(Brandon Rios, left, and Manny Pacquiao, right, visit Tiananmen Square) So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios on HBO pay-per-view on Nov. 23. Previously: a special edition of TQBR Radio; what's at stake; the undercard, previewed; the camp fight, broken down; notes from Macau, part I and II; keys to the fight; staff […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios on HBO pay-per-view on Nov. 23. Previously: a special edition of TQBR Radio; what's at stake; the undercard, previewed; the camp fight, broken down; notes from Macau. Next: a staff roundtable. Mind. Matter. How do Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios on HBO pay-per-view on Nov. 23. Previously: a special edition of TQBR Radio. Next: the undercard, previewed. A creeping sense that Manny Pacquiao's time as one of the world's best prizefighters was coming to an end slowly […]

(Jack Reiss separates Andre Ward, right, and Edwin Rodriguez; photo credit: Brittni Moten, Goossen Tutor Promotions) Super middleweight champion Andre Ward is still better than anyone he's ever faced. He's still ruffling feathers in some quarters. Whatever variation there is in the opinion about his feather-ruffling qualities, his excellence is undeniable after a near-shutout win […]

That's Jean Harlow with Primo Carnera, one of two Golden Age Hollywood starlets playing at boxing featured in this edition of Quick Jabs. I got that one from Reddit's r/boxing, and we've been mining them for this kind of gold in our posts of late. You definitely should be checking it out on your own, […]

One year and one month ago, the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board sprang into existence as an alternative to the belt-sanctioning organizations that have polluted the sport and made it more difficult to recognize the true champions of each weight class. Upon its creation, some fans and writers had some questions and criticisms, and I took […]

(Nonito Donaire punches Vic Darchinyan; credit: Chris Farina, Top Rank) Mikey Garcia tasted the canvas Saturday night on HBO. So did Demetrius Andrade. And Nonito Donaire was losing his rematch with Vic Darchinyan through eight rounds. But all three gathered themselves for wins that meant something, yet also demonstrated the limitations of each man. MIKEY […]

Sometimes more is better. That's what Showtime has been thinking this year with multi-fight cards where the individual bouts are of questionable entertainment value, and that's what HBO seems to be thinking about this Saturday with its tripleheader. The junior middleweight clash between Vanes Martirosyan and Demetrius Andrade is unlikely to produce anything like enjoyable […]

The little boxers of the sport around 108 and 112 are on a superb run of fights the last year or two.  Brian Viloria over Giovani Segura and Hernan Marquez; Roman Gonzalez over Juan Francisco Estrada; Estrada over Viloria; Segura over Marquez; and who knows where it ends? Segura-Marquez was a typically high-level slugfest with […]

Some scribes and fans (I'm serious, there are quite a few of them) falsely equate pound-for-pound excellence with a lack of excitement. I look at the man above, light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, having joined this particular list of the best boxers in the world regardless of weight division as but one of many indicators […]

(New York, NY, USA; Gennady Golovkin [silver trunks] and Curtis Stevens [brown trunks] box during their middleweight  bout at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Golovkin won after the fight was stopped after the 8th round. Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports) One view coming into Gennady Golovkin-Curtis Stevens Saturday night on HBO, probably not the […]

Whether it’s Russian roulette or an old-fashioned drinking contest, play any game where the central element is powerful shots and sooner or later, someone’s going down. Saturday’s showdown on HBO between middleweight knockout artists Gennady Golovkin and Curtis Stevens is far closer to the Russian roulette end of scale, which is to say that the […]

(Bernard Hopkins punches Karo Murat; photo credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) Bernard Hopkins beat Karo Murat Saturday night on Showtime in a bout notable for more action than you usually see in a Hopkins fight, but even more notable for exceeding the regular high figure of extracurriculars you usually see in a Hopkins fight. There was […]

Bernard Hopkins-Karo Murat Saturday on Showtime is a blemish on what big-time network boxing has been up to of late in the matchmaking department, so why are we being given a 48-year-old legend in Atlantic City against a German who's never fought here? Number one: It's Hopkins. He's proven he can do TV ratings in […]