0 comments by Tim Starks on 12/4/2009
It would be hard, as a journalist, not to focus on the salacious “Oh get this, a Jew is fighting a Muslim” angle of Saturday’s boxing match between junior welterweights Amir Khan and Dmitriy Salita, but so far from what I’ve seen everyone has been on their behavior, for the most part. Part of it […]
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It must be “Bad Decision Week” in boxing. (Suggested rejoinder for the cynical commenter: “When ISN’T it ‘Bad Decision Week’ in boxing?”) Two judges awarded a decision to Tim Coleman over Mike Arnaoutis in a junior welterweight fight I scored 116-112 for Arnaoutis on Versus Thursday night, less than a week over one of the […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 12/3/2009
Today and tomorrow, I’ll have previews of the two biggest fights of the weekend: Amir Khan-Dmitriy Salita (junior welterweight) and Paul Williams-Sergio Martinez (middleweight), both Saturday. I’ve also already previewed the Williams-Martinez undercard. But there’s a boxing card tonight and a few other tidbits worth mentioning, so mention them I shall. Versus card, New York […]
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — I knew I’d be posing a somewhat confrontational question at today’s “media roundtable”: “Why isn’t Paul Williams a bigger star?” But then, maybe I also could have approached it better, too. I asked it of Dan Goossen, who, as Williams’ promoter, has it in his job description to make Williams as big […]
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(Photo credit: Tim Starks) PHILADELPHIA — For five rounds, it looked like another aging legend was in danger of being toppled on Wednesday. But where 41-year-old Roy Jones, Jr. got knocked out in a stunning loss to his underdog opponent, Danny Green, 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins eventually outclassed his underdog opponent, Enrique Ornelas, to win a […]
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PHILADELPHIA – There’s a decent-sized crowd here in Philly for fight night. It’s about 85 percent black, which I point out because I’m constantly surprised each time I attend a live fight by the degree to which ethnic (in this case) and national allegiances play such a role in selling boxing tickets, even though I […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 12/2/2009
(That’s some get-up, P-Will. Photo credit: Tim Starks) NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. – It wasn’t exactly courtesy that Paul Williams trainer George Peterson was serving up to Sergio Martinez at the Palm West Wednesday when he asked everyone to give Martinez some applause for taking on Williams, whose face was emblazoned on buttons handed out […]
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Alex McClintock gives us the results from Australia. Click on “read more” for his take. Again, please only leave comments on this entry about Jones-Green until the fight airs in America this evening. Roy Jones Junior’s career as a serious professional boxer is effectively over tonight after being knocked out in two minutes by […]
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For a pair of 40-something boxers on the verge of consummating a rematch of a fight from 1993, Roy Jones, Jr. and Bernard Hopkins are soaking up a lot of ink this week for their respective tune-up fights. I kind of get it. Jones’ bout with Danny Green is a respectable enough fight, and as […]
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — There are three noteworthy fights on the undercard of the middleweight Paul Williams-Sergio Martinez main event Saturday, although the best of them won’t be on HBO. That’s just for me and the people who decided to come to AC. Nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-boo-boo. Here’s the rundown: Chris Arreola-Brian Minto. This heavyweight fight is on […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 12/1/2009
(Photo credit: Howard Schatz) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — I don’t go to many fights in person, for a lot of reasons too unimportant to explain just now (mainly: cash, even with a media credential). What that means, though, is that I pick the fights I do go to very carefully. And I’ve picked this fight […]
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TQBR’s Senior Australian Correspondent Alex McClintock explains how Roy Jones, Jr.-Danny Green (above big and small, respectively), a fight that looks in America like not much at all, is a whole different animal on the other side of the planet. Just click “read more” for his insightful take. Non-Americanized spellings of words like “criticise” have […]
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After the jump is the (almost) full Koki Kameda-Daisuke Naito flyweight fight (did somebody call it The Japanese Fight of the Century?) from Sunday. I already posted a link to round 12, but rounds 10 and 11 are missing. When portion four of the four-part video is uploaded, I’ll include it. Start giving her a […]
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(The view from my hotel room, where I might be the only guest.) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — This town, it turns out, is a little dreary during a recession on a winter night when it’s also raining. Charmingly kitschy at its best, the scenery turns from comedic to depressing under less optimal conditions. There’s the […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/29/2009
‘Twas an eventful boxing weekend, no? Surprises galore, controversy, big crowds and a fight so bad (the one above) that it actually became eventful by virtue of its badness. Further rumination awaits after the jump. Next for Lucian Bute. After Bute knocked out Librado Andrade Saturday, early word was that HBO is keen on the […]
