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Entries tagged with "Cheekay+Brandon":

• The Tyson Effect and the Fall of the Pure Boxer – October 9th, 2011

  Can we analyze the heavyweight division in a way that might better educate us on how the division has changed, and why it has declined…
  
  

• The Curious Case of Chad Dawson – October 11th, 2011

  If he is successful, he’ll solve one of boxing’s greatest riddles—who exactly is "Bad" Chad Dawson…
  
  

• Hopkins-Dawson: Reflections on a TKO for Boxing – October 18th, 2011

  Most boxing fans are not Hollywood A-listers, but rather, are working-class people who look to boxing as an escape from their daily toil...
  
  

• Bob Arum and the Descent of Boxing Trash Talk – October 28th, 2011

  One doesn’t need to be an economist to recognize that Mayweather’s departure from Top Rank has probably cost Arum tens of millions of dollars…
  
  

• Manny’s Legacy Minus Mayweather – November 10th, 2011

  Regardless of how Pacquiao-Mayweather ends (should the fight ever be made), the outcome would have little impact on Pacquiao’s overall legacy…
  
  

• Mala Sangre: The Mexico-Puerto Rico Rivalry – December 2nd, 2011

  Lest we believe the rivalry has subsided, the Cotto-Margarito dynamic has reminded us that the “mala sangre” is alive and well…
  
  

• What Will Become of Khan? – December 9th, 2011

  Even in moments that are supposed to define his newly found toughness, like his fight against Marcos Maidana, we learn how vulnerable he is…
  
  

• The Incredible Shrinking Manny – December 18th, 2011

  Arum has at least considered negotiating with the Mayweather camp and admits, for the first time in years, that this is priority number one…
  
  

• Navigating the Moral Landscape – December 31st, 2011

  We are not children and should not be tempted to think about complex issues as children do…
  
  

• The Dragon Slayers, Part I: Hasim Rahman – January 18th, 2012

  Their storylines can include a David and Goliath, reluctant heroes, tales of redemption, good/evil and old school/new school dichotomies…
  
  

• Andrade Shines in Glorified Sparring Session – February 11th, 2012

  Andrade beginning to outgrow the low-level opponents that he’s been fed and will soon be ready for a championship-caliber fight…
  
  

• What is Boxing’s Most Unforgivable Sin? – February 21st, 2012

  Quitting is boxing’s unforgivable sin, the easiest route to the land of boxing purgatory…
  
  

• The Dragon Slayers, Part II: Antonio Tarver – February 27th, 2012

  Sometimes the boxing stories write themselves like literature, with colorful, complex characters authoring the combat…
  
  

• The Dragon Slayers, Part III: Frankie Randall – March 18th, 2012

  Unfortunately for Chavez, Frankie Randall was not Meldrick Taylor and had little regard for what was supposed to happen…
  
  

• The Dragon Slayers, Part IV: Marco Antonio Barrera – April 12th, 2012

  Marco Antonio Barrera had come a long way in pursuit of a young dragon to slay…
  
  

• The Dragon Slayers, Part V: Vernon Forrest – April 24th, 2012

  And so, while Vernon Forrest’s boxing legacy might be debatable, his legacy as a man is not…
  
  

• Hopkins-Dawson II Predictions – April 27th, 2012

  Bernard Hopkins, who generates intense reactions pro and con, has hit more ends of the road than he has heavy bags...
  
  

• Dawson Humbles Hopkins – April 29th, 2012

  One can shoulder roll Father Time for only so long, and we all felt that Hopkins’ end would come sooner rather than later. …
  
  

• Mayweather vs. Cotto Predictions – May 5th, 2012

  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...
  
  

• Boxing.com Digital Roundtable – May 6th, 2012

  Mutaurwa Mapondera, David Matthew and Cheekay Brandon, staged a transatlantic Digital Roundtable to analyze Saturday’s fight in real time...
  
  

• The Day I Fell in Love with Boxing (Again) – May 7th, 2012

  I hold the evening of May 7, 2005 in high regard, and mark it as the moment that I fell in love with boxing (again)…
  
  

• May 18, 2002: The Measure of Men – May 17th, 2012

  Gatti and Ward chose to stay and fight, even when logic, biology and human empathy recommended an early exit…