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What the Game's Been Missing, Pt. 2: Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz

Just like any other year, boxing is hopeful and hungry for huge success in 2009. But this year is a bit different than any other in recent memory in some key ways that excite both boxing fans and executives...

Written by David Reyes about 9 months ago 125 reads 2 comments
What the Game's Been Missing, Part One: Andre Berto

A key contributor to the starving corpse of boxing is an effective alternative in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

Written by David Reyes about 10 months ago 65 reads 6 comments
Joe Calzaghe Destroys Roy Jones...If Anyone Is Surprised, Blame "24/7"

If there was any argument as to why the HBO hit boxing series, "24/7" won a Sports Emmy Award, the debate ended promptly when Joe Calzaghe convincingly destroyed Roy Jones Jr., on Saturday night...

Written by David Reyes about about 1 year ago 2,503 reads 33 comments
The Contender 4 Roster Announced...Who Cares?!

For many, the once hit TV reality series The Contender, was a show that was used as a tool to revitalize a so-called dying sport. The first season set the precedent, but then the following seasons (with the exception of a few fights) failed to follow suit

Written by David Reyes about about 1 year ago 2,209 reads 10 comments
For Andre Berto, The Fight Vs. Forbes Brings Big Risk, But Bigger Reward

Rising Welterweight Champion, Andre Berto is looking for big fights, big notoriety, and big paychecks, and a win against Steve "2 Pound" Forbes will put him right where he wants to be, David Reyes writes...

Written by David Reyes about about 1 year ago 408 reads 0 comments
Ricky Hatton Hires Floyd Mayweather Sr. As Trainer, Increases Chances Of Losing

Can you imagine Ricky "Hitman" Hatton performing a Mayweather-esque Philly shell defense in the ring? Do the words Ricky Hatton and defense even belong in the same breath? Hatton surely hopes so as he hired defensive guru Floyd Mayweather Sr...

Written by David Reyes about about 1 year ago 1,437 reads 4 comments
A Dream Deferred: Rising Boxing Star Slain in the Bronx

Even as a small child boxing with a bunch of his friends in his father's apartment hallway in the South Bronx, Ronney Vargas had dreams as tall as the Empire State Building...

Written by David Reyes about about 1 year ago 645 reads 2 comments
De La Hoya-Pacquiao Mega-Fight Reportedly Off...For Now

Speculation about a possible Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao fight have been ongoing for months, but on Wednesday, much of the intrigue and luster about the fight took a major blow to the mid-section...

Written by David Reyes about about 1 year ago 1,372 reads 5 comments
Collapse of Olympian Boxer Brings Dark Side of All Sports to Light

For Olympic enthusiasts, gun-ho American patriots, and hardcore boxing fans, when top-tier Bantamweight and gold-medal favorite Gary Russell Jr...

Written by David Reyes about about 1 year ago 652 reads 9 comments
"Peek-A-Boo" Winky, Where Are You?

It was just last summer that Ronald "Winky" Wright was among the top five in all boxing's pound-for-pound list composed by most so-called pundits. What a difference a year makes...

Written by David Reyes about about 1 year ago 449 reads 17 comments

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David Reyes Article Archive

What the Game's Been Missing, Pt. 2: Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz

What the Game's Been Missing, Part One: Andre Berto

Joe Calzaghe Destroys Roy Jones...If Anyone Is Surprised, Blame "24/7"

The Contender 4 Roster Announced...Who Cares?!

For Andre Berto, The Fight Vs. Forbes Brings Big Risk, But Bigger Reward

Ricky Hatton Hires Floyd Mayweather Sr. As Trainer, Increases Chances Of Losing

A Dream Deferred: Rising Boxing Star Slain in the Bronx

De La Hoya-Pacquiao Mega-Fight Reportedly Off...For Now

Collapse of Olympian Boxer Brings Dark Side of All Sports to Light

"Peek-A-Boo" Winky, Where Are You?

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