Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson, just inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame this year, was arrested this week and charged with possession of liquid PCP with the intent to distribute. The arrest darkens what had been a celebratory period for Johnson, the only boxer born and raised in Washington D.C. to enter the Hall. Johnson […]

(Santa Claus helps Leo Santa Cruz [no relation] work out in advance of his appearance on CBS; photo credit: Esther Lin, Showtime) If you read boxing ignoramuses like ESPN's Scoop Jackson, boxing died this past weekend, just like critics have taken any occasion over the last 100 years-plus to declare it dead. So it must […]

British junior middleweight champion Brian Rose attempts to capture the Lonsdale belt he carries but does not yet own, against one of its former custodians, in cut-prone Chislehurst man Sam Webb. Back on benevolent hunting ground at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens — a 19th century opera house turned entertainment complex in the heart of the seaside […]

We bore witness to enduring history last night, the kind of event that boxing aficionados will talk about for generations. And it's not too early to play boxing historian, either; it's often better to wait more than a day before foisting such sweeping declarations on a thing, because it is the nature of history for […]

Harlesden super middleweight James “Chunky” DeGale largely dominated a dogged Fulgencio Zuniga in Hull, Saturday evening, yet he didn’t have everything his own way after the Barranquilla veteran came on over the second half of the contest. The Londoner almost took Zuniga out in round 3, had the Colombian hurt and teetering on the brink […]

That Mikkel Kessler was going to beat Brian Magee Saturday was never in any real doubt. But how the Dane did it told us something: Kessler remains one of the best few 168 pounders in the world, right behind two fellow grads of Showtime's super middleweight tournament, Carl Froch and division champion Andre Ward. If […]

(No, we're just talking about Manny Paquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez IV, here. P.S. The website link in the picture doesn't work, but credit due to whoever produced this.) Don't follow boxing very often, but you want to know the gist of Saturday's mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez? Follow boxing all the time, and […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez 4 on Dec. 8 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the undercard, previewed; why the fight matters; a preview and prediction. Next: the ultimate guide. Any sport that brings guys that look like this together with girls that […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez 4 on Dec. 8 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the undercard, previewed; why the fight matters. Next: a TQBR roundtable. No matter their weight, no matter their age, no matter whether they're fighting at featherweight in 2004 […]