0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/17/2012
Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. isn’t just popular with Mexicans because Mexicans loved his dad — he fights in as macho a style as you can, and Mexicans love macho. All of that machismo was Hemingwaying up the joint Saturday night on HBO, when Chavez, in all his massive middleweight slendor, let Andy Lee’s usually powerful […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/16/2012
When I was a kid, the movie “Mandingo” scarred me. Today the flick is regarded as pure filth, in part because of scenes like the one above, where during a slave fight one slave kills the other by ripping his jugular out with his teeth. Recently, I stumbled upon a fact that I wasn’t aware […]
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Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., who fights on HBO Saturday against Andy Lee, is an oversized figure in boxing, and that’s not exclusively a pun about the giant middleweight’s battle with the scales. It’s about him being among the handful of the most popular boxers in North America; it’s about that big name, the one his […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/15/2012
British super-bantamweight gaffer Scott Quigg will be bidding to off the man looming one spot ahead of him in the domestic rankings this weekend — as perplexing as that must sound to the layman — Nottingham veteran Rendall Munroe. After relinquishing the European championship he guarded with distinction for the better part of two years […]
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When boxing reality won’t do, fantasy has to: Manny Pacquiao’s action figure vs. Floyd Mayweather’s action figure, with Manny on a flaming motorcyle and Floyd as some kind of death monk. That video came out prior to some recent events. Which action figure do you think would win in his current state — Manny, perhaps […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/14/2012
New York, 1959. He wasn’t sure of his name anymore, this tattered figure wandering Times Square. “Heriberto Harwitz” was as close as he could get. He’d shuffle over to the general delivery window at 33rd and 8th and mumble to the clerk. His V.A. benefit check was his only income, but he’d often lose his […]
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Things are different now for Gabriel Rosado. The transformation from a fighter whose career appeared heading down the journeyman/gatekeeper path into a growing fan favorite and authentic contender began a couple years ago. The career growth spurt had to confront tough losses and developments in his personal life when he became a new father and […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/13/2012
Whereas many U.S. boxing fans survey the modern heavyweight division and discern a wasteland forever stripped of its former glory, promoter Kathy Duva augurs something quite the opposite: untapped potential, and a chance for the division to return to prominence. Maybe it’s a matter of perspective. Her firm, Main Events, promotes one of the premier […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/11/2012
Timothy Bradley’s unwarranted win over Manny Pacquiao Saturday wasn’t the only thing wrong with the show on HBO pay-per-view that night. On the undercard, we had a ritualistic slaughter of Teon Kennedy by Guillermo Rigondeaux, a 1.5 round match-up between Jorge Arce and Jesus Rojas that was shaping up nicely before it ended with an […]
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Say you’re a cheery, upbeat type and you want to look on the bright side of the embarrassing outcome in Las Vegas Saturday night, when two judges dumbfounded the world by awarding a decision victory to Timothy Bradley over Manny Pacquiao. It won’t be all bad for business, you might say, and you might be […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/10/2012
Manny Pacquiao’s run of big wins ended Saturday night, but absolutely no one truly believes Timothy Bradley won a split decision Saturday night on HBO pay-per-view. Usually, a bunk decision goes to the A-side of a fight, but Bradley, the B-side, ripped off Pacquiao in a fight where the most I can imagine anyone scoring […]
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Keep coming back here for running updates of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley undercard on HBO pay-per-view. It probably will be no good, but always exciting Jorge Arce is in action, as is supremely talented Guillermo Rigondeaux, and there’s a potentially competitive fight between Mike Jones and Randall Bailey. P.S. The main event won’t […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/8/2012
(Timothy Bradley, holding a giant fake ticket, expects to beat Manny Pacquiao, seated to his right, and for Pacquiao to exercise his rematch clause — and has been taunting Pacquiao with the prospect.) Don’t follow boxing very often, but you want to know the gist of Saturday’s mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley? Follow […]
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So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley on June 9 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Pacquiao-Bradley; getting to know Bradley; the undercard, previewed; keys to the fight, part I and II; the Rabbit Punch column takes on Pacquiao-Bradley; the final preview and […]
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So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley on June 9 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Pacquiao-Bradley; getting to know Bradley; the undercard, previewed; keys to the fight, part I and II; the Rabbit Punch column takes on Pacquiao-Bradley. Next: a staff roundtable. […]
