0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/16/2013
(A cast of thousands, from left: Anthony Peterson; Devon Alexander; Lamont Peterson; Lee Purdy; Anthony Ogogo) If you're headed to Atlantic City this weekend for one of the year's best main events — the junior welterweight scrap between Lamont Peterson and Lucas Matthysse — or even if you're just trying to figure out how much […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/15/2013
Lucas Matthysse, the hard punching Argentine, WBC interim junior welterweight titlist and number one Ring-ranked junior welterweight, will challenge the IBF strapholder Lamont Peterson this Saturday in Atlantic City. It’s a storied town, one that has seen some classic fights down the years. Yet it’s also synonymous with the darker side of the sweet science, […]
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(Dusty Harrison, left, and D.C. based rapper Wale, right; via) These are flush times for D.C. boxing. This Saturday, two of the top ticketsellers in the Beltway will appear on separate cards: junior welterweight contender Lamont Peterson fights in Atlantic City against Lucas Matthysse, while blue chip welterweight prospect Dusty Hernandez Harrison holds down the […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/14/2013
Since Patrick Connor already had you covered for Friday Night Fights and I already had you covered for ShoBox on an already-light week, there normally would be little need for any Weekend Afterthoughts. But a few contenders of note were in action, including a few who found themselves amid some drama, so here's a drizzling […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/12/2013
A boxer boxer. (h/t unofficial TQBR visual consultant Che) We'll have some Weekend Afterthoughts soon enough for the fights that went down this weekend, but there's still a lot left to talk about with the prior weekend — the pay-per-view buys for Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero, the appropriateness of Ruben Guerrero's trash talk as evaluated by […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/11/2013
(Dierry Jean connects on Cleotis Pendarvis; credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) Nearly three years ago on a trip to Montreal for the light heavyweight clash between Jean Pascal and Chad Dawson, the one fighter on the undercard who made an impression on me was Dierry Jean. Watching him struggle with Cleotis Pendarvis on ShoBox Friday night […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/8/2013
(Apr 13, 2013; New York, NY, USA; Guillermo Rigondeaux celebrates his 12-round unanimous decision win over Nonito Donaire [not shown] at Radio City Music Hall. Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports) It's been an eventful 1.5 months for boxing's best. Some of the fighters are new to this list of the top in the world regardless […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/7/2013
Welterweight superstar Manny Pacquiao is at an unsteady point in his boxing life, coming off the kind of knockout loss that ends careers and two consecutive losses overall. For his comeback fight, he's picked someone who might put his lights out or else make him look like Fred Astaire: The brutal, brawling Brandon Rios. The […]
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(credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports) Robert Guerrero's odds of beating Floyd Mayweather this past weekend were always long, even after opening at quite a distance and closing the gap with bettors somewhat in the build-up to the fight. Those odds became flesh and blood in the ring Saturday, as Guerrero couldn't get near enough to […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/5/2013
(May 4, 2013; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Floyd Mayweather [black gloves] and Robert Guerrero [red gloves] during their welterweight fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mayweather won unanimously. Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports) Floyd Mayweather made his Showtime deal debut a successful one, taking a clear unanimous decision over Robert Guerrero, who got off […]
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(May 4, 2013; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Daniel Ponce De Leon [red gloves] and Abner Mares during [blue gloves] their featherweight fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports) This Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero undercard is on the upper end of pay-per-view undercards, so keep coming back here Saturday for continually updated […]
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0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/3/2013
Don't follow boxing very often, but you want to know the gist of Saturday's mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Robert Guerrero? Follow boxing all the time, and want one place that rounds up all the links about the welterweight showdown you could ever want? This Ultimate Guide to the May 4 pay-per-view bout is for […]
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So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero on Showtime pay-per-view May 4. Previously: putting Mayweather-Guerrero in context; the undercard, previewed; keys to the fight; a full preview of the main event. Next: the Ultimate Guide. This installment of TQBR’s regular TQBR roundtable is dedicated […]
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A hoped-for fan-friendly brawl between junior welterweights Mauricio Herrera and Ji-Hoon Kim on ESPN2's Friday Nights Fights instead turned into a cringe-inducing, one-sided mismatch as Herrera teed off on Kim at will en route to a 10-round unanimous decision. The special edition of FNF aired Thursday and might've served as a nice warm-up to the […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/2/2013
So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero on Showtime pay-per-view May 4. Previously: putting Mayweather-Guerrero in context; the undercard, previewed; keys to the fight. Next: a staff roundtable. Ultimately, while Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero is a big event because Mayweather is the biggest pay-per-view attraction […]
