0 comments by Alex McClintock on 11/20/2013
So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios on HBO pay-per-view on Nov. 23. Previously: a special edition of TQBR Radio; what's at stake. Next: keys to the fight. As you read this, I’m on my way to China to cover Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios (and […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 11/13/2013
Super middleweight champion Andre Ward, decried by many as a mauler and a billy-goat headbutter, doesn’t float everyone’s boat. But if you don’t like the way he fights, then you don’t have to watch him on Saturday on HBO. Personally, his very existence doesn’t offend me like it seems to a lot of people. There […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 11/6/2013
(Via Reddit) It seems like I’m getting in the habit of starting the week’s schedule with some content from the week before, but that gif is just way too good to pass up. Looking forward to this weekend, there’s one fight that stands out, the junior lightweight duel between Mikey Garcia and Rocky Martinez. There’s […]
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(New York, NY, USA; Magomed Abdusalamov [left] and Mike Perez [right] box during their heavyweight bout at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Perez won via unanimous decision. Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports) Heavyweight boxer Magomed Abdusalamov is in an induced coma from which he may never wake up. He was taken to hospital […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 10/28/2013
(Via Reddit) Talk to the hand, Karo, ‘cos Smoges’ face ain’t listening. Hello and welcome to the week’s boxing schedule. Let’s all take a moment to pray that the only hand-to-face action this weekend comes from good old fashioned punching. It’s not a packed week, but there are a few things to get pumped about. […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 10/23/2013
If you’re one of the people who think that Mike Alvarado was “soft” for “quitting” on the weekend, then boxing probably isn’t the sport for you. Maybe you need something tougher, like Nigerian boxing or “Dembe,” a sport in which itinerant fighters beat each other with hands wrapped in rope. Also, you’re a sicko. If not, welcome […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 10/17/2013
Allan Green shocked nobody by putting in a lacklustre performance against Australian’s Blake Caparello in Melbourne on Thursday. Green (32-5, 22 KO), who came in six lbs. over the light heavyweight limit, never wanted to fight and lost a fittingly wide unanimous decision. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say the high point of the […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 10/16/2013
You’re probably aware that we usually start these schedules with non-boxing related videos. But god dammit, we’re excited about Mike Alvardo vs. Ruslan Provodnikov this weekend. Look at that water flying off the fighters. Why is there water? Stop asking uncomfortable questions. It looks cool and gets the people going, OK? There are other things […]
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0 comments by Alex McClintock on 10/11/2013
What happens when you get six boxing writers together to talk about Tim Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Marquez Saturday on HBO pay-per-view? An outpouring of man love for “Dinamita,” pretty much pretty much (though not from Andrew Harrison, who has some questions about the source of the 40-year-old Mexican’s youthful vitality). We’ve convened our metaphorical […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 10/8/2013
Usually we start the week’s boxing schedule off with a random, non-boxing piece of media from the Internet (via), but the above Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling program was too cool not to feature. I guess that means we can jump right into the week’s fights, since we’re already talking boxing. The main event is […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 10/2/2013
I know everyone’s really sick of Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., but would you look at that photo? He wasn’t always such a big fat piece of shit — though he did always look creepy. In any case, cast Junior from your mind and let’s concentrate on what’s quite a good week of boxing, with a […]
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0 comments by Alex McClintock on 9/25/2013
Wow, time flies when you’re getting punched in the face. Has it really been three years since we last handed out the Raymond Joval Award for the worst haircut in boxing? What a three years it’s been. In 2010, if somebody told you that Paulie Malignaggi would one day sport a relatively sensible haircut and […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 9/24/2013
It might not be the best timing, but Tyson Fury uppercutting himself in the face will never not be funny. Fury was meant to fight this week but his opponent, David Haye, got cut. That would have been a nice fight, but I suspect Fury would have had no need to punch himself with Haye […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 9/18/2013
Is everybody a little bit spent after the orgy of top level boxing we had on the weekend? I know I am. Well, this week should allow you to rest and recharge your boxing batteries, because there ain’t much on. According to Bob “The Colonel” Sheridan, who commentated the international broadcast, double the number of […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 9/10/2013
So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez on Showtime pay-per-view on Sept. 14. Previously: the meaning of Mayweather-Alvarez; a special edition of TQBR Radio. Next: keys to the fight. Wladimir Klitschko isn’t fighting this week (there are rather more important fights on), but how […]
