All posts tagged "david phillips"
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WorldwideYou Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory
For 25 years, I’ve been telling the story of how I spent a day with Muhammad Ali when I worked at Barnes & Noble back in...
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The Kings Director Mat Whitecross Shares Behind the Scenes Process, Part 2
Writer David Phillips has made no secret of his admiration for the film-work of Mat Whitecross, who directed “The Kings,” a four-part documentary series running on Showtime....
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Who Won the Weekend? Nonito Donaire Wins Top Honors, No Contest
How crazy is it that a 38 year old guy who fights clean, who looked like he was playing out the string in 2016-2018, when he...
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WorldwideThe Two Davey Moores
I was surprised when I saw my fine editor’s tweet about the latest fighters chosen for induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Among the...
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A High Class Bum Fight
In the early to mid-2000s, there was a (thankfully) brief trend known as “bum fights.” Which was essentially consisting of some sick jerks paying a couple...
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Who Won The Weekend? No Debate, It’s Lopez The Great
Anyone choosing otherwise would have gotten a super side eye, and maybe an off the record WTF?!! When the question was asked, I knew, you knew,...
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WorldwideWho Won The Week: The ‘Boxing Is Back’ Edition
It’s easier to find losers more so than winners in this period of time in America, which is experiencing a level of tumult, from more angles...
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WorldwideWho Won and Lost the Week, April Showers Edition: Frontline COVID Battlers Snag W
Live fights are not happening, not unless you count social media scrums. So, it can be argued that there aren’t enough picks to choose from when...
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WorldwideAn Apology To Tyson Fury
I’ve never been able to stand him. Not for a single second, really. From the beginning, I’ve found Tyson Fury to be not only clownish (and...
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WorldwideTo Destroy A Father’s Name: The Story Of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
I’m not a fan of cancellation culture— that new mode of response that says if any human does anything of low character (or even just...
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WorldwideWho Won the Weekend? Does JOSHUA Get The Nod, Or Did Ruiz’ Condition Lessen the Feat?
We let things sift a bit more than usual, let people consider all the angles from all the fights that occurred on Friday and Saturday. Anthony...
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WorldwideJean Pascal and a Love Supreme
I’ve been down on boxing for the last year. Some of it comes from the distraction of being a newlywed, I suppose. That’s not all of...
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WorldwideHere Is Something You Can’t Understand
It should have been the greatest night of his life. On December 1, 2018, Oleksandr Gvozdyk stepped into the ring with so much at stake....
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Announcements
Everybody Hates Danny Garcia
When Danny Garcia takes to the ring to face off with Shawn Porter tomorrow for the WBC World Welterweight title, he could be the betting...
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The Mystery of the Tyson Fury Show
There are things in life I don’t understand. Okay, that list probably is fairly long, but only a few of the items on the screed...
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Japan
Who Won The Weekend: Japanese Boxer ITO Wins On My Card
ESPN and Showtime offered up fighting fare Saturday night, and the UK fight fans had a bunch of bouts and storylines to savor Saturday, as well....
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Jaime Munguia And All That Armor
Many years ago, when Jermain Taylor was on the ascent, well before his battles with B-Hop and then his downward cousin-shooting spiral, Larry Merchant was...
