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Fight of the Century: Muhammad Ali's Legacy Grows in Defeat

Just outside of Madison Square Garden's 7th Avenue doors are soaring, decorated, celebratory columns of Garden historical splendor. A center one is plastered with a photograph and these words of a transcending boxing event that soon reaches 40 years old: ``THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY _ MARCH 8, 1971.'' Muhammad Ali vs. Joe...

Freddie Roach: Manny Pacquiao Will Knock Out Shane Mosley

Eight-division king Manny Pacquiao will be the first man to score a knockout against three-division, five-time titlist, Shane Mosley, when the Filipino super star defends his WBO welterweight (147 pounds) belt against Mosley on May 7, in a Showtime pay per view televised clash from the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas,...

Larry Merchant: Manny Pacquiao 'Could Lose' to Shane Mosley

PONTIAC, MICH. -- HBO's Larry Merchant believes eight-division king Manny Pacquiao "could lose" to three-division, five-time titlist, Shane Mosley, on May 7, in defense of his WBO welterweight (147 pounds) belt at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. Also the WBC's junior middleweight (154 pounds) champion, the...

Birthday Boy Don King on Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao, Muhammad Ali-George Foreman

FanHouse recently caught up to legendary promoter Don King, who turns 79 on Friday. So on the eve of his birthday, FanHouse sought to pick his brain concerning a number of things, including his random thoughts ranging from the legendary Muhammad Ali-George Foreman Rumble in the Jungle of 1974, to the prospect of...

Jean Pascal Shocks Chad Dawson by 11th-Round Technical Decision

WBC light heavyweight (175 pounds) champion Jean Pascal of Canada out-hustled visiting southpaw WBC interim titlist Chad Dawson, of New Haven, Conn., in Saturday night's HBO-televised bout on the way to an 11th-round, technical decision victory before Pascal's screaming hometown fans at Bell Centre in Montreal,...

Larry Merchant News From the Web

09/19/11 Video: Floyd Mayweather and Larry Merchant Argue Source: House is Right Saturday's big fight was between Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz.

Background on Larry Merchant

Larry Merchant (born February 11, 1931) is an American former sportswriter, a longtime commentator for HBO Sports presentations of HBO World Championship Boxing, Boxing After Dark and HBO pay-per-view telecasts, and is considered "the greatest television boxing analyst of all time" by ESPN Boxing analyst Dan Rafael.

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