(Those gluttons strewn about as Dante and Virgil continue their stroll are us boxing fans; via) Just like our instinctive holiday gluttony this time of year, we’ve feasted on so much late-year boxing that there’s barely any room for more. Over the weekend, we had Paulie Malignaggi winning a decision from Zab Judah, Guillermo Rigondeaux […]

(Guillermo Rigondeaux, center, stands victorious and untouched; photo credit: Chris Farina/Top Rank) All “names” prevailed on the final HBO boxing card of 2013, ending a very strong late year run for the network on a lower note than perhaps was intended when put together. At the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Guillermo Rigondeaux left no […]

(Julio Gonzalez, shortly after winning his first belt from Dariusz Michaelczewski in 2003; via) Just because a fight doesn’t take home all sorts of awards, honors and palpable recognition, doesn’t mean it wasn’t good or even great. On odds alone, it’s probable that there are untelevised matches all over the world that would overwhelm the system […]

As the sport of boxing becomes more digitized along with society at large, fight fans and even fighters themselves constantly seek to cherish snapshots of a career — frozen moments perhaps closer to what we’d prefer than the present. In that sense, not only are fighters from the past revered in some apparent ageist conspiracy, […]

(Queensberry Rules Radio staff can’t be sure, but we think Sergey Kovalev may have landed another punch at the site above; via) If you have a boxing itch that needs scratching, it’s possible that Adonis Stevenson and Sergey Kovalev’s respective disembowelments of Tony Bellew and Ismayl Sillakh didn’t do it for you. Hey, some people […]

(Zack Padilla before being inducted into the California Boxing Hall of Fame in 2011; photo credit: San Gabriel Valley Examiner) Zack Padilla was already a local celebrity in his hometown of Azusa, Calif. By June 9, 1993. Having retired after a TKO loss to a journeyman named Dwayne Prim, Padilla was in the midst of […]

(Above, a “pre-enactment” of what Manny Pacquiao did to Brandon Rios in Macau; via) Sometimes a fight fan invests in watching a fight card that, on paper, seems as though it should be high quality, and it falls short of expectations when all is said and punched. When that happens, nothing can be done. But […]

(Manny Pacquiao, left, and Brandon Rios, probably mere moments from playing a game of Rochambeau to see who has to hold the antenna in order to listen to TQBR Radio in remote regions of China; photo credit: Chris Farina/Top Rank) From this weekend’s Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios bout forward — or at least to […]

(“Prince” Charles Williams, left, goes lateral courtesy of James Toney; via) By 1994, the world had already known a few different versions of James Toney: the young prospect under crack-dealing manager Johnny Ace; the thoughtful lamb who would buy newer manager Jackie Kallen sweaters and diamond rings; the ultra-competitive lusus who would arbitrarily kick spectators and […]

(Juan Manuel Marquez and his son, who is noticeably NOT Mikey Garcia; photo credit: Chris Farina/Top Rank) A little hyperbole never hurt anyone. Unless it was hyperbole like, “Yeah, just take that fight with Mikey Garcia. All he does is jab.” Or, “All you have to do to beat Nonito Donaire is fight weird.” That […]

(Scientists don’t know what happened to the above house, but they’re 79 percent sure Gennady Golovkin happened to the above house; via) Trash talk coffins can’t contain him. Dynamite cannot destroy him. He picks Chuck Norris out of his teeth with a machete, and that’s to make room for more 1980s action stars. Gennady Golovkin […]

(Jimmy Britt, left, poses with Joe Gans prior to their first bout; via) As air chills and begins to bite, year after year, the boxing “season” tends to heat up. Whatever the reason, the last part of the calendar year tends to be kind to boxing fans. Below are examples of that, and fights that […]

(Azumah Nelson, left, whacks Wilfredo Gomez with a left hook; via) By the age of 26, Wilfredo Gomez had seen more successful title defenses of one belt than most fighters would see in multiple careers. A record 17 defenses of the WBC junior featherweight belt, all by stoppage, and a shiny WBC featherweight prize are […]

(Above: What Karo Murat should’ve done to Bernard Hopkins, or Steve Smoger; via) At the age of Abe Vigoda-years-old, Bernard Hopkins continues to crotch-kick the Grim Reaper — in the ring, anyway. Some loved his showing against Karo Murat, some hated it, and some were perplexed by the subpar handling of the action by the […]

(Ruslan Provodnikov, left, in pursuit of Mike Alvarado; photo credit: Chris Farina/Top Rank) Usually the Queensberry Rules Radio preview post opens up with some nonsensical picture or reference, if not some borderline infuriating non sequitur. But this week, Ruslan Provodnikov and Mike Alvarado should simply get more and more attention, when possible. It was an […]