0 comments by Alex McClintock on 9/3/2013
I’ve drawn you a bath full of nice hot boxing, so settle in and relax. The sport is back from its usual August lull and I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that there are some very big fights on the way. This week should be a great appetizer for the big fight next […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 8/26/2013
Our Polish friend has it right: “Why problem make when you no problem have you…?” There’s not much boxing on this weekend, but that doesn’t need to be a problem. There are some great fights coming later in the year, so go outside and enjoy that strange yellow orb floating in the sky. One of […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 8/19/2013
I know it’s difficult to believe, but there is a panda somewhere in that photograph. “Why is the boxing schedule headed by a panda?” you may ask. Well, it’s all to do with junior lightweight Teon Kennedy’s fight on Saturday, which is being broadcast by an online channel called pandafeed.tv. Lower level boxing shows are their […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 8/12/2013
If you’re a boxing fan, prepare to feel like a doting dad at a One Direction concert. After this week, there’ll be nothing for you here (at least not for a little while). But this week is a good one, with an HBO triple header, some high quality fights from Japan and the return […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 8/6/2013
When I first saw Jose Hernandez, he was an unexpected gem (a bit like the B-Balling Mormons in the above video). That was back in 2011, when “Loco” outfought and outhustled Mickey Bey, only to be ripped off with a draw. For a while it looked like that was going to be the story of the […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 7/30/2013
Here’s a rabbit wearing a sombrero. Enjoy. The week’s boxing schedule is kind of low key, with a brace of shows on ESPN2 and NBC Sports Net with some mid-level names along with Polish heavyweight Tomasz Adamek. Let’s get straight to it. Javier Fortuna vs. Luis Franco, Friday, ESPN2, Miami Okla. Friday Night Fights continues […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 7/23/2013
Some weekend, huh? In the land of Pacman, the Star Wars arcade game is king. And in a month without big time boxing, Andre Berto vs. Jesus Soto Karass starts to look kind of awesome. There’s also a fair bit going on besides that welterweight match-up: a Top Rank show from Macau on HBO2, junior […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 7/17/2013
Sometimes being a boxing fan is like being a pizza enthusiast. Once in a while you’ll get an amazing pizza, but even an average pizza is still, y’know, pizza. That’s what this week is like. There’s nothing superlative, but there’s cheese and sauce and it’s all pretty good. Are you getting this extended metaphor? I […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 7/11/2013
High drama is built into boxing, so it’s hardly surprising that the sweet science has had a long and profitable association with documentary film. We’re not talking about the boxing infomercials you see on cable television, either (though they are strangely mesmerising). Leon Gast’s Academy Award winning When We Were Kings is the most obvious specimen […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 7/9/2013
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EdPoA3ddKac?feature=player_detailpage “Look upon me, ye mighty, and despair,” said the July boxing schedule. And despair we shall, for there’s not much on. Sure, last week threw up an unexpected heavyweight slugfest in Thompson vs. Price – but I’m not sure we’ll have any such luck this week. I’m just going to get straight into it […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 7/2/2013
What happens if you get punched by Superman Gennady Golovkin? According to that video, nuclear fusion and the biggest explosion the world has ever seen. Matthew Macklin agrees. It’s easier to look back on last week and make jokes than it is to look forward to this week, because there’s really not much on. The […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 6/25/2013
I don’t know what’s funnier, a multi-way venn diagram of bro-dom, or the fact that a guy called Zoltan Kiss, Jr. is fighting in Namibia on Saturday. Surely Zoltan is a huge bro. I bet he’s wearing a sideways visor right now. As for the non-Namibian boxing schedule, there’s a fair bit going down this […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 6/23/2013
(Jun 22, 2013; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Adrien Broner [Gold trunks] and Paulie Malignaggi [White trunks] stare at each other at the final bell of their 12-round welterweight bout at the Barclay’s Center. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports) Adrien Broner beat Paulie Malignaggi in Brooklyn on Saturday in a closer than expected welterweight fight that […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 6/19/2013
Is that video more entertaining than a Yuriorkis Gamboa fight? Ooooh – is that a bit harsh? The video is pretty entertaining and bashing Gamboa is pretty hot right now. Let’s just all settle down and concentrate on the fights at hand this week. There’s one big card on Showtime headlined by Adrien Broner and […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 6/12/2013
Oh Brian Williams, you badass with a hot daughter. You’ve got nothing to do with the boxing schedule, but that’s the tradition round these parts. The schedule is looking decent this week, depending on your tastes, with top American heavyweight Bryant Jennings doing his thing on NBC Sports and a couple of featherweight bangers, Mikey […]
