0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/14/2010
Andre Dirrell’s withdrawal from Showtime’s Super Six Tournament has left some boxing fans questioning the legitimacy of his reason for leaving the tournament. A neurologist has said he can’t fight due to lingering dizziness and headaches that originated over six months ago, following his DQ win over Arthur Abraham. I’m willing to give Dirrell the […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/13/2010
This weekend offers an ESPN3stravaganza of bouts involving pound-for-pound talents Lucian Bute and Vitali Klitschko in what forecast as one-sided fights. Since the website kicked off its boxing programming in earnest, it has webcast better and more competitive fights, but it has not hosted such esteemed boxers as Bute and Klitschko. That’s a plus. The […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/12/2010
That video there is one of the two most noteworthy bouts of the weekend. Junior welterweight prospect Danny Garcia, who at times has looked spectacular and other times lackluster, was in fine form for his 4th round knockout of Michael Arnaoutis, and it should’ve been stopped a round earlier. The right hook/left hook combo that […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/7/2010
(The fateful moment between Abraham and Dirrell?) This is Super depressing. The Super Six lost another member of its original lineup Thursday when Andre Dirrell pulled out of the super middleweight tourney, citing an injury. When after his savage knockout loss the tournament lost Jermain Taylor, who never should have been there to begin with, […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/6/2010
From time to time BoxingScene’s David P. Greisman and myself gchat one another. Sometimes we talk about boxing, even. Sometimes, I publish what we say. This time, we mainly talked about boxing movies and about some upcoming bouts that make us happy. We join the boxing writers midstream, with David having just watched the trailer […]
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0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/5/2010
Boxing is not a sport whose participants are known for their sense of style. For every Chris Eubank or Oscar De La Hoya, there are a thousand bemulleted and corn rowed RJJ dressalikes. Maybe it’s a function of the sport’s working class roots. Maybe getting punched in the head leads to poor choices at the […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/4/2010
You hear that? That’s the sound of a cricket riding a tumbleweed. Stuff’s slow in the boxing world, obviously. But here are your Open Thread “assignment” questions, prior to/contingent upon you guys coming up with your own questions/comments out of nowhere. Help me with this post I’m working on, please. Who are your favorite fictional […]
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BOOM. That’s Manny Pacquiao’s latest Nike ad, the first advertisement featuring him in the United States that I know of, and it’s good exposure for both the pound-for-pound king and our sport. Another ad in the “BOOM” series features Rick Ross. So, now, in America, Manny Pacquiao = Rick Ross. Not bad, Pacman. Who wants […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/2/2010
I’m not big on namecalling, but you are a jerkface if you are one of the jerkface jerky weird weirdos looking for any excuse to crap on the Super Six tournament that you can. Here Showtime has pulled a rabbit out of its hat to keep the tournament going, and it was already a miracle […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/30/2010
If you think boxing has become a crazy, convoluted, beautiful mess only in the last 25 years, Hank Schwartz has a story to tell you. When Don King was only a year or two out of a prison cell and Oscar De La Hoya hadn’t taken his first breath, Brooklyn-born telecommunications executive Schwartz arguably was […]
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It’s a glorious weekend of boxing not because of the quality bouts (although there are a handful) but because three boxers with names like those in the headline, who also matter, are all in action. That’s not exactly true; I take it back. Flyweight champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam apparently isn’t fighting until Oct. 8, despite ESPN’s listing. […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/29/2010
Yesterday, Oscar De La Hoya made a splash with his bold — in multiple senses of the word — remarks about his aims for worldwide domination of all things boxing, BWAHAHAHAHA. That last part of the sentence was an exaggeration; he didn’t cackle diabolically, or if he did, it didn’t make the transcript. But he […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/28/2010
Recently, ESPN’s Dan Rafael hit some of the low lights of the WBC’s boxing rankings. And from time to time, I hear people say that Ring magazine’s rankings are terrible, too. My own view is fairly well-established. I think the alphabet sanctioning gang has terrible rankings and that Ring’s are about as good as it […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/26/2010
Not to be confused with the Round Mound of Rebound. We’ll stay at around 147 to 160 pounds for a while for some of the top names there, then move on to everybody else. Miguel Cotto has no interest in fighting Kermit Cintron and plans to take the rest of the year off. The thinking, […]
