0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/24/2010
…after not boring the hell out of us in each of their last fights, who would we make fun of? Those three form a kind of holy trinity (that’s clearly not a rabbi joke, Yuri) of boring boxing. At least, historically. But heavyweight Ruiz wasn’t boring in his most recent appearance, and he’s on a […]
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It’s another inch deep, mile wide kind of February week for boxing, as the ratings giant (I’m not kidding) Winter Olympics surge forward. Maybe HBO and Showtime did know what they were doing not to go head-to-head with the likes of “The Flying Tomato,” although I’d reason that the only overlap in audience for boxing […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/23/2010
The last thing I criticize in boxing are quick stoppages. They have to be really bad. I would rather see someone lose a fight prematurely at the hands of a ref with a quick trigger than take a prolonged, dangerous beating at the hands of a ref who is too brave for anyone’s good. With […]
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Rick Reeno’s done some interesting reporting over at BoxingScene (usual caveats about clicking on BoxingScene links apply) on the monetary difficulties posed by the $1.25 million guaranteed minimums Golden Boy has promised junior welterweight Amir Khan. His latest piece takes the angle that HBO is to blame for that ridiculously high figure for a boxer […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/21/2010
You know what I was watching tonight? The Winter Olympics. And let me tell you, speed skating DESTROYS boxing! I’m going to start a ice skating blog and kill TQBR. This’ll be my last post ever, and naturally it’s a wrap-up of all the so-so boxing cards from this weekend, other than the Friday Night […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/20/2010
Top prospect Shawn Porter had a rough go of it from Russell Jordan for a variety of reasons on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights, but ultimately was the better junior middleweight, emerging with a unanimous decision that was closer to the two 97-92 scorecards than the 100-89 scorecard. Jordan on paper didn’t figure to be such […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/19/2010
Because I haven’t had too many ganders at Manny Pacquiao’s hoops game, I was pleased to watch this video — even though that Elie Seckbach guy and his film “crew” (in this video and others) spend a bit too much time for my tastes asking people what they think of Elie Seckbach. Pacquiao’s got a […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/18/2010
What’s the best heavyweight fight you’ve seen lately? Chris Arreola-Brian Minto, maybe, in December? Martin Rogan-Matt Skelton, perhaps, back in March? Fun fights, both. But of negligible consequence. Consequence in the heavyweight division — we’ve had a little of that, too. Wladimir Klitschko-Ruslan Chagaev last summer for the Ring magazine lineal championship had meaning. Klitschko-Sultan […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/16/2010
It’s been a slow start to 2010 as far as meaningful fights go, but it’s hot on the knockout front. For your viewing pleasure, I provide you the following: Kevin Mitchell-Ignacio Mendoza (lightweight) — Observe how Mitchell over the weekend lifted Mendoza off the ground with that right hand/left hand combo. Nonito Donaire-Manuel Vargas (junior […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/15/2010
There we have it. Our prediction game’s trial run has ended just as it began: with Team Spidershark doing a little of what Paul Williams trainer George Peterson would (creepily) call the “spank butt business.” I promised the winner of the trial run a (very) small prize. Besides the big name in the headline, I’ve […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/14/2010
It was a tale of two nights in the four fights on the split Pinoy Power/Latin Fury pay-per-view Saturday. In the main events, featuring the two top fighters of the evening, junior bantamweight Nonito Donaire and bantamweight Fernando Montiel, said featured fighters slaughtered the two opponents who didn’t belong in the ring with them. In […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/12/2010
Mr. Tyrone Harris (left) is back on the teevee tonight, coming off his upset knockout win over lightweight prospect Marvin Quintero (right) in 2009. His team says Harris finally found his focus, so let’s see if it carries over on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights this evening when he takes on another 23-year-old, power punching Ji […]
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We spend a lot of time in this space commenting on how HBO is using or should be using its considerable power in boxing. I think we can safely tuck its serial counterprogramming of Showtime’s innovative Super Six tournament under “shouldn’t be using its power that way.” I get it; HBO and Showtime are in […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/10/2010
(Boxing is afraid of an event where people alternate between skiing and shooting rifles.) There ain’t jack happening in boxing because HBO is scared of the Winter Olympics. However, there are a ton of plans being made for the days when pugilism no longer cowers in fear at the thought of competing against curling, luge […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/9/2010
This weekend’s Pinoy Power card features in its main event one of the two finest Filipino boxers in the world, junior bantamweight Nonito Donaire (second only to Manny Pacquiao), but alas, he’s in something of a mismatch on paper. Gerson Guerrero is a heavy hitter, but he doesn’t have a single win of note and […]
