HusteBoss.com’s Chris Robinson speaks with former HBO analyst Larry Merchant about WBO junior lightweight champion Mikey Garcia’s victory over Juan Carlos Burgos and what a potential fight vs. Yuriorkis Gamboa may mean.
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Mikey Garcia feeling out Juan Carlos Burgos (Photo: Chris Farina – Top Rank)
By Chris Robinson
On Saturday night, inside of the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York, WBO junior lightweight champion Mikey Garcia won a commanding unanimous decision victory over Juan Carlos Burgos.
Now 34-0 with 28 knockouts, Garcia may be heading into a big showdown against Yuriorkis Gamboa later this year.
Former HBO analyst Larry Merchant, who was at the fights in New York calling the action for Top Rank’s international feed, sees Gamboa as the ideal move for Garcia.
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HustleBoss.com speaks with former HBO analyst Larry Merchant, who looks back at the memorable year from WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley, who scored victories over Ruslan Provodnikov and Juan Manuel Marquez. Merchant speaks on what a rematch with Manny Pacquiao may mean for Tim.
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HustleBoss.com speaks with former HBO analyst Larry Merchant, who looks back at the memorable year from WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley, who scored victories over Ruslan Provodnikov and Juan Manuel Marquez. Merchant speaks on what a rematch with Manny Pacquiao may mean for Tim.
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Tim Bradley and Manny Pacquiao facing off in June of last year (Photo: Chris Robinson – www.HustleBoss.com)
By Chris Robinson
At the moment, the next opponent for Manny Pacquiao is still undecided, with Ruslan Provodnikov and Tim Bradley in the running for the shot.
During a recent conversation with veteran color analyst Larry Merchant, he reflected back on Bradley’s memorable 2013 campaign and the topic of a second encounter with Pacquiao.
“He’s making some serious money these days,” Merchant said of Bradley. “And to get that fight he might have to extend his contract with Top Rank. Then you see what happens. Maybe he wins legitimately or decisively the next time out. How does that change the landscape?”
Merchant then expressed some interest in Bradley one day challenging Floyd Mayweather in a high-stakes showdown that would undoubtedly need to see either Golden Boy Promotions, who assist staging Floyd’s fights, or Top Rank, who handle Pacquiao, bend in their ongoing cold war.
“How big would that possibly make a fight with Mayweather and would that put pressure on both promoters to make an agreement for that fight?” Merchant asked. “I don’t think any of us really know at this point because it’s going to depend on whether the fight with Pacquiao gets made and how he does in that fight.”
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Chris Robinson speaks with former HBO analyst Larry Merchant, as he speaks on the tough 2013 campaign of former lightweight champion Brandon Rios, who suffered back to back losses to Mike Alvarado and Manny Pacquiao while also failing a post-fight drug test after the Pacquiao match. Merchant wants to know how Rios will recover and feels we may need to take a page from Marcos Maidana’s career in assessing his return.
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Chris Robinson speaks with former HBO analyst Larry Merchant, as he speaks on the tough 2013 campaign of former lightweight champion Brandon Rios, who suffered back to back losses to Mike Alvarado and Manny Pacquiao while also failing a post-fight drug test after the Pacquiao match. Merchant wants to know how Rios will recover and feels we may need to take a page from Marcos Maidana’s career in assessing his return
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Chris Robinson catches up with former HBO analyst Larry Merchant, as he shared his thoughts on Adrien Broner’s first professional loss to Marcos Maidana this past weekend and what may have went wrong. Merchant feels some of the criticism directed towards Broner is warranted and is curious about his comeback.
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Chris Robinson catches up with former HBO analyst Larry Merchant, as he shared his thoughts on Adrien Broner’s first professional loss to Marcos Maidana this past weekend and what may have went wrong. Merchant feels some of the criticism directed towards Broner is warranted and is curious about his comeback
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Guillermo Rigondeaux, right, in action this past Saturday night against Joseph Agbeko (Photo: Chris Farina – Top Rank)
By Chris Robinson
On Saturday night, Dec. 7, Cuba’s Guillermo Rigondeaux again put on another clinic in outclassing former bantamweight titlist Joseph Agbeko inside of the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Rigondeaux, the sport’s reigning WBA and WBO junior featherweight champion, had his Ghanaian foe completely befuddled on his way to the shutout victory.
And while pure boxing enthusiasts will always be able to appreciate the kind of displays that Rigondeaux is able to produce, former HBO analyst Larry Merchant, who was ringside calling the bout for Top Rank’s international feed, seemed less then enthused.
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Chris Robinson catches up with former HBO analyst Larry Merchant, as he speaks on Guillermo Rigondeaux’s dominant victory over Joseph Agbeko in Atlantic City. Merchant wasn’t exactly thrilled with Rigondeaux’s performance and says he even fell asleep in the second round of the fight
Photo credits: Chris Robinson (http://www.HustleBoss.com) / Chris Farina (Top Rank)
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Chris Robinson catches up with former HBO analyst Larry Merchant, as he speaks on Guillermo Rigondeaux’s dominant victory over Joseph Agbeko in Atlantic City. Merchant wasn’t exactly thrilled with Rigondeaux’s performance and says he even fell asleep in the second round of the fight
Photo credits: Chris Robinson (http://www.HustleBoss.com) / Chris Farina (Top Rank)
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Chris Robinson catches up with longtime HBO analyst Larry Merchant following the victories of light heavyweight champions Sergey Kovalev and Adonis Stevenson in their HBO matches against Ismayl Sillakh and Tony Bellew. After hearing Stevenson call for fights against Bernard Hopkins and Carl Froch after his victories, coupled with Andre Ward’s desire to face Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. this past weekend after the Edwin Rodriguez clash, Merchant feels it’s time for the media to force the best to face the best
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Manny Pacquiao following his spirited victory over Brandon Rios on Saturday night (Photo: Chris Farina – Top Rank)
By Chris Robinson
The spotlight shined bright upon Manny Pacquiao this past weekend, as he returned to the ring against Brandon Rios in an effort to find out if he still has some of the same magic in him that saw him stamp himself as one of this generation’s elite prizefighters.
Inside of the Venetian Resort’s Coati Arena in Macau, China, Pacquiao offered up an impressive display by hammering Rios with a bevy of punches from various angles as he carved out a wide unanimous decision victory.
Watching the action unfold from ringside, longtime HBO analyst Larry Merchant had a strong curiosity as to how Pacquiao would show himself following his knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez this past December.
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In the first part of his exclusive interview with Chris Robinson, longtime HBO analyst Larry Merchant speaks on Manny Pacquiao’s victory unanimous decision victory over Brandon Rios in Macau, China on Saturday, November 23, revealing how he believes the Filipino star has changed up his style again under trainer Freddie Roach
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Chris Robinson catches up with longtime HBO analyst Larry Merchant, as he gives his take on Nonito Donaire’s 9th round TKO victory over Vic Darchinyan in Corpus Christi, Tex.
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Nonito Donaire after his victory over Vic Darchinyan on Saturday night in Corpus Christi (Photo: Chris Farina – Top Rank)
By Chris Robinson
On Saturday night, in Corpus Christi, Tex., Nonito Donaire stepped back into the ring for the first time following his upset loss to Cuba’s Guillermo Rigondeaux earlier this year.
In front of Donaire was a familiar foe in Vic Darchinyan, the same man he blitzed out in five rounds over six years ago in one of his most resounding performances to date.
On this night their HBO rematch was far more competitive, however, as Donaire and his awkward Armenian foe appeared to be fighting on even terms through the first eight rounds of their bout.
Some observers even had Darchinyan ahead in the match as the ninth round started, but that is where Donaire took over.
Midway through the frame, Donaire clipped Darchinyan and dropped him with a sweeping left hook.
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Chris Robinson catches up with longtime HBO analyst Larry Merchant, as he gives his take on Nonito Donaire’s 9th round TKO victory over Vic Darchinyan in Corpus Christi, Tex.
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Chris Robinson catches up with longtime HBO analyst Larry Merchant, as he shares his ringside account of Ruslan Provodnikov’s thrilling battle and victory over Mike Alvarado. Merchant also eyes Provodnikov’s stable mate Manny Pacquiao as a possible foe in the future
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Ruslan Provodnikov after his big victory over Mike Alvarado on Saturday night (Photo: Chris Farina – Top Rank)
By Chris Robinson
On Saturday night, Oct. 19, inside of the 1STBANK Center in Denver, Colo., Russian brute Ruslan Provodnikov scored the biggest victory of his career in outlasting hometown favorite and former WBO junior welterweight titlist Mike Alvarado.
The action was nip and tuck early on, but Provodnikov weathered Alvarado’s thunder and came on in the second half of the fight before scoring two knockdowns in the eighth round.
Provodnikov dished out some more heavy leather in the 10th, as Alvarado elected to stay on his stool in between rounds rather than answer the bell for more punishment.
Calling the fight from ringside for the international feed, longtime HBO analyst Larry Merchant gave great praise to new champion.
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