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Borges on Boxing: What's Next For Klitschko?

A lot of people can't stand the sight of their own blood. Unfortunately for Calvin Brock, Wladimir Klitschko is one of them. Klitschko and Brock were sailing along fairly evenly and without apparent animosity between them on Nov. 11 when Klitschko su...

Borges on Boxing: Nikolai Valuev - Giant Step To Where?

Nikolai Valuev took a giant step Saturday night. Unfortunately for him and for promoter Don King it only came when he stepped over the ropes at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill. rather than slipping between them, as is the sport's long-held tradit...

Borges on Boxing: Barrera Leaves Juarez in Denial

In boxing, the lessons can be hard to swallow. So is the jab of Marco Antonio Barrera. Rocky Juarez can attest to both. Juarez came to the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sept. 16 believing it was his night. Only four months removed from a life-and-deat...

Borges on Boxing: The European Rule

The Europeans aren't coming. The Europeans have arrived. All four of them. Oleg Maskaev put the punctuation point to that fact on the chin of World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman in the final round of what may very likely have...

Borges on Boxing: The Roy Jones Farewell Tour

Roy Jones, Jr. recently said he was "back to my old self'' during a teleconference called to hype his upcoming July 29 fight against Prince Badi Ajamu, who is neither a prince nor much of a known commodity in the light heavyweight division. The latte...

Borges on Boxing: Luck of The Draw For Taylor

Emanuel Steward kept reiterating one point in the days leading up to last Saturday night's showdown between undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor and the Ozzie Smith of defensive fighting, Winky Wright, at Memphis' FedEx Forum. He kept caut...

Borges on Boxing: What's Next For Oscar?

LAS VEGAS - The issue all along, Oscar De La Hoya understood, was not what he would do with Ricardo Mayorga on May 6 but rather what he'd do on May 7, after he was finished with him. That remains the question today, although anyone who has watched De...

Borges on Boxing: Only One Mayweather was Brilliant.

LAS VEGAS - Floyd Mayweather was brilliant Saturday night. His uncle Roger? Now that's another story. Nitwits abound in America, which is why Las Vegas exists. It takes advantage of them every day, deluding them into thinking they have a chance ag...

Borges On Boxing: No Ordinary Joe

He knew it all along but it wasn't until the wee hours of Sunday morning in Manchester, England that the best super middleweight in the world proved he was what he always said he was. It was only then that he finally made undeniable the fact that he...

Borges on Boxing: Pacquiao is Heir To The Throne

Manny Pacquiao is not yet the king of the little men, but he certainly appeared to be the heir to their throne after becoming the first man to knock out the standard bearer of boxing's most exciting weight divisions - three-time world champion Erik M...

Borges on Boxing: State of The Middleweights is Muddled

There are two ways to look at the future of Jermain Taylor and they,like too many things in boxing, depend on your perspective. If you are his employee and your job is to advise him, you gently counsel the young middleweight champion to stay as fa...

Borges on Boxing: Is a Heavyweight Tournament Likely?

There are no excuses left any more. Not for Hasim Rahman or John Ruiz or Chris Byrd or Lamon Brewster. Not for any of the reigning heavyweight champions or their promoter, Don King, either. There aren't even any for most of the heavyweight contend...

Borges on Boxing: No Limits To Weight Limits in Boxing

Apparently weight limits in Pop Warner Football are taken more seriously than they are in the most dangerous sport on earth, professional prize fighting. When a kid is overweight in Pop Warner they tell him to take a seat until he loses a few poun...