The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Keith Thurman, Mauricio Herrera And Hank Lundy

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 7/7/2015

Cheer up, dog with boxing gloves on its feet! There’s some decent boxing on this week, including luscious locked contender Keith Thurman in a showcase-y bout on ESPN and master boxer Mauricio Herrera on HBO Latino (the other, other HBO). Let’s jump right in. Keith Thurman vs Luis Collazo, Saturday, ESPN, Tampa Fla. “Premier Boxing Champions” […]

The Raymond Joval Award For The Worst Haircut In Boxing

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 6/30/2015

Each year (more or less) TQBR recognises the worst haircut in boxing with the Raymond Joval award (named after retired Dutch middleweight titlist Raymond Joval, pictured above in all his glory). Points are awarded for originality (every Argentine journeyman and his dog has a mullet, that doesn’t win you many points), difficulty (both for the barber […]

The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Not Much Of Note

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 6/29/2015

For the first time in what seems like ages, there’s no high-level boxing on this weekend. So make like the bear and chill this weekend. Unless the bear is watching boxing, in which case he’s going to be disappointed. Anyway, here’s the boxing schedule for the week, such as it is. Vyacheslav Shabranskyy vs Paul […]

The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Tim Bradley, Jessie Vargas and Gilberto Ramirez

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 6/23/2015

If you look at the picture above, you’ll see Adrien Broner being a knob (alternative caption: me if I ever have to watch another Adrien Broner fight). Luckily, there’s plenty of boxing on this week to wash the taste of AB’s spoiling/general tastelessness out of our collective mouth. There’s only one really big show: Tim Bradley […]

The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Andre Ward, Adrien Broner And Shawn Porter

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 6/15/2015

I don’t want to be the guy to say it, but there’s almost too much boxing on this weekend. Most of it’s on Saturday night (damn it boxing, why can’t you just pace yourself), but there’s also a rare Sunday card. Let’s dive right in. (The picture, by the way, is a colorized shot of US […]

NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 6: Daniel Geale listens to the count from referee Harvey Dock after being knocked down by Miguel Cotto during their WBC middleweight world championship fight at the Barclays Center on June 6, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Getty Images)

Daniel Geale And The Knockout

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 6/10/2015

I’ve seen hundreds of men (and more than a handful of women) get knocked out in the boxing ring. Mostly, these knockouts were very satisfying. It seems terrible to write that you enjoy seeing people suffer (minor) brain injuries, but it’s self-evidently part of boxing’s appeal — witness the continuing popularity of Mike Tyson YouTube clips […]

The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Erislandy Lara, Delvin Rodriguez And Nicholas Walters

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 6/8/2015

In my time doing this weekly schedule (more than two years), I can’t recall a stretch where high level boxing has been on TV as consistently as it has in the last month. I use the term “high level” fairly loosely — if you look at this week’s fights, there are a lot of big […]

The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Miguel Cotto, Daniel Geale And Robert Guerrero

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 6/1/2015

Miguel Cotto knows that when Miguel Cotto fights its a big deal for the boxing world (and Miguel Cotto). Fans of third-person sports interviews and 157 lb middleweights rejoice; Cotto is fighting Australia’s Daniel Geale this week. That’s almost it for the boxing schedule, really, though there are some club fights on Tuesday and a […]

The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Amir Khan, Chris Algieri And Kell Brook

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 5/25/2015

If the boxing schedule is anything to go by, this whole Al Haymon thing seems to be working out OK so far. This week he’s promoting (er, sorry, “advising”) a show featuring welterweights Amir Khan and Chris Algieri. It’s not going to set the world on fire, but the undercard could be a cheeky hit. […]

Friday Night’s Alright (For Fighting): Goodbye FNF

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 5/21/2015

After 17 years of busted pipes and broken noses, ESPN’s Friday Night Fights is hanging up the gloves. FNF, which brought close to 1,000 fights into American living rooms over its run, will make way for Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN, the latest stage of Al Haymon’s takeover of U.S. boxing (PBC already airs on NBC, CBS/Showtime and Spike). In […]

Gennady Golovkin Quotes On Motivational Posters Are Our Everything Right Now

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 5/19/2015

The best quotes from the interview Gennady Golovkin gave HBO after his 20th-straight knockout victory. On Tumblr-style backgrounds. You know it makes sense.

The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring The Boxcino Finals, Andre Dirrell And Alexander Povetkin

0 comments by Alex McClintock

It’s spring (at least in the northern hemisphere), the birds are singing, the flowers are blooming and the boxers are… boxing. This week we’ve got the final episode of Friday Night Fights “Boxcino” tournament which is also the last episode of Friday Night Fights, period. There are also intriguing super middleweight and heavyweight fights, so […]

INGLEWOOD, CA – MAY 16: Gennady Golovkin (L) lands a punch at Willie Monroe Jr. in their World Middleweight Championship fight at The Forum on May 16, 2015 in Inglewood, California Golovkin won in a TKO in the sixth round. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

Gennady Golovkin, Roman Gonzalez Triumph In Night Of Exciting Mismatches

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 5/16/2015

In a night of enjoyable mismatches on HBO, offensive maestros Gennady Golovkin and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez impressed against their respective foes at the Inglewood Forum in Los Angeles. While neither man was ever under threat, they both did enough to impress and leave the public hungry for more. Willie Monroe (19-2, 6 KO) was never […]

The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Gennady Golovkin And Roman Gonzalez

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 5/11/2015

The spring boxing schedule just will not quit. This week isn’t quite as packed as last, but there are still some quality fights on, most notably on HBO where middleweight fan favourite Gennady Golovkin is fighting, along with his flyweight equivalent, Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez. There are also some fights on ESPN and TruTV. Oh, and I […]

HOUSTON, TX – MAY 09: Canelo Alvarez of Mexico (L) delivers a punch to James Kirkland during their super welterweight bout at Minute Maid Park on May 9, 2015 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

Canelo Alvarez Brutalizes, Stops James Kirkland In Three Rounds

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 5/9/2015

Boxing fans left unsatisfied by last week’s “Fight of the Century” were treated to a brutal one-sided shootout between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and James Kirkland in Houston Saturday night on HBO. The junior middleweight bout was entertaining as long as it lasted, but it was clear from early on that Canelo (45-1-1, 32 KO) was simply too good […]

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