615 reads 3 comments
An Easy Title Fight For Juanma Lopez

After a giving former world champion Gerry Penalosa his first defeat by knockout in April 2009 and dispatching Oliver Lontchi last June, Puerto Rico’s boxing sensation Juan Manuel Lopez will ...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about about 1 month ago 182 reads 4 comments
Rey Boom Boom Bautista Seeks Redemption

Redemption.This has got to be the only thing that fuels the returning Rey ‘Boom Boom’ Bautista, 26-2, as he gears up for another battle in the squared circle...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about about 1 month ago 365 reads 4 comments
Fernando Vargas To Fight Again: A Bad Move from an Admirable Man

In the near future, another boxer will once again prove that it’s hard to stay outside the ring after hanging up the gloves...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about about 1 month ago 595 reads 6 comments
Gorgeous Fighting Females

When it comes to highly competitive combat sports, those with well-defined female physique (plump breasts, nice body, and a face to match) are conventionally limited to do in-between round duties, ...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about 2 months ago 855 reads 3 comments
Pacquiao-Cotto: Almost an Even Match

With less than two months to go, both Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto are gearing up for their very much anticipated superfight...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about 2 months ago 1,059 reads 26 comments
Mayweather Victory Over Marquez: No Glory at All

It was a mismatch right from the start. Heart was the only thing working for Marquez—and the catch weight of 144 pounds. But still, I hoped for a Marquez victory...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about 2 months ago 1,950 reads 124 comments
The Evolution of the Boxing Gloves

Modern boxers are a far cry from their ancient opposites. Back in ancient times, the practice of fist fighting was a brutal and completely merciless form of combat. It was never a competition...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about 2 months ago 17 reads 0 comments
Boxing's New Tonic: La Dinamita Essential

For all reasons and their worth, I want Juan Manuel Marquez to knock the hell out of Floyd Mayweather, Jr., come September 19 in Las Vegas...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about 2 months ago 174 reads 24 comments
My Thoughts on Oscar Larios

In his whole career, Manny Pacquiao battled two Oscars and scored a victory over each. One is considered a living legend of the sport while the other was an underrated warrior. It was the latter who gave Pacquiao a tough fight that went the distance...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about 2 months ago 68 reads 6 comments
Exit The Winter Soldier

No, it’s not about the hero from the comics. It’s about a boxer who is in the twilight of his career and how he will not top it all off in a grand, spectacular fashion...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about 5 months ago 200 reads 44 comments
The 10 Most Memorable Knockouts by Uppercuts in Boxing History

(Uppercut – noun, boxing; a short, swinging blow directed upward, as to the chin.) One of the most devastating punches of the sport, the uppercut is usually used to wear the opponent down and set him up for the big finish...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about 5 months ago 847 reads 37 comments
Cotto's Questionable Win Dims Chances for a Fight with Pacquiao

It is no secret that Top Rank head honcho Bob Arum wants to stage a boxing showdown between WBO welterweight champ Miguel Cotto and IBO junior welterweight titlist and current P4P top dog Manny Pacquiao...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about 5 months ago 365 reads 21 comments
Miguel Cotto Victory Over Joshua Clottey Smudged with Controversy

The fight for the WBO Welterweight Championship has ended, but not as I expected. I said it would be a split decision victory for Clottey; it went to the other guy instead...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about 5 months ago 239 reads 7 comments
Cotto Vs Clottey Pre-Fight Analysis

One more day and it's Cotto against Clottey, or Clottey against Cotto. However you place their names, everybody is just excited to see who can beat the crap out of the other and probably win a date to their biggest fight yet—a bout with the No...

Written by Kenneth Ragpala about 5 months ago 131 reads 2 comments

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Kenneth Ragpala Article Archive

Boxing: Shane Langford In His Own Words

Mia Eteläpelto: In Her Own Words

Gerry Penalosa Should Retire for Good

Lopez Survives Mtagwa's Late Rally To Retain Featherweight Title

Open Letter To Manny Pacquaio: Lose Mike Koncz

An Easy Title Fight For Juanma Lopez

Rey Boom Boom Bautista Seeks Redemption

Fernando Vargas To Fight Again: A Bad Move from an Admirable Man

Gorgeous Fighting Females

Pacquiao-Cotto: Almost an Even Match

Mayweather Victory Over Marquez: No Glory at All

The Evolution of the Boxing Gloves

Boxing's New Tonic: La Dinamita Essential

My Thoughts on Oscar Larios

Exit The Winter Soldier

The 10 Most Memorable Knockouts by Uppercuts in Boxing History

Cotto's Questionable Win Dims Chances for a Fight with Pacquiao

Miguel Cotto Victory Over Joshua Clottey Smudged with Controversy

Cotto Vs Clottey Pre-Fight Analysis

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