official weigh-in at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 8, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 4/8/2016
It’s a big(ish) fight week so we’ve done what we always do, and got the team together for a big chat about it. Pacquiao vs Bradley III might have all the buzz of a fart in a bathtub, but we’re on it anyway. Are you at all interested in Pacquiao vs Bradley III? Sam Sheppard: Yes, […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 3/29/2016
The biggest fight of the week is still on for now (what a great phrase to start the schedule with) despite Adrien Broner facing felony charges over an alleged robbery. What can you even say about Broner at this point? He’s going to do dumb things, even if he can be fun in the ring (and […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 3/24/2016
Andre Ward? Now there’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time. Sometimes being a boxing fan feels like being a forgotten jedi master, but never fear — TQBR is here to keep you updated with the latest developments in the boxing galaxy. Andre Ward vs Sullivan Barrera, Saturday, HBO, Oakland. A full nine […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 3/15/2016
The image accompanying this week’s schedule is not only quite funny, it’s topical too. The extremely hairy boxer pictured is Levan Ghvamichava, who headlines Tuesday’s PBC on Fox card. His nickname is “The Wolf” and, well, there’s not much more I can say. There are a few other cards happening around the place, though the […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 3/8/2016
My man David Lemieux (pictured) is back after getting beaten down by Gennady Golovkin last year. That’s good news, because the dude is exciting and pretty game. In action elsewhere is the husk of Zab Judah. Guillermo Rigondeaux was meant to be fighting the outclassed James Dickens on the other side of the pond in what […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 3/1/2016
No, it’s not the Eye of Sauron, it’s just Antonio Margarito. Don’t worry, though, the eye is TOTALLY HEALTHY according to Mexican doctors, and Margarito has been cleared to fight on Saturday night. That sordid affair won’t be the only fight on this week, though. The other names in the headline are in action on HBO […]
ANAHEIM, CA – FEBRUARY 27: Leo Santa Cruz reacts to his fifth round TKO of Kiko Martinez to retain his WBA Featherweight Super title at Honda Center on February 27, 2016 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 2/27/2016
Featherweights Kiko Martinez and Leo Santa Cruz threw more than 1,000 punches in less than five rounds in Anaheim on Saturday. Unfortunately for Martinez, Santa Cruz’s were harder. From the beginning, Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KO) looked enormous next to his diminutive Spanish opponent, who was fighting at the 126 pound limit for just the […]
during their World Super-Bantamweight title contest at Manchester Arena on February 27, 2016 in Manchester, England.
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Months of expectation, build-up and acrimony very nearly came to nothing on Saturday night as Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg took half a fight to warm up. Thankfully a late charge from Quigg (31-1-2, 23 KO) gave the raucous Manchester crowd their money’s worth, but it was too little, too late for the Englishman and Frampton (22-0, 14 KO) […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 2/22/2016
It’s boxing, so of course after weeks and week of virtually nothing on television, there are head-to-head cards on the two major premium cable networks this weekend. When it rains… Carl Frampton vs Scott Quigg, Saturday, Showtime Extreme, Manchester. This long-awaited match-up of British junior featherweight contenders is easily the fight of the week, and thankfully Showtime have picked […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 2/15/2016
Happy (belated) Valentine’s Day. Please take this weird as fuck billboard from Sofia, Bulgaria as a gift (via r/boxing). Nothing says “I love you” like Tyson Fury, after all. Though there are plenty of fights on the boxing schedule this week, it’s virtually all prospects and journeymen. The sole exception is Russia’s Fedor Chudinov, a […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 2/8/2016
It’s a really dead time for televised boxing right now; the biggest show of the week is a “Premier Boxing Champions” card headlined by lightweight prospect and 2012 Olympian Jamel Herring. That’s really it, more or less. Jamel Herring vs Luis Eduardo Flores, Tuesday, FS1/Fox Deportes, Bethlehem Pa. Herring, 30, is a former marine: expect to […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 2/1/2016
Knockout CP Freshmart has the best name in boxing! And his poster looks like the loading screen for a ’90s fighting game. What’s not to like? (Apart from the fact that there’s not much boxing on this week). Randy Caballero vs. Ruben Garcia, Friday, Estrella TV/RingTV.com, Indio Calif. Caballero returns to the ring against the unspectacular […]
LAS VEGAS, NV – SEPTEMBER 15: Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. awaits the fight decision in the corner of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. after the fight against Sergio Martinez for their WBC middleweight title fight at the Thomas & Mack Center on September 15, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Getty Images)
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 1/28/2016
In a saga worthy of a telenovela, Mexico’s greatest-ever boxer has spent the last week denying allegations that he has laundered money for drug traffickers. “The boxer Julio Cesar Chavez was friend of, and alleged money launderer for, organised crime groups in Sinaloa,” wrote columnist Ricardo Alemán in El Universal on January 20. Alemán alleged that Chavez, 53, was […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 1/26/2016
This week’s boxing schedule is brought to you by nightmarish Soviet-era anti-boxing claymation. You’re welcome. Sergey Kovalev vs Jean Pascal, Saturday, HBO, Montreal. Not sure what we’re meant to learn from this light heavyweight rematch, since Russian destroyer Kovalev put a nasty beating on Pascal last time out. Maybe he can really challenge himself by doing […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 1/19/2016
Boxing is picking up in 2016 where it left off in 2015 — with fights of questionable quality and possible hidden gems. The “biggest” fight of the week, Danny Garcia vs Robert Guerrero on “Premier Boxing Champions” on Fox, definitely falls into the former category, but there’s a few of the latter to read on about […]
