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Category: Fight Like Sugar

Canelo Alvarez Vs. Erislandy Lara: A Lesson In The Will To Power

The Sportsfan Journal Staff July 14, 2014 No Comments

If you pick a fight, you have to be willing and able to hand out a beating. Erislandy Lara went old-school several months ago by calling out Saul “Canelo” Alvarez…

Canelo Alvarez Vs. Erislandy Lara: A Lesson In The Will To Power

UFC 175: The Story Of Legitimacy And Longevity

The Sportsfan Journal Staff July 7, 2014 No Comments

For champions Ronda Rousey and Chris Weidman, UFC 175 was about respect. Despite a pristine 9-0 record going into her fourth UFC title defense, Rousey continued to be plagued by…

UFC 175: The Story Of Legitimacy And Longevity

The Magic Is Back In Omaha: Terence Crawford KO's Yuriokis Gamboa

The Sportsfan Journal Staff June 30, 2014 No Comments

There’s another fight of the year candidate, and this one confirmed there will soon be waves in the already stacked 140-pound division. Terence Crawford, a native son of Omaha, brought…

The Magic Is Back In Omaha: Terence Crawford KO's Yuriokis Gamboa

Robert Guerrero And Yoshihiro Kamegai Deliver A Fight Of The Year Candidate

The Sportsfan Journal Staff June 23, 2014 No Comments

Sometimes the best fights have the least fanfare. Being slated between a history-making middleweight bout and the return of Canelo Alvarez meant that there wasn’t much space to really promote Robert…

Robert Guerrero And Yoshihiro Kamegai Deliver A Fight Of The Year Candidate

Chris Algieri Shocks The Boxing World In Split Decision Win Over Ruslan Provodnikov

The Sportsfan Journal Staff June 16, 2014 No Comments

Saturday night’s fight between Ruslan “Siberian Rocky” Provodnikov and Chris Algieri was perfectly captured by the closing remark of HBO’s Jim Lampley: “Boxing is the theater of the unexpected.” Until…

Chris Algieri Shocks The Boxing World In Split Decision Win Over Ruslan Provodnikov

Hands Of Stone Turns 63: Roberto Duran's Legacy Still Lives On

The Sportsfan Journal Staff June 16, 2014 No Comments

“I’m not God – but I’m something similar.” – Roberto Duran In boxing, perhaps no fighter in the history of the sport has more epitomized the word “machismo” than Roberto…

Hands Of Stone Turns 63: Roberto Duran's Legacy Still Lives On

Chael Sonnen Gets Caught Taking Steroids, Because Chael Sonnen is Chael Sonnen

The Sportsfan Journal Staff June 10, 2014 No Comments

Chael Sonnen has nine lives. He loses fights, loses court battles and gets suspended by The California State Athletic Commission, yet he is still one of the most popular and…

Chael Sonnen Gets Caught Taking Steroids, Because Chael Sonnen is Chael Sonnen

Miguel Cotto Puts Sergio Martinez Out Of His Misery

The Sportsfan Journal Staff June 9, 2014 No Comments

Saturday night delivered boxing fans the most shocking first round of the Sweet Science this year. A supercharged Miguel Cotto came out with the collective power of every Puerto Rican…

Miguel Cotto Puts Sergio Martinez Out Of His Misery

The Top 5 Reasons To Watch Miguel Cotto Vs. Sergio Martinez

The Sportsfan Journal Staff June 4, 2014 No Comments

On Saturday night in Madison Square Garden — the old mecca of boxing —two giants of the boxing world will collide in a fight for pride, history and the almighty…

The Top 5 Reasons To Watch Miguel Cotto Vs. Sergio Martinez

Here's 8 Hilarious Rounds Of Boxing And Comedians Doing Battle

The Sportsfan Journal Staff May 21, 2014 No Comments

Boxing. Just because someone gets punched in the face doesn’t mean it always has to be serious — at least not for the people outside the ring. Two-time NYC Golden…

Here's 8 Hilarious Rounds Of Boxing And Comedians Doing Battle

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Four Ways To Resurrect Major League Baseball's Audience

The Sportsfan Journal Staff September 3, 2020 No Comments

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Every January, the LA Galaxy staff host an event providing an opportunity for undiscovered players to demonstrate their skills. In 2018, it netted some real-time results. Diedie Traore is the…

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Larry Johnson Reflects on Becoming 'Grandmama', Converse Kicks And Winning Titles In Las Vegas

The Sportsfan Journal Staff May 28, 2020 No Comments

Growing up as a kid, Larry Johnson was one of the coolest people on the planet. In my pee-brain mind, there was nothing like Larry Johnson. NCAA champion on the…

The Day Michael Jordan Got Put On A Poster

Eddie Maisonet, III April 11, 2020 No Comments

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Thierry Henry Made Me Fall In Love With Soccer

Eddie Maisonet, III March 11, 2020 No Comments

It's the dirty little secret that really isn't a secret at all. I love soccer. While some of you are sitting there saying, "Tell us something we don't know, Ed.…

15 Takeaways From The Oral History Of 'Love & Basketball'

Eddie Maisonet, III February 17, 2020 No Comments

In my opinion, Love & Basketball is one of the few films in the world that both men and women will have no issue sitting down and watching. Although the…

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Remembering The Peter Warrick Experience, 20 Years Later

Eddie Maisonet, III July 29, 2019 No Comments

When Notre Dame and Florida State, two of college football's blue bloods, did battle back in 1993, I wasn't old enough (or aware enough) to appreciate it. See, I didn't…

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Speaking Up About Our Pain - Again

The Sportsfan Journal Staff June 3, 2020 No Comments

A few years ago in this very space here at TSFJ, we mourned about a country reminding us of its preferred citizen hierarchy in violent ways. Professional and amateur athletes…

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