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Nike Pac-Man Knows Shirt

November 16, 2009

Tweet Coming off a masterful late-round dismantling of Miguel Cotto this past Saturday night, I figured I’d write something about Manny Pacquiao, Nike’s only non-Jordan Brand boxer. So after my search for Manny-related Nike products I’ve never written about, here’s what I found: now available on NikeStore.com, a different “Pac Man Knows” shirt than what [...]

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Arturo Gatti Found Dead

July 11, 2009

Tweet Former boxer Arturo “Thunder” Gatti, 40-9 with 31 KO’s, was found dead in a hotel room in Brazil, according to reports out of Sao Paulo today. Gatti, best known for his brutal, come-forward style, was in Brazil for a second honeymoon with his wife and one year-old son; He was found dead early Saturday [...]

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Klitschko-Haye Off!

June 3, 2009

Tweet The much-anticipated showdown between David Haye and Wladimir Klitschko scheduled for June 20th is off according to an ESPN report, with David Haye withdrawing from the bout due to a hand injury. This is a disastrous turn of events for a division desperately needing it’s biggest fight since Lennox Lewis retired. David Haye of [...]

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Paulie Malignaggi is Little Mac

May 15, 2009

Tweet Nintendo has some new Punch Out commercials wherein Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi plays the protagonist of the “Punch Out” series, Little Mac. His trainer, Doc, is played by Isiah Whitlock Jr of “The Wire” fame. Apparently Little Mac lost his belt to King Hippo 15 years ago and he’s hard at work trying to [...]

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Manny Pacquiao: The Song

April 29, 2009

Tweet The Trackrunners “Pound For Pound” Inhouse Records As ideally everyone should know, Saturday May 2nd marks the superfight between pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and junior welterweight king/Ring Champion Ricky Hatton, arguably the biggest fight of 2009. (until Floyd comes back and, hopefully, fights the winner.) I’m an avid Pac fan, but I’m also a [...]

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Pacman Knows T-Shirt by Nike Sportswear

April 2, 2009

Tweet In anticipation of the upcoming superfight between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton, Nike Sportswear is releasing the limited “Pacman Knows” t-shirt in two more colors to select retailers. And by “select,” I mean Shiekh Shoes. The shirts comes in red, yellow, or blue, says “Pacman” in white and “Knows” in yellow (or blue, on [...]

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Pavlik-Abraham Unification Could Come in October

March 24, 2009

Tweet Cameron Dunkin, the manager of Kelly Pavlik, has confirmed to the (Youngstown, OH) Vindicator that Pavlik (35-1, 31 KOs) and Arthur Abraham (29-0, 23 KOs) are in talks over a late 2009 meeting, and Top Rank’s Bob Arum says the two camps have agreed in principle to a middlweight unification fight later this year, [...]

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Floyd Mayweather Jr Returning to the Ring

March 18, 2009

Tweet Floyd Mayweather, Jr (39-0, 25 KO’s), the de facto top pound-for-pound boxer in the world, will return to the ring as early as July 11, ESPN’s Dan Rafael is reporting. While the widely held belief is that Mayweather Jr would only return for a fight with Manny Pacquiao or a rematch in England with [...]

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SneakerCon Sunday, March 1st

February 20, 2009

Tweet SneakerCon is coming to NYC, Sunday, March 1st. The sneaker convention is the first of (hopefully) many. The  above flyer has any of the information I could really provide, so check it for info. NikeBlog will be there (and rockin some really sick shoes). It’s at the Times Square Art Center and admission is [...]

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Breaking News: Antonio Margarito Suspended

February 10, 2009

Tweet The California State Athletic Commission has suspended Antonio Margarito’s boxing license for at least a year, ESPN and the LA Times are reporting. This comes in the wake of the revelation that Margarito attempted to use illegal hand wraps in his bout with Shane Mosley. Mosley’s trainer, Nazim Richardson, spotted the wraps in Margarito’s [...]

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