(Juan Manuel Lopez finishes Bernabe Concepcion. Photo credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) This was Juanma at his best and Juanma at his worst. On Showtime Saturday, featherweight Juan Manuel Lopez was on course for a destructive early knockout of Bernabe Concepcion in the 1st round after scoring an official knockdown and getting another that didn’t count, […]

(Credit: Rich J. Hundley III, Showtime) There were at least three entertaining fights on television Friday night, and hear tell, four. Welterweight prospect Mike Jones showed me more than ever on ShoBox, although unfortunately his 5th round stoppage win came via a terrible call by referee Randy Neumann. Irving Garcia — who’d badly hurt and […]

(Nonito Donaire, right; stereotypically decent opponent Hernan Marquez, left. Credit: Showtime) Whatever you think of the Showtime main event Saturday evening, you aren’t without other boxing options this weekend, some of them promising. Especially on Friday. My DVR can’t handle a night like Friday. Nonito Donaire-Hernan Marquez, Saturday, Showtime, Puerto Rico. The undercard features Donaire […]

Neither fully inspiring nor fully disappointing, Juan Manuel Lopez versus Bernabe Concepcion Saturday on Showtime is, on the inspiring tip, a potentially very good scrap between two top-10 featherweights, one of the best divisions in boxing, where one of the men — Lopez — is a pound-for-pound contender and one of the most exciting young […]

Sadly, this post isn’t about the amusing 2008 movie starring Sean William Scott and Paul Rudd. It’s about well behaved boxers. I’ve always thought that the idea of sports stars being “role models” is slightly absurd. There’s no reason why someone who’s ridiculously good at throwing a ball around (or punching someone else in the […]

‘MERICA! Happy birthday. You didn’t think I’d go out with the Canadian flag like that, did you? My present to you, dear ‘Merica, is to review a couple cards from the weekend. Friday Night Fights In the headlining fight on ESPN2, Demetrius Hopkins outboxed and outworked Michael Arnaoutis for a 10-round unanimous decision. The bout […]

Fights in the works. Let’s do this. Round And Round Don’t get it twisted, I love ‘Merica as much as everyone else, especially with her birthday coming up. That Canadian flag is about what might happen with light heavyweight Chad Dawson next, after his fight with Jean Pascal in August. Dawson’s team wants a fight […]

The Internet has been great for niche pastimes. Such diverse habits as taking funny pictures of cats, pick up artistry, model train collecting and boxing fandom are serviced in ways unimaginable 20 years ago. The net allows hardcore enthusiasts who normally wouldn’t have the chance to communicate about their subject of interest to congregate in […]