0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/22/2012
Manny Pacquiao, in November of 2010, got more of a fight than many anticipated from Antonio Margarito. The next November, he got his hardest fight in nearly four years, from Juan Manuel Marquez — a rematch many predicted would be a total mismatch because Pacquiao had grown so much physically and technically, whereas Marquez had […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/21/2012
This is your early Knockout of the Year in 2012 via super middleweight Adonis Stevenson, one punctuated by a somewhat sickening reaction from Ernesto Gonzales, what with his arms stiff above his head and twitching. This was what Gonzales got for using the pre-fight hype to highlight Stevenson’s criminal past from 1998, which features its […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/19/2012
ROTHERAM, ENGLAND – There were more moves on show in South Yorkshire on Saturday than at a 1970’s roller disco. Sheffield rookie Kid Galahad, in at the deep end for the first time against Nottingham warhorse Jason Booth, survived a flash 1st round knockdown — the first points he’d dropped as a professional — before […]
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(Photo: Esther Lin, Showtime) Gabriel Campillo vs. Tavoris Cloud Saturday on Showtime offered the latest, exasperating installment in that phenomenon that is almost unique to boxing: something amazing happens, and then right afterward something so repugnant happens that it washes all the amazing away. Campillo has a history himself of being involved in these kind […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/18/2012
Before Vitali Klitschko fought Dereck Chisora Saturday, Chisora gave Vitali’s brother Wladimir a face full of water, which he spat out onto the heavyweight champ in a typically classless move. During the fight, Chisora gave Vitali a handful — a harder fight than either brother has endured in many, many years, maybe going back to […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/17/2012
Boxers like to get into scuffles at weigh-ins for a whole host of reasons, so I had to sit down for a second and think about why this one from Friday has been getting so much more attention. I think I’ve figured it out. A. It’s a high-quality smack. It really connects very nicely. Oscar […]
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It wasn’t so long ago, in the span of human history, that Paul Williams was the optimal opponent from a competitive standpoint for Floyd Mayweather, Jr. or Manny Pacquiao, if the two wouldn’t fight each other. But it seems like much, much longer ago. Some things stay the same: Mayweather and Pacquiao still haven’t fought […]
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This week’s action comes not from New York City but from Rotheram. The Magna Science and Adventure Centre, a converted steelworks in the South Yorkshire ‘burbs, presents a crossroads fight in its truest sense. Blue-chip junior featherweight rookie Kid Galahad, 10-0 (4), attempts to break cover in a nationally televised showcase against recently deposed British […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/14/2012
OMFG it’s a three-for-one column! The day job and other preoccupations have kept your founder from staying on top of the news of late, but fortunately the rest of the staff gang has been giving us bloggy goodness damn near every day. In this everything-roundup, we’ll hit the high spots. And the low spots. Obviously, […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/7/2012
Whenever my fist bleeds, I always lick the blood off it, grin at my enemy and resume combat. Get back in there, Nonito Donaire! At least, hopefully. There’s been no word that he did major damage to his left hand, which is the hand with which he usually does the most damage to others. It […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/5/2012
(Photo via) Scott Quigg found himself resting on his face in the 4th round of his British junior featherweight title defence against Cwmbran challenger Jamie Arthur, yet the Bury starlet managed to react like the fighter of real quality he shows continuing signs of becoming in clambering up to stop his assailant in round 8. […]
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Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KOs) and Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KOs) both won one-sided fights in San Antonio Saturday night on HBO. The undercard really ought to have been the main event, though, given Nonito Donaire’s pound-for-pound status, and his incredible record over the past ten years. And he kept the record clean […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/4/2012
Boxing lost one of its greats this week, as everyone knows by now. Angelo Dundee, who died at age 90, was one of the best few trainers ever to grace the game, and he did it all on as big a stage as you can manage, namely training Muhammad Ali. Others have already written or […]
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Garston’s Tony Dodson was unable to deal with the naked aggression and sheer brute strength of Ovill McKenzie at Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Manchester Friday night. Like the bare-handed bull tamers of Tamil Nadu, he could only collar the Commonwealth champion for a few fleeting moments before being tossed to the canvas and then trampled […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/3/2012
Middleweight Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr.’s career arc resembles that of a kiddie pop star exiting his teenage years: Once ridiculed by boxing’s grown-ups for his avid following’s disproportionate ratio to his actual talent, Chavez is now growing up and flirting with respectability. It took more than one album for Justin Timberlake to come around to […]
