0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/4/2013
We're in something akin to a fall sweeps period for HBO boxing, with this weekend and last spotlighting various titans of TV ratings in the sport. Up last Saturday was Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., and he reportedly delivered the biggest cable boxing ratings of the year so far. Up this coming Saturday are Miguel Cotto […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/2/2013
All the scuttlebutt in recent days points at pound-for-pound and pay-per-view boxing king Floyd Mayweather's next fight coming in May against Amir Khan, the leopard-quick Pakistani Brit with a China chin, a penchant for in-ring dramatics and a knack for outside-the-ring celebreality posturing (along with the kind of "love to hate" relationship with the public […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/30/2013
Carla Caiz, no, look at Brian Vera throwing a punch, not at whatever the hell is over there! (
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/27/2013
Boxing prospect Mike "Yes Indeed" Reed serves as a living variant of the old Monty Python sketch where an accountant goes into a job counselor and is told that aptitude tests show the best job for him is to be an accountant. The accountant is displeased. "I've been a chartered accountant for the last twenty […]
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Thanks to the antics this week in advance of his HBO return Saturday, we have a new variant on the old riddle about the 800 pound gorilla: What weight does Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. fight at? A: Whatever weight he wants to. For a sport that has been around under the Queensberry rules for more […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/21/2013
Who would win in a fight between Rocky and Raging Bull? Rocky, just because he's a heavyweight and Raging Bull is a middleweight. Between the actors? Guess we'll just have to wait for the movie to come out. You know what would be extra-great? If Robert De Niro gave a damn about being an Actor, […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/20/2013
If the figures released Thursday are to be believed — always a dicey proposition — then Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez on Showtime pay-per-view last weekend exceeded all reasonable expectations with at least 2.2 million U.S. buys, good for #2 all-time for a boxing PPV buy rate, and could challenge for #1 by the time […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/18/2013
The question about Muhammad Ali movies isn't whether we need another one — we don't — but whether a new one can contribute anything to the canon. "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight," debuting Oct. 5 on HBO, possesses a premise that offers promise of that. The title begs the question of whether it's going to be […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/16/2013
Danny Garcia's mouthpiece ejecting from his face and skating across the top ring rope was one of the best blends of violence and grace from this past weekend, the absolute best being everything Floyd Mayweather did to Canelo Alvarez. The camera zooms in on the mouthpiece and follows it so lovingly, too. Whether you loved […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/15/2013
(Sep 14, 2013; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Floyd Mayweather Jr. [blue gloves] and Canelo Alvarez battle at their junior middleweight fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports) We understand to a point, from watching Floyd Mayweather, that he is a true great. But too often, he's not given us the evidence […]
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(Danny Garcia, right, Lucas Matthysse, left; credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) Few expected Danny Garcia to sign a fight with Lucas Matthysse, one of the hardest punchers in all of boxing. Fewer expected him to win. But Saturday on Showtime pay-per-view, on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez, Garcia defused Matthysse completely, taking a unanimous decision […]
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(Carlos Molina, left, Ishe Smith, right; photo credit: Tom Hogan, Golden Boy) These are the results for the two main undercard fights to support the main event of Floyd Mayweather and Saul Alvarez and Lucas Matthysse vs. Danny Garcia: Pablo Cesar Cano knocked off Ashley Theophane by split decision, with one judge somehow scoring it […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/14/2013
Don't follow boxing very often, but you want to know the gist of Saturday's mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez? Follow boxing all the time, and want one place that rounds up all the links about the junior middleweight showdown you could ever want? This Ultimate Guide to the Sept. 14 pay-per-view event known […]
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So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez on Showtime pay-per-view on Sept. 14. Previously: the meaning of Mayweather-Alvarez; a special edition of TQBR Radio; the undercard and week's schedule, previewed; keys to the fight parts I and II; how good Mayweather-Alvarez could be; a […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/12/2013
So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez on Showtime pay-per-view on Sept. 14. Previously: the meaning of Mayweather-Alvarez; a special edition of TQBR Radio; the undercard and week's schedule, previewed; keys to the fight parts I and II; how good Mayweather-Alvarez could be; a […]
