0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/7/2012
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; the Rabbit Punch column takes on Pacquiao-Bradley. Next: a final preview and prediction. […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/6/2012
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. Next: the Rabbit Punch column takes on Pacquiao-Bradley. Mind. Matter. How do Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley stack up […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/5/2012
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. Next: a preview of the undercard. Boxing’s power couple, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, have each, since their rise to the top of the sport, mostly […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/3/2012
So begins our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley on June 9 on HBO pay-per-view. Now: the stakes of Pacquiao-Bradley. Next: getting to know Bradley. This weekend comes the latest episode in the newly-dawned era of vulnerability for boxing’s two biggest stars and two best fighters, […]
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Two daffy post-fight interviews this weekend probably did some damage to the careers of the boxers interviewed, but damn if they weren’t funny. Up top, there’s welterweight Prenice Brewer complaining about his decision loss to Ronald Cruz Friday. NBC Sports’ Freddie Roach wasn’t alone in scoring the fight lopsidedly against Brewer, but Brewer nonetheless took […]
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Five hours of Showtime boxing Saturday ended in a draw in the evening’s main event between raw, clumsy cruiserweight Lateef Kayode and 43-year-old, borderline Hall of Famer Antonio Tarver, capping a series of fights that were sporadically entertaining. This was something of a new direction for the network, to pile up a ton of bouts […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/2/2012
Friday night on NBC Sports, Gabriel Rosado (20-5, 12 KOs) kept career momentum moving in the right direction as he notched an impressive 9th round stoppage over former title challenger Sechew Powell (26-5, 15 KOs) in their headlining 12 round junior middleweight bout from the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Penn. The action started out […]
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Friday night from York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, Billy Joe Saunders scored the biggest win of his career as he lopsidedly dominated Bradley Pryce to successfully retain his Commonwealth middleweight title by scores of 120-108, 120-109 twice in the main event of a full card televised by Box Nation. The former British Olympian Saunders […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/1/2012
A number of common and sometimes divergent refrains are sounding throughout the boxosphere in response to the news about Floyd Mayweather beginning his jail sentence Friday: We don’t really know whether Floyd beat up his ex-girlfriend, that Floyd’s trip to jail is a cause for celebration, and the whole range in the middle. There are […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/31/2012
Freshly back from vacation in Belize. Hope you guys enjoyed the kickass coverage of boxing events from the rest of the TQBR team while I was feeding howler monkeys and hiking through the jungle and touring Mayan ruins and hitting unmarked speed bumps on the highway (seriously, why put speed bumps on a highway at […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/28/2012
The Scene: Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A. — September 16, 1981. Detroit’s unbeaten welterweight star Thomas Hearns and Maryland golden boy Sugar Ray Leonard had met head on to determine an undisputed world champion. After a tentative opening, Hearns had overcome the first crises of his career and pulled away into a lead on […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/27/2012
Lucian Bute had a bit of an Ivan Drago quality to him heading into his fight this past weekend with Carl Froch in Nottingham, making Froch’s choice to use “No Easy Way Out” from the all-time classic film Rocky IV as his walkout music an absolute brilliant choice. Bute, fighting for the first time on […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/26/2012
In a battle between two of the top super middleweights in the world, Carl Froch thrilled his raucous hometown fans with a dominant fifth-round TKO victory over previously undefeated Lucian Bute in an exhilirating, career-best performance. The bout, broadcast live in the U.S. on Epix and streamed live on EpixHD.com from an energized Capital FM […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/24/2012
Saturday, Lucian Bute meets Carl Froch in an important super middleweight clash that hopes to clear room for more important fights down the line. The Queensberry Rules staff takes a look at the fight and makes their set of predictions. At 32 years old, Lucian Bute is hoping to enter the likely home stretch of […]
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Carl Froch and Lucian Bute reside near opposite ends of a spectrum, where at one end is mythical, untapped and untested unobtainium and the other end is sheer stone, hardened by years of harsh nature and underestimated by those searching for rare diamonds. These two super middleweights, set to meet Saturday on Epix, possess the […]
