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. Next: a full preview and prediction. In all the years I've been producing "keys to the fight" for big pay-per-views, where I evaluate how […]

So begins our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero on Showtime pay-per-view May 4. Now: putting Mayweather-Guerrero in context. Next: the undercard, previewed. Some of the basics of the Floyd Mayweather story leading into his battle Saturday against Robert Guerrero are unchanged: He's still the consensus […]

(Apr 27, 2013; Brooklyn, N.Y — Danny Garcia [green trunks] and Zab Judah [black trunks] hug after their junior welterweight bout at the Barclays Center. Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports) It takes a weekend of boxing like the last one to overshadow a weekend like the one up next, headlined by the world's biggest pay-per-view […]

The middleweight champion of the world is back. It is both a glad and potentially dangerous occasion, the return Saturday of Sergio Martinez not only to the ring, not only to HBO, but to his native Argentina, where he's become an athlete worthy of presidential hobnobbing. Martinez is resuming his reign coming off the richest […]

Hold up. Heeeeeey…. Hope you're ready for the next episode. Patrick Connor of this here website and James Foley of that there Bad Left Hook website are back with their boxing radio talking after a well-received and well-listened to debut. They discuss the weekend that was and the weekend that will be. Go consume it […]

(Nathan Cleverly, right, lets his hands go) If Nathan Cleverly had been hoping to stake his claim for a tutorial with the old master at light heavyweight, Bernard Hopkins, then he could probably have done with looking a tad less unruly than he eventually managed in shutting out Robin Krasniqi on Saturday on Epix. Cleverly, […]

(Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, right, punches Austin Trout; photo credit: Showtime) “Canelo will be here for a long time,” said junior middleweight Saul Alvarez after defeating Austin Trout in San Antonio on Showtime. It’s hard to disagree with him, despite the third person athlete's tic. Canelo by no means destroyed all the doubts over his superstar […]

Spooky. Either Top Rank is listening to me, or I'm beginning to think like that promotional company, because here's a series of fights I recently suggested: Manny Pacquiao-Mike Alvarado; Juan Manuel Marquez-Timothy Bradley; and Brandon Rios-Ruslan Provodnikov. Two of the three, both at welterweight, now appear very likely — Pacquiao-Alvarado for October or November, and […]

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(Bahodir Mamadjonov drops Angelo Santana; credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) Reminiscent of the classic LL Cool J song, Bahodir Mamadjonov indeed said “knock you out” with a resounding stoppage of the previously undefeated Angelo Santana in the 9th round of their lightweight bout. It was the kind of fight typical of Showtime’s outstanding ShoBox series, where […]

As match-ups between boxing archetypes go, “natural counterpuncher vs. natural counterpuncher” might be the most dreaded, likely as they are to degenerate into an unappetizing gruel where feints outnumber blows landed. But on rare occasions, they can be spiced up into something palatable, even mouth-watering, which is the dish on the menu Saturday on HBO. […]