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Weekend Afterthoughts: Manny Pacquiao – Miguel Cotto?; Floyd Mayweather – Juan Manuel Marquez Postponement; Robert Guerrero – Efren Hinojosa; Ivan Calderon – Rodel Mayol [UPDATED]

‘Twas an eventful weekend, between a fantastic Miguel Cotto-Joshua Clottey fight and word that Manny Pacquiao now wants a piece of Cotto; news about Floyd Mayweather-Juan Manuel Marquez being postponed and the subsequent theories as to why; and a pair of other fights of note, Robert Guerrero-Efren Hinojosa and Ivan Calderon-Rodel Mayol, not to mention […]

Miguel Cotto – Joshua Clottey Delivers And Divides

You’ll discover today wildly different impressions around the Internets of last night’s very good and dramatic, if not great, welterweight fight between Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey. You’ll find some calling the decision win for Cotto a “gift.” You’ll find some who agreed with the wide 116-111 scorecard of one of the judges who awarded […]

Quick Jabs: Klitschko-Chagaev Hits ESPN Classic; Mayweather + Obama Vs. Marquez + Calderon; Judah Sells Puppies; More

So many Jabs to Quicken, so little time. Other subjects, besides those in the headline: the failure of Miguel Cotto’s team to check Antonio Margarito’s wraps; Guillermo Rigondeaux gets scarier with the ultimate trainer; NFL star Brandon Jacobs aspires to boxing glory; what’s up with bouts like Chad Dawson-Glen Johnson II and Tomasz Adamek-Steve Cunningham […]

Besides Miguel Cotto – Joshua Clottey, Boxing This Week Features “Fight Night Club,” Ivan Calderon And Robert Guerrero

Rest assured, we’ll soon have a full preview of the very exciting welterweight clash Saturday between Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey. But there are some other noteworthy bouts this week, and while I’d usually save discussions of those until Friday’s Quick Jabs column, one of the noteworthy events is Thursday night, when Versus debuts “Fight […]

Miguel Cotto: What Might Have Been

Miguel Cotto is not a pitiable figure. He has made millions upon millions of dollars, he has risen to levels of popularity that few fighters obtain and he’s a legitimately excellent boxer who has accomplished a great deal in the ring. But in advance of his big fight this weekend against fellow top welterweight Joshua […]

HBO Boxing Budget On “E?”

There have been indicators here and there that HBO’s budget for boxing has been a little thin, but Maxboxing’s Steve Kim spells it out in this column: ..I’ve been told by more than one source in the industry that HBO’s remaining budget is relatively miniscule and they really don’t have that many dates left for […]

Quick Jabs: The Peculiar State Of Black Boxers; In Praise Of TheSweetScience.com; Next For Klitschko, Hopkins, Williams, Lopez And Others; More

Not much of a weekend of boxing ahead, with but one televised card, on ESPN2, and that one (allegedly) is a controversial salvage job, which we’ll explore in a minute. Besides that and the subjects in the headline, we’ll also take a look at the status of Shane Mosley’s steroid-related lawsuit; the application of flying […]

Grading The Boxing Divisions, 2009

A couple years ago, I did something fans and writers in nearly every other sport do: I graded boxing’s divisions. NCAA basketball features constant comparisons and contrasts of power conferences, but nobody ever really does the same for pugilism. I intended to make an annual affair of it, but in 2008, I failed to do […]

When Good Boxing Writers Go Bad

Generally speaking, any article that attacks the title sanctioning bodies, I’m all for. But George Kimball — one of our finest boxing writers, and a nice guy — has put together a piece today that’s got all kinds of mistakes, by my accounting. Like, a ton.

Open Thread, Finnish Referee Assault/Bad Heavyweights Edition

It’s the first of the month. What’s on your mind, everyone? Starting you off with a dad’s assault on a referee in Finland (above, via Fanhouse), and a poll with a bad attitude about the heavyweight division (below). But really — bring up anything and everything on your mind. It’s what an open thread is […]

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