In and of itself, Golden Boy Promotions’ announcement Wednesday that is has signed one of the world’s best fighters, bantamweight Nonito Donaire, would constitute major news: The promotional whereabouts of a superstar fully coming into his own always counts as a big story. But when paired with the fact that Donaire had been (and might […]

There’s Antonio Margarito at the press conference after Miguel Cotto stopped Ricardo Mayorga this weekend. The body language isn’t terrific. Friend of the site JasonTO came up with this rage comic to illustrate the situation: Since Margarito is probably next for Cotto, that seems like a good enough intro into this edition of Weekend Afterthoughts. […]

(The new pound-for-pound king? Credit: Teddy Blackburn, DBE) Almost every other month since forever, this site’s list of the best fighters in the world has placed Manny Pacquiao at #1 and cautioned routinely that almost no matter what he does, Pacquiao’s spot is secure because nobody beneath him is doing enough to challenge for the […]

(Sergio Martinez at the press conference with adviser Sampson Lewkowicz and bullying victim Monique McClain, whose cause he has championed; picture by friend of the site nazarioz) MASHANTUCKET, Conn. — Once more, coming off another sterling, greatness-confirming win, there’s little sense of what is next for the middleweight champion of the world. There’s no doubt […]

(The middleweight champion remains just that; photo by friend of the site nazarioz) MASHANTUCKET, Conn. — The (accurate) thinking was that Serhiy Dzinziruk was a boxer who was hard to look good against, but then, he hadn’t fought anyone like Sergio Martinez, because there’s hardly anybody — if anyone — as good as Martinez. Martinez […]

MASHANTUCKET, Conn. — It’s never a good thing when you go to a weigh-in and nearly end up with balls across the nose. I’ll explain what I mean in a minute. But it was still a very productive event that my crew David P. Greisman of BoxingScene and friend of the site nazarioz attended, the […]

MYSTIC, Conn. — Wuh-oh, Ricardo Mayorga. I’m not saying my midsection looks better than yours, but I’m not about to spend my Saturday night getting hit in it by a junior middleweight who specializes in gut-punching. It’s a total surprise to learn that a boxer has claimed to be in great shape only to learn […]

Most of the debate concerning Friday night’s pay-per-view offering between Michael Grant and Tye Fields has not been centered around who the winner will be, but an even more fundamental question instead. Why is this happening at all? Even after the 6’7” Grant took a hard-fought unanimous decision loss against Tomasz Adamek, the prospect of […]

Too often, these preview posts start with what’s screwed up about whatever fight is happening this weekend. We’ll get to that. But first, let’s consider what’s good about this weekend of boxing: Two of the best, bravest and most exciting fighters in the world, Sergio Martinez and Miguel Cotto, are in action Saturday night, and […]

How long has it been since we last went Round and Round? Judging by the long list of fights in the works below, too long. Too, too long. Besides the men in the headline, we have the latest on Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather, plus what’s next for Juan Carlos Burgos, Antwone Smith, Marco Huck, […]