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Why I Love The Sport Of Boxing » Last night I got home after a normal day at work, cracked a beer and chilled on my couch, as most normal people do. I then decided to check my Facebook account— again, something lots of normal people do. I saw an update from a boxer I had “friended” about a year ago. • Emanuel Augustus: “Well yesterday I had a bad dream. I dreamt I had got KO’d in the ninth round…. ooh yea it wasn’t a dream, it really happened. BOOO-HOO-HOO looks like it is either time for me to stop boxing and start training fighters!!!”… Bryan Brennan, www.nesn.com

Malignaggi Tells Us Why Not » There’s a reason Saturday’s fight was in Houston, with its advantages of crowd, canvas, referee and judges. There’s a reason Houston’s Juan Diaz, 1-2 in his previous three fights, was the promotional A-side. There’s a reason Brooklyn’s Paulie Malignaggi had to make a first fight in the imaginary 138½ pound weight class… Bart Barry, www.cbssports.com.

George Foreman III Preparing To Carry On His Family’s Legacy » The second son of the former heavyweight champion fought no amateur bouts, has won his two professional bouts by knockout and is scheduled to fight in October… BILL DWYRE, www.latimes.com

“Boxing has no f*cking integrity left. It’s been happening for years. That’s why this sport has no popularity left. That’s why nobody watches this sh*t because every year there are decision like this and probably even worse than this. I don’t really know how close this fight was. People get f*cked constantly. Nobody watches boxing anymore because of sh*t like this.” — Paulie Malignaggi »

An Open Letter To Boxing Insiders » This message is being conveyed to a distribution list consisting of boxing-related professionals, personalities, scribes, and similar influencers of the sport. In other words, if you received this email, chances are you have a big ego! Okay, now jokes aside . . . Marv Dumon, www.examiner.com

Welcome to “Gloves Off”, where you will read only the truth about boxing here. At least the truth the way I see it and more importantly, the way I hear it from the boxers, the sport’s shotcallers, boxing insiders who go on record and the occasional paying fan who in his own way supports the financial purses at both the big PPV events and the local club scene. Any press release passing as an interview will be duly noted. Any boxing writer, website, or fans’ outpost will be called out for praise or as is sadly often the case, stretching the truth in lieu of THE TRUTH. I spent two years working with Joe Pistone, the real life “Donnie Brasco”, portrayed by Johnny Depp in the film. There I learned the truth has three sides: yours, mine, and the ABSOLUTE TRUTH (and the truth about “Donnie Brasco” was that Al Pacino’s character, Benjamin “Lefty Guns” Ruggerio may have been “whacked” in the film, but was healthy enough in real life to attend the film’s premiere in February, 1997.) Read more »

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Miranda Offers Career Advice To Abraham Calling in from his training camp in Puerto Rico, super middleweight contender Edison ‘Pantera’ Miranda chuckled when he was read the latest statements from his June 21st opponent, Arthur Abraham, who stated that in their highly controversial first bout in 2006, if he failed to beat a man who had his jaw broken, he would have taken a job as a night watchman. • “I agree with you Arthur, if it was a one-on-one fight,” said Miranda of the first bout, one marred by questionable officiating.  “Unfortunately for me, I was fighting you and the referee, and most people who saw the fight still believe I won…” —Source: www.boxeomundial.net

Magic Man Ready For Hatton IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi should be fit for a potential autumn showdown with Ricky Hatton despite fracturing his hand on Saturday. • Malingnaggi sustained the injury during his split-decision win over Lovemore N’Dou at the City of Manchester Stadium on the undercard to Hatton’s title defence against Juan Lazcano… —Source, www.skysports.com