Something's up. Powerful boxing manager/adviser Al Haymon (above) is on a signing spree. At the same time, Golden Boy Promotions' Richard Schaefer and Oscar De La Hoya aren't talking about rumors of friction between the two men. Let's do some math. Here's a list of 65 fighters who A. could be considered active; B. are […]

(Mauricio Herrera, left, takes a shot from Danny Garcia, left;

(Tomasz Adamek, left, has his face rearranged by Vyacheslav Glazkov, right; Rich Graessle, Main Events) Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek has lived by the razor-thin, debatable decision of late, but even with the NBC Sports broadcast team cheering on his fight Saturday evening as though it was close, the judges saw it correctly: Vyacheslav Glazkov won by […]

Thrown fights in boxing in the past decade or so have been hard to prove; many things that might look thrown can't be certified as such, and often we get just wisps of evidence or allegations from one source who is not as credible as we'd like. That one above from last year, via

Whatever complaints you had about the Canelo Alvarez-Alfredo Angulo pay-per-view, Jesus Soto Karass didn't care. He was having a

Allegedly Floyd Mayweather is into kidnapping now, especially if you steal his pretty pretty earrings. Quick, someone make a photoshopped picture of Manny Pacquiao giving Liam Neeson's "I will find you and I will kill you" speech to Mayweather! Allegedly. The only news outlet I can find to have covered the story with original reporting […]

(Alfredo Angulo objects to referee Tony Weeks stopping his fight with Canelo Alvarez; credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) From the opening seconds of the 1st round until the fight's end — more on that very soon — Canelo Alvarez rained down full force, total leverage power shots on Alfredo Angulo of such resounding violence that it […]

(Leo Santa Cruz catches Cristian Mijares; 

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The Guano Apes tried to warn Robert Stieglitz with their performance right before the Arthur Abraham rematch: Don't be flying too close to the sun. But did he listen to the German metal act that named itself after shit monkeys? No, no he didn't. There were warnings we'd have good fights and/or controversial ones, and […]

(Brian Vera, left, Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., right; credit: Chris Farina, Top Rank) This action-packed win Saturday on HBO by Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. over Brian Vera inspired very little of the disgust of the first meeting, when Chavez got a decision he didn't deserve, abetted by a weight scandal. This time, Chavez made weight. […]

(Orlando Salido, left, Vasyl Lomachenko, right; credit: Chris Farina, Top Rank) There was nothing wrong with the judges' scorecards in the HBO meeting Saturday between grizzled veteran Orlando Salido and amateur great Vasyl Lomachenko, only with Salido's exploitation of missing weight and all the low blows he threw in the bout. It did the trick: […]

(Terence Crawford [red, white and blue trunks] topped Ricky Burns; credit:  Lawrence Lustig, Matchroom Boxing) This time, Ricky Burns couldn't benefit from an opponent quizzically quitting, like Jose Gonzalez did, or from hometown judging in Glasgow, like the kind that saved him from a loss against Raymundo Beltran. Terence Crawford was too much for Burns Saturday […]

In boxing, "deserve" is a word with little meaning. With the right promotional connections, with the right adviser, with the right name, with the right country of origin, you can skip directly to the front of the line. This Saturday on HBO, the two A-side boxers are the recipients of boons they have not truly […]