0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/9/2013
(Jun 8, 2013; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Adonis Stevenson [gold/yellow] celebrates after knocking out Chad Dawson [not pictured] during the first round of their light heavyweight championship bout at the Bell Centre. Mandatory Credit: Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports) Whoa. That happened. Adonis Stevenson scored a massive upset on HBO Saturday night, and did it in a […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/8/2013
For a while, it looked like top cruiserweight Marco Huck was finally going to win an easy one Saturday against his two-time rival Ola Afolabi. This being a Huck-Afolabi fight, though, it was fated to end up close, so it did. But there is no drama after their rubber match, nobody wondering whether Huck got […]
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(An emotional Nick Brinson responds to the announcement of his big win; credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) Nick Brinson, a late substitute who had to lose around 17 pounds in 10 days to get on ShoBox Friday night, fought anything like the prototypical late substitute in a revelatory performance against big punching junior middleweight prospect Jorge […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/7/2013
What to do with Chad Dawson? The light heavyweight champion is among the most athletic boxers in the world, a troublesome southpaw who isn't afraid to fight anyone and also happens to be adroit when it comes to the finer technical points of the sport. He also is a flake who sheds trainers like a chicken molting twice […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/6/2013
[UPDATE: CONTEST CLOSED. WE HAVE A WINNER, WHOSE NAME WE'LL ANNOUNCE ONCE WE RECEIVE PERMISSION TO DO SO. THANKS, ALL, FOR ENTERING!] It's been a while since we've had a giveaway to our readers, and our friends over at Ringside have stepped up to the plate in a big way to help us correct […]
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Like miniature chocolates laced with chili powder, Marcos Maidana and Josesito Lopez are recognizably one thing and don't need to be anything other than what they are — because who doesn't like chocolates and brawlers? — but they have added a touch of something else to make themselves all the zestier. In their purest brawling […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/30/2013
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez have signed to fight one another on September 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It’s the biggest fight that can be made in the sport today. Both boxers immediately let their fans know about the deal
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/27/2013
I'm still buzzing about the fact that Floyd Mayweather (right) and Canelo Alvarez (left) signed this week to fight in September. It's been more than a decade since Mayweather has done this: taken on his undisputed most threatening opponent, in Alvarez's case a bigger, stronger, full-fledged junior middleweight who is coming into his own and […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/25/2013
Anyone who thought Mikkel Kessler was "done" as an elite boxer coming into his rematch with Carl Froch got a very welcome wake-up call Saturday on HBO. It wasn't enough to beat his 168-pound rival Froch, who won a unanimous decision in London before a delirious crowd. But it was enough to at least equal, […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/24/2013
Whatever one made of Showtime's Super Six, there was one fight in that 168-pound tournament that is beyond dispute about its quality: Mikkel Kessler vs. Carl Froch. When last they met in 2010, Kessler and Froch dueled at a high level in Denmark, delivering a Fight of the Year contender and the best round of […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/21/2013
In the world of great reaction shots to someone getting knocked out as everyone else around them goes nuts, Marco Antonio Barrera witnessing Manny Pacquiao get KO'd > Danny Garcia witnessing Lamont Peterson get KO'd by Lucas Matthysse Saturday. Matthysse, who might face Garcia next for junior welterweight supremacy, said he thought Garcia looked worried. […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/19/2013
(Lucas Matthysse drops Lamont Peterson; credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — In the Godzilla movies, the great, giant lizard that demolishes all emerges from the sea. Saturday night on Showtime, boxing's scariest monster emerged onto the beaches of Atlantic City: Lucas Matthysse. The first victim of a frightening new era for anyone around […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/18/2013
(credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Keep coming back here for updates on the undercard for Showtime's main event of Lucas Matthysse-Lamont Peterson (junior welterweight). It's a DEEP card, in terms of number of fights, which I previewed here. Highlights — among the "names", anyway — include Anthony Peterson, Shawn Porter and Devon […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/17/2013
At Friday's weigh-in for Lamont Peterson-Lucas Matthysse Saturday on Showtime, BoxingScene's David Greisman and I did some interviews on the fight itself, the topics in the headline, some upcoming bouts, the latest figure for Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero pay-per-view sales and more. Read on for word from welterweight/Showtime commentator Paulie Malignaggi; upward-moving junior welterweight Amir Khan; […]
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It's one of those kind of fights, is Lamont Peterson vs. Lucas Matthysse Saturday on Showtime: The more you dissect it, the more footage you watch, the harder it gets to figure out who will win. You might have started off one way and flipped back and forth repeatedly. In that sense, your fractured crystal […]
