0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/4/2012
Having true champions in boxing has never been the cure for what ails the sport; there are so many tumors on pro boxing, no one cure can solve everything. But every couple weeks, I have a conversation that goes like this: Me: “Yeah, I write about boxing.” Them: “Oh. I don’t follow that sport.” Me: […]
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Don’t follow boxing very often, but you want to know the gist of Saturday’s mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto? Follow boxing all the time, and want one place that rounds up all the links about the junior middleweight showdown you could ever want? This Ultimate Guide to the May 5 pay-per-view bout is […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/3/2012
So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto on May 5 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Mayweather-Cotto; the undercard, previewed; keys to the fight, parts I and II; a Rabbit Punch column; the final preview and prediction. Next: the ulitmate guide. There […]
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So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto on May 5 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Mayweather-Cotto; the undercard, previewed; keys to the fight, parts I and II; a Rabbit Punch column. Next: a staff roundtable. There are worthwhile reasons to watch […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/2/2012
So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto on May 5 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Mayweather-Cotto; the undercard, previewed; keys to the fight, part I. Next: the Rabbit Punch column takes on Mayweather. Mind. Matter. How do Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and […]
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(We break from our regularly scheduled coverage of Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto due to Mayweather saying some “animated… wild, over the top, bad language, wild” things.) The good news is, Floyd Mayweather’s villainous “Money May” persona is back. That’s also the bad news. Mayweather has been boring during his time of playing nice leading […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/1/2012
So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto on May 5 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Mayweather-Cotto; the undercard, previewed. Next: keys to the fight, part II. Mind. Matter. How do Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Miguel Cotto stack up in those categories? […]
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So begins our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto on May 5 on HBO pay-per-view. Now: the stakes of Mayweather-Cotto. Next: The undercard, previewed. Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto prowls, like the green-screened lions of its omnipresent commercials, somewhere in the nether zone between respectable […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/30/2012
It’s darn near time to clear our plates and gear up for the blitzkrieg of coverage that accompanies big fights, what with Floyd Mayweather, Jr./Miguel Cotto right around the corner. When it comes to other boxing stuff than Mayweather/Cotto, it’s mostly speak now or hold your peace until after ’round here. Check out the above […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/29/2012
Something happened to Bernard Hopkins Saturday on HBO that hasn’t happened in nearly 20 years: He lost a fight, and it wasn’t all that debatable. Hopkins could debate the majority decision, sure, and apparently left the ring in a huff telling the HBO team that he deserved the victory. One judge, Luis Rivera, had some […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/28/2012
We got a little apocalyptic about the state of ShoBox last weekend, but this weekend’s outing was a return to form — just about everything you could want from Showtime’s program for putting prospects into the toughest fights of their careers. Thomas Oosthuizen, Luis Del Valle and Jose Pedraza all had to work hard to […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/26/2012
Something strange happened on the way to this weekend’s HBO rematch between light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson, a battle of undeniable substance but wholly refutable style: People began to care. The first bout, which ended in a 2nd round no contest, lived down to every expectation of what a dismal failure it […]
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Lately some quality boxing writers — Michael Woods, Bart Barry, Joseph Santoliquito — have examined seriously in various ways the question of how Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is perceived, and whether he deserves a bad image, partly because Floyd has been complaining lately about how he doesn’t. These are my two cents: Yes he does, basically. […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/24/2012
That’s Bob Arum next to Oscar De La Hoya. Here’s a fun game: See if you can count how many fights discussed below won’t happen because these two can’t get along. At the end, stab yourself in the stomach with a gardening trowel that exact number of times. If you live, you are cured of […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/22/2012
(Credit: Showtime) There’s a certain kind of boxing card, one that’s hard for promoters to master, where the favorites are matched competitively enough to create some action and give the “house” fighters some trouble but never place them in serious danger of losing. That’s what we got from the doubleheader on Showtime Saturday, when Abner […]
