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LIGHTNING EXPRESS - The Quick Rise & Even Quicker Fall of Al Singer
By Carlos Acevedo of The Cruelest Sport. "A man cannot jump over his own shadow." Yiddish proverb Of all the Jewish fighters regarded as potential heirs to Benny Leonard in ...
El Jefe: Martinez W12 Pavlik
Carlos Acevedo was ringside for Saturday night's middleweight title clash between Kelly Pavlik and Sergio Martinez. For more from Carlos, check out his blog, The Cruelest Sport. If Argentina h...
Kelly Pavlik vs Sergio Martinez Preview
Carlos Acevedo previews Saturday night's HBO main-event featuring Kelly Pavlik vs Sergio Martinez. For more from Carlos, check out his blog, The Cruelest Sport. Kelly Pavlik looks to storm the B...
One More Round with Carlos Acevedo: Guzman/Funeka, Maidana/Cayo, Dirrell/Abraham, etc
Carlos Acevedo gives his thoughts on this past weekend's boxing action. For more from Carlos, check out his blog, The Cruelest Sport. Even in boxing, where taste and discrimination are iffy pro...
One More Round With Carlos Acevedo: Alexander/Urango, Darchinyan/Guerrero, Friday Night Fights, etc
Carlos Acevedo gives his thoughts on this past weekend's boxing action. For more from Carlos, check out his blog, The Cruelest Sport.Most observers thought that Devon Alexander would beat Juan U...
Paulie Malignaggi vs Juan Diaz Preview
Carlos Acevedo previews tonight's junior-welterweight rematch between Paulie Malignaggi and Juan Diaz. Paulie Malignaggi, who woofed his way into a rematch--and another major payday--against Juan Diaz...
¡FENÓMENO! How Jose Basora Spanked Jake LaMotta, Smacked Fritzie Zivic, Spooked Out Sugar Ray And Wound Up Nearly Forgotten
Carlos Acevedo takes a look back at one of Puerto Rico's boxing stars from years ago, the tough 1940s middleweight contender, Jose Basora.Jose Basora, one of the toughest, sharpest dressed middleweigh...
A Minor Conundrum
With his story today on the proliferation of titles in modern boxing Carlos Acevedo makes his debut for The Boxing Bulletin writing team.It has never been easier to be "accomplished" in boxing than it...
The Enforcer: The Life & Crimes of Gus Dorazio
Carlos Acevedo takes a look back at the life of one time world heavyweight title challenger, Gus Dorazio.Gus Dorazio, a fearless but limited contender during the late 1930s and early 1940s, made his n...
Dark Mirror: When Max Baer Met Ben Foord
Carlos Acevedo takes us back to 1937, for the match-up between heavyweights Max Baer (pictured) and Ben Foord at the Harringay Arena in London.Photos courtesy of Antiquities of the Prize RingAfter fra...
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