0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/6/2011
In 2010, we didn’t get many of the fights we were hoping for, and it took until the last quarter of the year for genuine Fight of the Year candidates to emerge. Hopefully in 2011, we won’t have to wait nearly as long. There are many fights that aren’t being discussed much that would make […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/5/2011
This time last year, junior middleweight prospect Demetrius Andrade was in a now more familiar spot, as a co-feature on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights, taking on journeyman Bernardo Guereca. Less than two minutes into the bout, Andrade sent Guereca staggering into the middle of the ring with a combination to the body, backed up and […]
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One is arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world today. The other is “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” One is 32 years old. The other is 100 years old. One features flailing fists. The other features land-based missiles skimming across asphalt at 225 mph. On the surface, it appears that Manny Pacquiao and the […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/4/2011
It may be minute in the grand scope of the sport, but televised boxing is taking a positive first step in 2011 on Friday. In recent years, ESPN has been handcuffed by a drastically slashed budget for its Friday Night Fights series, which has resulted in plenty of disastrous, one-sided bouts that have unfortunately been […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/3/2011
Happy New Year errbody. I hope you had a glorious moment as Dec. 31 became Jan. 1. Holiday weekend over, it’s time to get back to some boxing business at hand. Some of the changes I told you we might be making are in full bloom, some of the others are still flowering. I expect […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 12/31/2010
If you only judge boxing’s 2010 by what happened in its last two months, you probably came away with a warm feeling in your belly. It was terrific stuff almost every weekend: action fights, dramatic fights, interesting fights, controversial fights, important fights, big crowds, big ratings. But really, it was as if the sport was […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 12/27/2010
As expected, the last two months of 2010 really shook up the pound-for-pound rankings, with only a handful of the 20 people from the previous update holding their spot. But mostly, things just moved around. It wasn’t a pound-for-pocalypse, per se, despite the image above. Three people exited entirely based on their recent losses: Celestino Caballero, […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 12/25/2010
It’s one of the worst Christmas songs ever, according to the Telegraph, but I think it might be one of the BEST ever. Anyhow, Happy Holidays to you all. Yes, I’m a participant in the War on Christmas. Oh, I celebrate Christmas, and I enjoy it, but maybe I think there’s something ridiculous about insisting […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 12/24/2010
Still hungry? Here’s your second pu pu platter of boxing awards on this Christmas Eve. Today’s categories include serious items, such as Best Performance. Also included are less serious item such as Best Photo Featuring A Heavyweight, Movie Star And Dwarf. If you’re up for sharing a few categories/awards of your own for 2010 between […]
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Ever had a pu pu platter so big that it had to be brought out to you in two servings? After today, you will have, albeit a pu pu platter not of food but of 2010 boxing awards. First up is a mixture of awards for serious stuff like Upset of the Year and not-so-serious […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 12/22/2010
Right now, there’s nobody Manny Pacquiao (at left in the picture) can fight who would be expected to be competitive with the pound-for-pound king. Floyd Mayweather is clearly not interested in fighting Pacquiao, and might be in jail before long anyway. Everyone else Pacquiao could fight would be a substanial underdog. When a boxer is […]
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Sergio Martinez’ 2009 was a series of near-misses, of almosts. The talent was obvious to behold: speed, skillful counters, the ability to fight with his hands down below his waist and suffer little consequence. But twice, judges’ decisions that could have or should have gone his way didn’t. He apparently knocked out Kermit Cintron only […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 12/21/2010
Humberto Soto used to be a reliably good time. As a pressure fighter, his style catalyzed action. But over the years, he had become a bit more technical, and rarely of late has he been in memorable bouts. It took a practicing pressure fighter, Urbano Antillon, to bring back Humberto Soto, Action Star. Over 12 […]
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The TQBR Prediction Game Hall of Champions is an august chamber with a rich historical tradition where only the finest performers are eventually enshrined with hermetically sealed busts. You know their names, for they are legends walking the Earth: Spidershark. Pretty Toney. miggs88. David Schraub. BenOlson. Paul Kelly. Today, for valorous performance in version 5.0, […]
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Everything about the Super Six tournament on Showtime has been dramatic and compelling, but more like “Close Encounters Of The Third Kind” than “Star Wars.” There have been subtler pleasures to be had, such as the ability of someone to rise unexpectedly, but there have been few bombs-away moments. For one April night in 2010, […]
