(Carl Frampton, via) When I first began contributing to TQBR, one of my first submissions was a list of 25 prospects that I had my eye on. Throughout 2012, I tracked their progress, even turning in a mid-year report on how they had done up until that point. This piece marks a final report card […]

Saturday night on HBO, Nonito Donaire added another big name to his resume as he stopped the durable and undefeated for many years Toshiaki Nishioka in nine rounds in southern California. Donaire, 29, earned $750,000 according to the Calif. State Athletic Commission, and sources within his team have mentioned to TQBR there are tentative talks […]

(Saul Alvarez, left, at his weigh-in with Josesito Lopez, right; photo credit Tom Casino, Showtime) Saturday night in Las Vegas, on the weekend of Mexican Independence Day, two major fight cards take place 16 miles apart as Top Rank and Golden Boy go head-to-head on HBO pay-per-view and Showtime respectively. Top Rank has claimed that […]

(Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., left; Sergio Martinez, right) There are plenty of people out there, this writer included, who won’t believe we will be seeing Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. fight Sergio Martinez until Michael Buffer makes it official on Sept. 15 with his signature spiel. It is a fight that has been years in the […]

(Gabriel Rosado pops Sechew Powell in his last appearance on NBC Sports) The good and the bad about sanctioning bodies and eliminators co-exist in the upcoming junior middleweight eliminator that takes place on Sept. 21 between Gabriel Rosado and Charles Whittaker, which will air on NBC Sports. First, the bad. While it is true that […]

On Sept. 15, dueling cards between promotional giants Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions take place just a few miles away from each other in Las Vegas. Of the plethora of intriguing undercard bouts, perhaps the most interesting is one that isn’t even slated to make TV, a junior middleweight bout between unbeaten John Jackson […]

(Oscar Godoy, left, and San Francisco’s Richard Hargraves, right, weighed in Wednesday for their fight in San Diego on Thursday at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel; photo courtesy Mario Ortega Jr., 15rounds.com) San Francisco’s Hargraves Ready For Godoy in Stiff Four-Rounder in San Diego San Francisco welterweight Richard Hargraves (3-0-1, 2 KOs) steps up his […]

(Photos courtesy of Erik Killin, ringside) SACRAMENTO — Friday night in Sacramento at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Sacramento favorite and former winner of the boxing reality show “The Next Great Champ” Otis Griffin (24-10-2, 10 KOs) found the win column again as he stopped the tough but inexperienced Adam Collins (11-8, 8 KOs) of Ironton, […]

(photo credit: Stephanie Trapp, TrappFotos) Last Friday at the O.co Coliseum in Oakland, Nonito Donaire fired a pitch high but over the plate on Filipino Heritage Night prior to the hometown Athletics’ game with the Cleveland Indians. TQBR spoke to Donaire as he left the field on a variety of topics surrounding his compelling Oct. […]

(Photo via Showtime) When boxing promotional juggernaut Golden Boy Promotions announced their most recent run of major fights, most experts thought if one of the house fighters was going to lose, Gilroy, Calif.’s Robert Guerrero felt the part. Instead, Golden Boy lost Victor Ortiz to a broken jaw—as well the projected Saul Alvarez pay-per-view showdown […]

(Robert Guerrero, left, lands a punch on the inside; photo via: Showtime) SAN JOSE, Calif. — Though the Olympics officially kicked off in London Friday with the opening ceremony, Gilory, Calif.’s Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero earned gold for the United States Saturday on Showtime as he outpointed Turkey’s Selcuk Aydin by unanimous decision in their […]