Floyd Mayweather’s retirement last week left behind a cross between a ripple and a void, affecting everyone’s list of who’s the best in the sport, shuffling the plans and/or pecking order of stars like Oscar De La Hoya and Kelly Pavlik and shifting the sands in boxing’s top division, the welterweights (147 lbs). And that’s […]

Those of you who have been reading this little blog of ours for any length of time know that we are some boxing video-game loving fools.¬† In fact Tim even broke down the history of boxing video-games in this excellent post¬†from back in February.¬† This Tuesday Don King Presents Prizefighter hits the stores and from […]

The biggest star of Saturday night, Kelly Pavlik, took care of business like he was supposed to in a brilliant knockout performance over a serious underdog, but there were three shocking results Saturday night in the HBO and Showtime double-headers. Sergio Mora pulled the upset and became the first graduate of “The Contender” TV show […]

Finally I get a fight prediction right.¬† I picked ‘Contender’ champion Sergio Mora, a 5-to-1 underdog, to dethrone Vernon Forrest tonight.¬† Don’t believe me?¬† Check here.¬† Too many people where overlooking the fact that Forrest’s last couple of fights were not exactly against world beaters.¬† I knew Mora would train his ass off for a […]

Floyd Mayweather’s befuddling retirement throws a wrench in the plans of boxing’s other biggest star, Oscar De La Hoya, since as of this writing, their September rematch is off. So where does De La Hoya go now? We’ll use the question as a jumping off point to examine both that and a number of other […]

OK, maybe I’m naive, but I never bought the sincerity of Floyd Mayweather’s retirement threats… until now. Kind of. Swanson PR has provided me a statement moments ago that I saw over at BoxingScene.com. A rep at Swanson told me Mayweather — the best boxer alive, when he actually is fighting these days — is […]

When the Old Grey Lady herself profiles a boxer, that boxer has officially made it. The New York Times turned its spotlight on consensus middleweight (160 lbs.) champ Kelly Pavlik this week, a rare bit of “Paper of Record” attention to the sport. The Times rehashed not only the obligatory “boxing is struggling” line it […]

Ahead on the scorecards one famous night in 1941 against the great Joe Louis, Billy Conn went for the knockout, and because of it, got knocked out himself. A reporter asked Conn, “Why?” He replied: “What’s the point of being Irish if you can’t be thick?” Wednesday night on ESPN2, unbeaten Irish junior middleweight (154 […]

All it takes is one fight. One fight can change a boxer’s reputation like that. It doesn’t make it fair or right. It’s just the way it is. The line on Carlos Quintana’s career, over three consecutive fights, swung from “underrated upset artist” to “overrated roadkill for the stars” to “underrated upset artist” again. Paul […]

So by now you have probably heard the cries of outrage from Europe regarding the Danny Williams-Konstantin Airich heavyweight bout this past weekend in Spain.¬† At the center of the controversy is the ineptitude of referee Alfredo Garcia Perez.¬† After witnessing the fight I don’t think that Garcia was trying to favor Airich it just […]

What decision should a man make when the choice boils down to money vs. legacy? Tomorrow, Joel Casamayor, the Ring magazine lightweight (135 lbs.) champ, must pick whether to battle Nate Campbell, who holds a few title belts himself and is considered by many the best fighter in the division, or Juan Diaz, the man […]

Thomas Hauser has a must-read story at SecondsOut.com about HBO’s boxing operation. Despite some good progress over the last year or so, it shows just how much further boxing has to go to build itself back up, when the most powerful entity in the sport has the problems HBO does. But, for as long as […]

Absent a big fight this weekend, is boxing going stir-crazy? Take a look at some of the ridiculous goings-on out there. Heavyweight titlist Vladimir Klitschko pulled a fast one on Borat himself, aka Sasha Baron Cohen, implying that he would like to “break his neck” for what he said about Kazakstan. Fortunately for fans of […]

There is a rumor running wild about the possibilities of a potential match (boxing or MMA)¬†between MMA media sensation and YouTube street-fighting legend Kimbo Slice and former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.¬† For all intents and purposes such disturbing news remains a rumor and nothing more as the thought of a fight as horrific as this […]

ESPN’s Dan Rafael is reporting¬†that Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions (GBP)¬†has just inked a promotional deal with British cruiserweight champion David Haye.¬† GBP will promote Haye’s fights here in America and co-promote, in conjunction with Haye’s Hayemaker Productions, his fights in the U.K.¬† Personally I think this is a genius move for Haye […]