This is easily the weirdest way I’ve scored an interview in my whole life: 1. I say on the Internet that a boxer’s wife is hot. 2. Someone from the boxer’s team gets in touch with me to say his wife, a Taekwondo champion, smiled about the blog entry. 3. Relieved that the e-mail doesn’t […]

All right, I’ve been awfully hard on Paulie Malignaggi about his performance against Ricky Hatton this weekend, and in the video above, he offers a compelling reason for why he didn’t throw many punches: All his hand injuries and surgeries have “psychologically” gotten to him and made him afraid to open up. I’ve always admired […]

I have to admit that it is hard not to root for a guy like Lamon Brewster.  The former WBO heavyweight titlist is one of the most humble and amiable guys you will ever meet.  Though at times, watching him fight was a maddening experience.  For a fighter of Brewster’s considerable talents, there were times […]

Because clearly it’s the one I consider to be the most legit, since it represents the linear championship and all… But a friend and I who watched Saturday night’s fights wondered: Is it crazy to think the Ring belt might not be a little bit more universally respected if it wasn’t so hideously ugly? I’ve […]

Say whatever you will about Ricky Hatton — and he has his share of detractors, a group I do not consider myself a part of — but he’s great for pugilism. He has helped revitalize boxing in Great Britain, and because he’s such a colorful character, he helps bring star power to the sport that […]

My take on Lennox Lewis is this: One of the greatest heavyweights ever — woefully under-appreciated a la Larry Holmes — and one of the worst television commentators working today in any sport. As of this weekend, I’d like to add that my take now also includes: speaker of silly gibberish. In case you missed […]

For the second straight night, the boxer in a boxer/brawler match-up laid a brick as Ricky Hatton was just good old Ricky Hatton and therefore had an easy time with a version of Paulie Malignaggi who had a completely, thoroughly awful evening. It was one of the worst big fight performances I’ve seen in a […]

Antonio Margarito’s media strategy, visually depicted. Knowing that he has done some rather severe damage to his reputation, welterweight (147 lbs.) kingpin Antonio Margarito and his team have, in the past couple days, spoken out about why Margarito bailed out of an-all-but-signed January Shane Mosley fight. I’m usually supportive of a “we, Tylenol, are sorry […]

In a fight where one man seemingly did everything wrong and the other man just did his job, Celestino Caballero knocked out fellow junior featherweight (122 lbs.) titlist Steve Molitor Friday night on Molitor’s home turf of Ontario on Showtime.

Not long ago, I spent some time trying to find out what kind of business the September Juan Manuel Marquez-Joel Casamayor lightweight (135 lbs.) championship fight did on pay-per-view, and came up empty. In his new pound-for-pound rankings, ESPN’s Dan Rafael shared the number of buys while sizing up Marquez: Marquez’s drawing power when he’s […]

Sean’s always telling you about his boxing ‘hood, like he did in the post just below this one. I rarely tell you about my boxing ‘hood. Below is a video (h/t Boxing Along the Beltway) of hot Salisbury, Md.-based, 160-pound prospect Fernando Guerrero scoring one of those in-a-snap “he was awake and now he’s not” […]

When most people think of Austin, Texas the most prominent image conjured up would be that of the massive University of Texas campus that populates its downtown with thousands of underclassmen.  To residents of the Lone Star state, Austin hold a unique vibe in a state built on tradition.  Residents of the ATX have a […]

We start you off with some slapstick above, where, prior to getting knocked down all over the place last weekend by David Haye, heavyweight Monte Barrett knocked himself down with a poorly-executed ring entrance. It’s cheap thrills, I know, and I feel a little bad about it because I have a soft spot for Barrett […]

Ricky Hatton and Paulie Malignaggi left bad last impressions in separate fights meant to sell the idea of them fighting one another. Hatton, coming back from a knockout loss in the biggest match of his career, struggled mightily with Juan Lazcano, even more mightily than I expected him to — and I expected him to […]

This is what a 5’11”, 122-pound man looks like — Celestino Caballero, on the right. You’d be hard-pressed to make a fight between two boxers as criminally under-appreciated as Steve Molitor and Celestino Caballero. Together, they combine with Israel Vazquez, Rafael Marquez and Juan Manuel Lopez to give the junior featherweight (122 lbs.) division arguably […]