I’m dubbing this week “Yuriorkis Gamboa Week.” That’s because my favorite prospect in the whole wide world is fighting Saturday night, and I’m making it my mission to convince you to get your eyeballs on the 26-year-old Cuban, even though, I warn you, they might pop out when you do. Gamboa, a 130-pounder, may not […]

Ok, who saw this upset coming?¬† Junior Witter had Timothy Bradley bested in every statistical category yet somehow the undefeated prospect from Palm Springs, CA managed to eek out an upset victory to win the WBC strap.¬† To be honest the fight itself was not one of your more scintillating contests.¬† Witter fought like, well […]

For all intents and purposes Ricky Hatton is the recognized king of the junior welterweight (140 lbs.) division.¬† Fellow Brit and no. 2 rated Junior Witter has long contested that notion and in recent years has openly pinned for a lucrative showdown between the two.¬† Hatton’s response to this?¬† “[Witter’s] nothing but a boil in […]

My wife once remarked that “weird sh*t always happens to Zab” following the in ring brawl during¬†Zab Judah’s fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. How right she has been so far.¬† In further Judah news it now appears¬†that the semi-anticipated welterweight match-up between Zab Judah and Shane Mosley has been canceled after Judah reportedly slipped in […]

A sneak peak of what awaits below: The Rashomon effect on the Oscar De La Hoya-Steve Forbes fight; some schadenfreude for Mikkel Kessler and Floyd Mayweather, Jr.; and hey, at least there’s something interesting happening with the heavyweights, even if it isn’t in the ring.

The headline above reflects one of the many fantastically strange story elements in the tale of Bennie Heard, recounted in The New York Times over the weekend. I’ve had several people ask me about the article but hadn’t had a chance to dig it up until today. It’s really remarkable. I recommend you read it. […]

I missed catching De La Hoya’s high profile sparring session Saturday night as I had more exciting things to view, like paint drying.¬† Of course my addiction to all things boxing caused me to view the replay Sunday morning and while I have no regrets on missing it live there were some things that held […]

We’ve had more than our fair share here in the last week or so of the stuff in the headline (just scroll down the screen to read the fall-out, and see the post that started it all here). But if you want a different take on things, head over to this entry on BadLeftHook.com from […]

One view coming into Oscar De La Hoya-Steve Forbes was that it was a sparring session in preparation for De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather, Jr. II. Another view coming in was that it was supposed to build interest in De La Hoya-Mayweather II. De La Hoya, I think, had both ideas in mind. His wide defeat […]

Somebody needs to throw Andre Dirrell into 18-foot rings every time out, because then he doesn’t even have the option of doing all that skipping around. Anthony Hanshaw made him fight, and probably regretted it, because he got knocked out in the fifth — but we finally got to see Dirrell, a super middleweight (168 […]

Stamps, statues, mermen, skippers, job opportunities and more all await “below the fold.”

This Saturday, the most recognizable boxer on planet Earth begins his career’s farewell tour. After Saturday, Oscar De La Hoya only plans to fight twice more, both mega-fights, against Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Miguel Cotto. There’s just one little problem between now and then: Steve Forbes. I say “little” because Forbes — as a guy […]

Lost amongst the considerable hype surrounding this Saturday’s Oscar De La Hoya “tune up” with Steve Forbes is a pretty intriguing match-up tonight.¬† Tonight ESPN’s Wednesday Night Fights card from Vancouver, B.C. will be headlined by Joel Julio doing battle against Ishe Smith at the junior¬†middleweight limit of 154 lbs.¬†

If you stumbled onto this blog in the past couple of days and read the comments on Tim’s latest posts then you can tell we have another infestation of Pacquiao zealots.¬† The influx of comments appeared after Tim dared to place Manny Pacquiao at #3 on his Pound-For-Pound list.¬†¬†Such a travesty obviously could not go […]

Here’s what I’ve been called in the past two days by some Filipino fans of Manny Pacquiao for daring to bump him to #3 on the list of best fighters on the planet, something other writers, like ESPN’s Dan Rafael, have already done: gay; racist; retarded; dumb; an idiot; blind; deaf; brain-damaged; gay; a woman; […]