Entries tagged with "Adam+Berlin":
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Bernard Hopkins had taken the opportunity to argue his case a second time and he argued beautifully...
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One man worked hard. One man worked harder. Both men earned their pay tonight. An honest night’s work is worthy of respect...
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Wladimir Klitschko doesn’t show the desire to take a chance in the name of glory. He doesn’t show the passion to be anything more than very good…
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Tonight was a throwback—two hard-nosed fighters fighting each other, struggling the way contenders need to struggle...
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Judah’s actions explain Judah. He hypes himself up. He talks a great game. But against elite opposition, he falls short every time...
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To deny these feelings, gut and heart feelings, to operate solely and soullessly on the cerebral plane, is to negate boxing’s primal attraction…
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"I’m fair but I’m firm." It’s a particularly ironic signature when looked at through the lens of his most recent poor performance...
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Fighters sometimes smile because they know how fickle life can be, how fickle fans can be, how alone they really are, in the ring and in the universe...
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This was not the generous fighter we’d seen interviewed in the past, reveling in the moment while praising his opponent...
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Perhaps Iran, so tough, so fearless, so uncompromising in the ring, was damaged by these same qualities outside the ring…
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I’ll put on my biased glasses and root for quiet wisdom to stifle brash ego, for confidence to trump arrogance...
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Two days later, I’m still seething at the decision and the more I think about this fight, the more I wonder if the fix was in…
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Sometimes the bull stands there, head bowed, breathing hard. Sometimes the bull takes a knee. His horns are still sharp, but the fight is out of him…
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Tony Soprano, Nucky Thompson, Gordon Gekko are part of a long list of movie tough guys. But that’s just Hollywood...
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Bernard Hopkins, who generates intense reactions pro and con, has hit more ends of the road than he has heavy bags...
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When the opening bells rings, all the pre-fight hoopla will be reduced to two exemplary fighters stripped to the waist putting it all on the line versus the other...
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