‘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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Not a bad night of boxing in the debut of Golden Boy Promotions’ “Fight Night Club” on Versus and RingTV.com. Commentary on the fights, and some of the unique elements of the show:

Suppose a famed arena right in your hometown was hosting a sellout crowd for one of the year’s most anticipated, sure-to-be-action-packed events in any given sport. You’d think the paper of record in your town might cover the thing, right? Not so much for Miguel Cotto-Joshua Clottey this Saturday in Madison Square Garden. The New […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

So we have official word now. With David Haye pulling out of one of the most anticipated heavyweight fights in years with a back injury, Wladimir Klitschko is going forward with a replacement opponent June 20, and that man is Ruslan Chagaev. HBO will not televise it as it intended to televise Klitschko-Haye, but a […]

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 […]

Just when it was on the verge of doing something nice with itself, the heavyweight division has moved from an F to an F- to an F–*, now that the Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye are no longer scheduled to fight June 20. The demise of Klitschko-Haye has a ripple effect throughout the whole dysfunctional […]

It is certainly noteworthy when the best fighter in the world, in this case Manny Pacquiao, says he would agree to a fight with another of the best fighters in the world, in this case the top-5 pound-for-pound and #1 welterweight Shane Mosley. It’s an excellent fight on paper, and matches two of the top […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]