The fight that captivated Poland turned out to be not much of a fight at all, as cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek moved up to heavyweight to cut down Andrew Golota with virtually no difficulty whatsoever. When Golota showed up to the weigh-in at a career-high weight and looking thick around the middle, he didn’t help […]

So this is what rigor mortis feels like. Boxing is so dead that a heavyweight fight in Poland this weekend between Andrew Golota and Tomasz Adamek is set to break records for live attendance at an event in the biggest facility in that country, and it’s set to be viewed by 10 million people or […]

It’s been two months since my last update of the list of the best fighters in the world, regardless of weight, and some pound-for-pound players have been in action during that time. What makes sense on updating these things? After a change? Every month? Dunno, but I haven’t figured out how to post a picture […]

Really, Kelly Pavlik? You’re going to do this another time? The trainer of the middleweight champion, Jack Loew, says Pavlik won’t be ready to go by Dec. 5, the date he was scheduled to fight Paul Williams in one of the most anticipated bouts of 2009. This is the second (attempted) postponement of said fight, […]

The bad news: It’s a light week on the boxing schedule again. The good news: I won’t be saying that again until damn near Christmas. Seriously, give her a look. There’s not a bad week of boxing from Halloween until two weeks before Santa Claus arrives. For now, we’re left with: Pacquiao/Cotto 24/7, Saturday. OK, […]

Showtime has helpfully released the scorecards for the controversial Carl Froch-Andre Dirrell super middleweight fight from Saturday evening. I’ve attached them after the jump.   Noteworthy: The only rounds that every judge scored for Dirrell is the 10th. Every judge scored the 6th, 7th and 8th for Froch. The rest of the things are all […]

Weekend Afterthoughts: The Bravery Of Jermain Taylor; The Comedy Of Arthur Abraham’s Trunks; The Sanctity Of The Super Six Tournament; More Good lawd y’all people have had a lot to say about this Super Six super middleweight tournament. I love it. Since I’m still getting comments today, I thought it might be worthwhile to circle […]

I hate to make the easy Robin Hood joke, but in the opening round of the Showtime Super Six tourney, the judges stole from the rich and gave it to the poor when Andre Dirrell — who won 10 rounds on my scorecard — when they gave the fight to Carl Froch by split decision, […]

I’d picked Andre Dirrell to beat Carl Froch in the first round of the super middleweight tournament that begins on Showtime Saturday night, but I’m changing my mind. I didn’t pick Dirrell with much confidence, and now his failure to make weight on his first try has me feeling even less confident. It was only […]

The blog’s technical woes persist. Please continue to show patience. But neither rain nor slow nor sleet nor hail can stop the Jabs that are Quick. Besides the subjects in the headline, we have a little “rest of the weekend action” (not including the Super Six tournament, although I’ve updated one of my pieces on […]

This is how tight this Showtime super middleweight tournament is: Arthur Abraham is the man to beat in the opinion of a great many; Jermain Taylor is the worst of the six in the opinion of a great many; and I don’t at all think it’s obvious who’s going to win when they meet Saturday. […]

Every time anyone is critical of Floyd Mayweather, Jr. for his opponent selection, one of his cult members comes out and says, “Be patient. He’ll fight [Insert Actual Feasible Opponent Here] next.” So how do you explain this one, cultists? How do you explain Mayweather’s promoter, Golden Boy boss Richard Schaefer, talking about him fighting a […]