0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/21/2012
(credit: Craig Bennett, Showtime) Here are the two dramatic things that happened Friday night on ShoBox: 1. World-class junior middleweight Erislandy Lara demolished Ronald Hearns, a fighter who has also been demolished by trial horse Harry Joe Yorgey.2. Formerly world-class middleweight Jermain Taylor, who is making a comeback from a brain bleed, got dropped by […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/20/2012
As a warm-up to build interest for a showdown toward matching the two best bantamweights in the world, Abner Mares and Anselmo Moreno, Showtime’s doubleheader Saturday isn’t completely irredeemable. Mares’ opponent, Eric Morel, fights a little like Eric Moreno, only worse; Moreno’s opponent, David De La Mora, fights a little like Mares, only worse. Mares-Moreno […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/19/2012
Bernard Hopkins is being eerily quiet in the lead up to his rematch with Chad Dawson. There are a few things that could mean… Perhaps the future Hall of Famer and legendary controversy concoctor is focused to the point where he doesn’t feel he needs to hype himself up. There is a precedent for this […]
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With Bernard Hopkins returning to arms next weekend, Andrew Harrison looks back at the Philadelphian’s middleweight championship reign — a fantastic run but a record breaking one? A great bumper sticker once noted that during a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. And while Big Brother should not concern itself […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/18/2012
Put me in the camp that saw lightweight Brandon Rios’ split decision victory over Richard Abril this past weekend as one of the more egregious robberies in recent years. When the controversial verdict was announced, it was easily the biggest travesty in a boxing ring since…well, at least forty minutes earlier when rapper Mr. Capone-E […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/17/2012
One of the only upsides to not watching a boxing card live in 2012 is that you can avoid this year’s familiar emotional pattern of, “Look, something amazing just happened!/Nevermind, something horrible just ruined it.” Knowing already what went down on Top Rank’s pay-per-view from the weekend, one could go straight to the good parts […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/16/2012
Freddie Roach is here on Businessweek of all places, giving a very brief tutorial on how to take a punch. The video is part of a series tied to Bloomberg Businessweek’s second annual “How To” issue. Roach’s advice is part of a 44-page section that puts him in good (or bad depending on your social […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/15/2012
In a makeshift split-site pay-per-view thrown together after Yuriorkis Gamboa went off the rails and bailed from his signed fight with Brandon Rios, Juan Manuel Marquez dominated the game Sergey Fedchenko in a unanimous decision win. Meanwhile, judges Jerry Roth and Glenn Trowbridge gifted a split decision to Rios against replacement opponent Richard Abril at […]
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The latest incarnation of Tyson Fury, this one an Irish southpaw, stomped all over the cooling embers of Martin Rogan on Saturday, at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast. After a shy and somewhat ponderous opening, Fury floored Rogan with a quick left in the 3rd and then polished off the Northern Irish scrapper in round […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/14/2012
How many months have gone by since Floyd Mayweather, Jr. has said anything dickish or run afoul of the law? Like, months? It feels like forever, especially in contrast with how often these days arch-rival Manny Pacquiao is facing allegations of this or that, the latest such thing being his charity being sued (followed by […]
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Felix Sturm (37-2-2) retained his middleweight title with an impressive win over Sebastian Zbik (30-2) when Zbik’s corner threw in the towel at the conclusion of the 9th round. The opening rounds saw some decent back-and-forth with Sturm playing tight defense and working behind the jab while Zbik was more aggressive with combinations and some […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/12/2012
2011 may well prove to be Miguel Cotto’s last successful year as a prizefighter. It was a year that saw him notch probably his most meaningful victory — a 10th round stoppage of nemesis Antonio Margarito — but also struggle with treadless tire Ricardo Mayorga. Much as “Ecce Homo” betrays glimpses of Nietzsche’s impending madness, […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/11/2012
When I watch the extended version of this Manny Pacquiao Hennessy commercial that’s all over the television, the message I get is, “Alcohol will make me fight better.” But not Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum. No, he sees a metaphor for the Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather, Jr. fight not happening until 2013: “Manny can chase the wild rabbit […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/6/2012
New Zealand heavyweights: It is becoming crystal clear that you should avoid Americans with seemingly fatal blemishes that they are trying to erase from their records. Because in the past month, two of them have erased YOU. Last weekend, it was Kevin Johnson zeroing out Alex Leapai. More graphically, Travis Walker erased Kali Meehan so […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/3/2012
Not every boxing weekend is so all-fire important, so not every Weekend Afterthoughts need be novel-length. Let us sweep and dust about the corners and pick up the dust bunnies and dig our fingers into them. For starters, you got this video, via TQBR Schedule Maestro and Australian Bureau Chief Alex McClintock. See, Manny Pacquiao? […]
