Here’s something that makes people take notice in the boxing world: When a boxer knocks out a world-class opponent who has a reputation for being impervious to harm. Last year, Shane Mosley and Lucian Bute knocked out the seemingly indestructible Antonio Margarito and Librado Andrade, respectively. Junior welterweight Devon Alexander pulled the same trick Saturday […]

FAIRFAX, VA. — Junior middleweight Jimmy Lange was headed toward a possible big-money fight with John Duddy in what would have been a showdown of regional attractions in the DC and NYC areas. But Chase Shields, who was defeated in his last fight by over-the-hill journeyman J.C. Candelo, had other ideas. In Lange’s backyard, he […]

No Quick Jabs column this week. There just isn’t anything much going on that I haven’t written about. Here’s the grand total, other than the most minor of minor tidbits: Lou DiBella says Don King’s team did some underhanded business and now light heavyweight Tavoris Cloud won’t be fighting Glen Johnson on his April 10 […]

Saturday’s like the sound a soda can makes upon opening. It marks the return of consistently world class boxing to the airwaves, when Devon Alexander and Juan Urango duel on HBO in arguably the deepest division in the sport, junior welterweight. And I say this knowing full well, by the way, that this fight stands […]

Here they are: The full, twice-revised TQBR Prediction Game rules. 1. How to know when/where to play. When I do a post labeled “Preview and Prediction,” which I usually do on Wednesday or Thursday for weekend fights but occasionally on Friday or Tuesday, the game is on. In the comments section is where you’ll do […]

In case you missed it yesterday, junior welterweight contender Paulie Malignaggi stopped by our Open Thread to say “hi.” He did it even though he was tired and repeatedly said he was going to sleep, and he did it even though he didn’t quite understand what our site was. He did it merely because a […]

Welcome to March’s Open Thread. We got the music choice out of the way (I don’t care if you think I’m pretentious for liking Animal Collective; I like that freaking song) and now here’s some grist for freewheeling discussion. Looking back over the past weekend(ish), we had several young and immensely physically talented boxers — […]

As plotlines for Fight of the Year-caliber bouts go, “I gotta get revenge on him for the fight we had as kids after he broke my eggs on the way back from the market” is an infrequent one. Featherweight Antonio Escalante’s motive was just that, and he and Miguel Roman put together a FOTY candidate […]

Right when I think I’ve got my pound-for-pound criteria down pat, along comes a situation like Shane Mosley being out of action for a year — which normally would trigger his removal for inactivity — and I’m having trouble justifying removing him. This wasn’t like a situation with Winky Wright or Israel Vazquez where there’s […]

We had an upset or two, a tremendous fight f’ed up by a goofy referee, a questionable scorecard from an old pariah and another fight ended by a strange series of events Saturday. The two major cards were an Integrated Sports pay-per-view and a Top Rank Fox Sports Net show. I didn’t think there should […]

I’m not going to get carried away, because Thursday’s edition of Fight Night Club wasn’t much important in the scheme of things. But for two out of the three fights, it exceeded my low expectations, both in the entertainment value of the bouts and the matchmaking. Junior welterweight Victor Ortiz got a big 10th round […]