De La Hoya/Pacquiao 24/7 debuted on HBO last night. It didn’t thrill me — I like both Oscar and Manny as fighters, but as personalities, they are not the most dynamic subjects. But if it’s compelling to you, there are a few other places you can go for even more running documents of the build-up […]

Heavyweight Andrew Golota lost his fight this month against Ray Austin in China when he quit between the 1st and 2nd rounds of their fight. He cited an arm injury, but since Golota has a history of quitting bouts, and because he’s received more second chances than Marion Berry, skepticism was… understandable. Don King Productions […]

Damn, I’m going to miss Solo Boxeo.  Sure I don’t speak a lick of Spanish, save for the occasional pick-up line and the ever important beer order, but credit must be given to Telefutura’s weekly boxing program that showcases rising prospects in competitive match-ups. This past Friday’s card was to showcase another such fight when […]

For a performance in which Jermain Taylor landed 48 percent of his punches to Jeff Lacy’s 17, this comeback win and super middleweight (168 lbs.) debut for Taylor was strangely underwhelming. He started off nervous before finding an incredible rhythm. He got decked legitimately in the one round he lost, even if the ref didn’t […]

(If you didn’t get to see the David Haye-Monte Barrett fight because it foolishly was not broadcast in America, It’s after the jump in three clips.) The big question about David Haye as a heavyweight should never have been related to his speed or power. As he established rather definitively in knocking down Monte Barrett […]

Doghouseboxing.com reports that last weekend’s light heavyweight (175 lbs.) championship bout between Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones, Jr. did rather modest pay-per-view business: It looks like financial tough times are hitting everyone, everywhere. Although the Pay-Per-View number for Joe Calzaghe vs Roy Jones Jr. have yet to be officially released, the word on the beat […]

A news release from Top Rank, promoter of Manny Pacquiao, says this: “Oscar De La Hoya sent a personal message to Manny Pacquiao this week. While autographing boxing gloves for the ‘Dream Match’ promotion, Pacman rooted deep into a large cardboard box and spotted a red glove signed in black sharpie by Oscar. The personal […]

I’ll get to the two main fights on the “Contender”-centric Versus card tonight in a second, but wow, how bad did super middleweight (168 lbs.) Jaidon Codrington look against a 20-loss guy meant to offer a soft comeback? Codrington ended up winning by a knockout late in the final round of a fight that Versus […]

After watching the grappling session put on by former Contender show participants, Grady Brewer and Cornelius Bundrage, I can honestly say that I may have just witnessed the worst fight ever.  The fact that Brewer won a split decision means nothing in the grand scheme of things seeing as how his stock just plummeted with that piss-poor performance. […]

If you see this man, please contact Richard Schaefer at Golden Boy Promotions: (I’m just playing along with Schaefer’s request. He could be full of it, but it’s weird, if he’s telling the truth. And, frankly, it’s weird if he’s lying, too.)

Also in this edition of Quick Jabs: a reconsideration of the devastating loss of Wednesday Night Fights and Solo Boxeo; another boost to the suddenly hot junior middleweight division; and some high jinks involving a stolen boxing ring, loaded gloves and mysterious dismissals. (Sources: News releases; Fightnews.com; Maxboxing.com; The Associated Press; BoxingScene.com; Insidesports.ph; ESPN.com; TheSweetScience.com)

Call this week “Joe Calzaghe’s Super Middleweight Leftovers And Rejects Week.” Which is not as bad as all that, really. Calzaghe has established himself as the top man at the weight (168 lbs.) of all time, and in and of itself, it’s not so terrible to be felled opponents of the great Welshman, as Jeff […]

As incredulous as it may seem the WBC is again drawing the wrath of knowledgeable fans and pundits with there latest public decry that Manny Pacquiao pay them a sanctioning fee for his December 6 mega fight with Oscar De La Hoya.  Never mind that fact that the fight will be contested not for any […]

Wherein anything tangentially connected to this weekend is fair game for scattershot observations.

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