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Max Kellerman: Manny Pacquiao Does What Floyd Mayweather Should Do

When Floyd Mayweather retired last year, he did so as the undisputed best pound-for-pound boxer in the world. But now that Mayweather is returning, he's no longer the best. That distinction now goes to Manny Pacquiao, and HBO's Max Kellerman did a great job of explaining exactly why that is: Pacquiao challenges himself...

Juan Manuel Lopez: A Star on the Rise at 24

During last night's boxing live blog I hardly even mentioned the Juan Manuel Lopez-Daniel Ponce de Leon fight, mostly because it was basically over before it began: Lopez knocked Ponce de Leon down twice in the first round, and after the second, it was over.HBO's Max Kellerman responded to the performance by saying, "A...

Fact Checking Max Kellerman on Gene Tunney, Rocky Marciano and Lennox Lewis

During last night's Samuel Peter-Oleg Maskaev fight, HBO play-by-play man Jim Lampley mentioned that Lennox Lewis and Rocky Marciano are, in Lampley's words, "the only two heavyweight champions who have defeated every man with whom they were ever in the ring."Lewis avenged both of his losses, to Oliver McCall and Hasim...

Samuel Peter and Oleg Maskaev Fought With Open Scoring, Sky Did Not Fall

When Samuel Peter fought Oleg Maskaev last night in Cancun, something highly unusual happened: The bout used "open scoring," meaning that between rounds, the ring announcer would tell everyone in the crowd how the judges had scored the fight up to that point.That's very rare in boxing: The judges' scores are always kept...