Newark, N.J. — According to HBO, the Manny Pacquiao-Oscar De La Hoya fight from this past weekend did 1.25 million buys on pay-per-view. To me, that’s a pretty big success, even if it’s significantly less than originally anticipated. It falls short of Pacqiao promoter Bob Arum’s bullish 2 million and the 1.5 million or so […]

Two thoughts about the video after the jump, which depicts Carl Froch and Jean Pascal going to war for a 168-pound title belt over the past weekend: 1. The low-dangling left hand, one of my biggest pet peeves in boxing because it leaves a pugilist so very open to being hit and for no really […]

For the second time this year, after a short marriage and divorce with BoxingScene.com, Maxboxing.com is merging with another major boxing site: SecondsOut.com. Seems like it’s been a tumultuous year over at Maxboxing.com, what with the various marriages and the loss of long-time writer Doug Fischer to the revamped www.thering-online.com, but through it all, Steve […]

It’s not as solid as I’d want it to be to throw a great big happy party with delicious cookies and confetti, but news of a Floyd Mayweather, Jr. return to fight Manny Pacquiao is now coming from a couple different places, and that’s mighty encouraging. Mayweather’s hometown Grand Rapids (Mich.) Press quotes numerous Mayweather […]

Because I’m going to be covering the undisputed cruiserweight (200 lbs.) championship fight Thursday between Steve Cunningham and Tomasz Adamek live in Newark, N.J., I’m going to give it more deluxe treatment than I might otherwise. It’s not that the fight’s undeserving; is completely is. That I knew it would be further under the radar […]

I just spoke to a Showtime representative who confirmed a BoxingScene account that one of the last remaining important fights of the year, Kendall Holt-Ricardo Torres III, is off. Torres informed everyone that he was having trouble making weight due to an illness and probably wouldn’t be able to get down to 140 lbs. — […]

We have a busy week ahead at The Queensberry Rules: I’ll be heading to Newark, N.J., for a couple days to cover the undisputed cruiserweight (200 lbs.) championship fight between Steve Cunningham and Tomasz Adamek Thursday evening, and Sean will be previewing bouts such as the rubber match between junior welterweights (140 lbs.) Kendall Holt […]

It doesn’t tell the whole story, but here’s what Oscar De La Hoya told his former trainer and longtime Manny Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach after Pacquiao stopped De La Hoya in eight: “Freddie, you are right. I don’t have it anymore.” I hope Oscar recognizes this tomorrow.

In an historic win, Manny Pacquiao thoroughly destroyed Oscar De La Hoya in such a way that De La Hoya’s days as the main attraction in the sport are over, Pacquiao’s 2008 has to be compared to the greatest single years of all time, and the only fight I would give Pacquiao a chance of […]

We’ll start at 9 p.m. with live coverage of the Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquiao pay-per-view. If you want to check out some of the undercard that won’t be broadcast for your $54.95, you can view it here beginning at 7:30 p.m.

It wasn’t anything easy, the win welterweight (147 lbs.) prospect Luis Carlos Abregu notched over David Estrada, who showed once again that he is one bad mofo, thereby giving Abregu a chance that he is made of fairly stern stuff himself. And on the ShoBox undercard, heavyweight prospect Travis Kauffman had difficulty in spots with […]

I’ve rounded up the best links and a number of informative videos for the mega-fight between Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquiao Saturday night. Whether you’re a newbie or die hard boxing fan, this should just about top you off.

If you thought Saturday’s mammoth Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquiao fight was the only game in town this weekend, I’m here to tell you otherwise. One of the men in the above video figures into one of the other fights this weekend, and it should be better than the one soaking up all the coverage […]

It’s arguably the biggest event of 2008.  No other fight will compare in level of pomp and celebrity.  As the eyes of the world narrow in on the Oscar De La Hoya – Manny Pacquiao battle this Saturday everyone and I mean everyone will weigh-in with their pick in the intriguing match up.  Tim has […]

Well the Contender is officially back for a fourth season and after watching this season’s premier episode I have a couple quick thoughts: