“COME ON ye moving picture guys, And listen to my tale; Ye hurlers of the custard pies Who gather in the kale. Another moving stare we hear, Must in the picture horn– And his name is Georges Carpentier Greatest fighter ever born.” – Francois Descamps, Omaha World Herald, 1920 ******* “Sam Langford, himself one of […]

  Queensberry Rules Radio returns once again today at 4:30 ET, and this week TQBR’s own Patrick Connor and BadLeftHook.com‘s James Foley recap Lucas Matthysse’s destruction of Lamont Peterson, Devon Alexander’s win over Lee Purdy, the Guillermo Jones vs. Denis Lebedev bout, and much more. Joining them this week is David Greisman, writer for BoxingScene.com […]

(Danny Garcia, left, connects with a right hand; photo credit: Joe Camporeale, USA Today) Over 12 rounds, what many expected to be a foregone conclusion got interesting down the stretch – with junior welterweight Danny Garcia taking an unexpectedly close-ish and hard fought decision over Zab Judah at the $1 billion Barclays Center in Brooklyn, […]

One of the more interesting things about the Danny Garcia vs. Zab Judah bout this weekend, is that if you were to ask fans at random, you’d get varying answers as to whether or not the fight itself is all that interesting. In many sporting realms, rivalries can serve to add interest to what is […]

As time has accumulated, the Irish around the globe have accepted that St. Patrick’s Day has morphed into a kind of “every man’s drinking holiday.” And far be it from them to complain about a drop or two, but at its Celtic heart, it’s an Irish holiday, the celebration thereof apparently important enough to maintain […]

“Laissez faire, telle devrait être la devise de toute puissance publique, depuis que le monde est civilisé.” – René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d’Argenson Years of leaving sleeping dogs where they lay have marched us into an economic singularity waiting to collapse inward, pulling the rest of us into a gravity from which we […]

“Tex Rickard, veteran promoter of boxing contests, today told the Staff Press the end of boxing in New York state is so near he can almost feel it. Even if Gov. Whitman, in the opinion of Rickard should suddenly relent in his avowed intention of crushing the game in this state, the sport has been […]

Cassius Clay TKO6 Henry Cooper, 1966 Not unlike Marcel Thil in the first installment of this “bad cuts” list, sitting atop Sir Henry Cooper’s neck was the visage of a born fighter. He looked like a man who had worked in some sort of mine for fun, or picked fights because it just happened to […]

(Brian Viloria drops “Tyson” Marquez; via) It’s true. The Brian Viloria vs. Hernan Marquez card on WealthTV didn’t get the same type of pre-fight hype and attention as other cards that happened this weekend. And perhaps it made sense, as the other guys were heavier, have more popular names and sell more tickets. But some of […]