0 comments by Tim Starks on 3/31/2011
By now this video of a press conference scuffle this week between Bernard Hopkins and Jean Pascal ought to have been seen by plenty, and for a fight of this size, it got some rare attention out there in the mainstream. One of the things that makes it neat how differently everyone has looked at […]
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Good intentions axe murderer has a little to do with this week’s boxing schedule as business cat did with last week’s. I could spin you a line and say that Giovanni Segura is an absolute murderer in the ring, but seems like a nice enough bloke outside of it — but that would be a […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 3/29/2011
I very much fear the Antonio Escalante ride is over, as of this past weekend. The featherweight has been in good fight after good fight and had elevated himself to real contender, but taking a punch never was one of his strongest points and defense absolutely was his weakest point, so you put two and […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 3/28/2011
When Paul McCloskey challenges Amir Khan for the WBA junior welterweight title next month in Manchester he’ll do so as a prohibitive underdog, but then that isn’t anything new for an Irish fighting man. Not since the days of “Rinty” Monaghan has a boxer from the Emerald Isle taken to the road to haggle with […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 3/27/2011
At the legendary Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Yuriorkis Gamboa lived up to his reputation as one of the most exciting fighters in the world, scoring five knockdowns and stopping Jorge Solis in spectacular fashion. On the undercard, Mikey Garcia struggled at times but came on strong in the later rounds, dropping Matt Remillard three […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 3/26/2011
I think that’s the only Stone Temple Pilots song I like, since most of the rest of them are ripoffs of assorted grunge bands and even, once, The Rolling Stones. It’s not a band I’d want to be the basis of any questions about my journalistic integrity. Yet, a couple weeks ago, Steve Kim wrote […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 3/25/2011
There are any number of horrendously bad fights in the works, as you might begin to ascertain from the headline, but there are also some good ones. Consider: Round And Round Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is in the news for stuff other than which woman or security guard he allegedly beat up this week, which I […]
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High expectations for a boxer, the kind created by sizzling early-career performances and big talk from one’s promoter, can be a bitch. No one who saw YURIORKIS GAMBOA! destroy Rogers Mtagwa last year like he was straight out of a “Matrix” film had much doubt about his talent or how ready he was for greatneess. […]
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Business cat really has nothing to do with this blog post. I’m just trying to cement our reputation as the coolest hipster nerds on the boxing block. There’s nothing on that’s super compelling, but there are certainly some interesting fights. Along with those you’ve got one of your garden variety Mexican TV mismatches and some […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 3/24/2011
It’s been nearly a year since the first edition of grading the promoters. A lot has changed in the professional boxing landscape since May 2010, so it’s probably time we gave the promoters some new report cards. Promoters aren’t the nicest kids on the block, but they’re a big part of how the sport functions. […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 3/22/2011
Welcome to the inaugural TQBR Roundtable, where your favorite TQBR staff writers will express their thoughts and opinions on select current topics in boxing in their own inimitable way. Disagreements will be had, punches will be exchanged, and good times will be enjoyed by all. This edition’s participants include Andrew Harrison, Paul Kelly, Alex McClintock, […]
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That’s the Guillermo Rigondeaux people could learn to love. Granted, the junior featherweight had an opponent in Willie Casey who was coming straight at him, and as a counterpuncher, Rigondeaux got just what he needed to show some fan appeal. Still, it’s a start back up from the cellar he tripped into with his showing […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 3/20/2011
The best thing about Lucian Bute’s 10th round stoppage of Brian Magee Saturday on Showtime wasn’t the body shot and uppercut fest Bute put on display, nor the toughness Magee exhibited. It was that this could be the last time we see Bute in against this level of competition, with Mikkel Kessler on course to […]
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For once, it felt like invulnerable heavyweight Vitali Klitschko was on the verge of getting a real challenge on Saturday: Odlanier Solis, in the best shape of his professional life (for what that’s worth), was picking off Klitschko’s jab with his gloves and landing a few hard right hands. Then, because Klitschko fights are apparently […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 3/17/2011
Look at that adorable tiny poster for Vitali Klitschko-Odlanier Solis. This is how a blogger keeps himself amused, apparently: shrinking fight posters super small for no other reason than because he hasn’t done it before. This weekend of boxing is a mile wide and an inch deep, on average, with a couple peaks sticking up […]
