0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/27/2011
(Photo credit: Shabaz Shafiq — SW33TSCIENCE) Anthony Crolla shut out Willie Limond in Motherwell on Friday evening in the stingiest way imaginable. Manchester’s million dollar kid gave the Garthamlock man’s supporters the cold shoulder throughout; even excitement had the door slammed shut in its face. And at the end of twelve tepid rounds, during which […]
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In the opening bout of HBO’s split site doubleheader, Adrien Broner did what he was supposed to against a completely overmatched opponent, stopping Argentinean Martin Rodriguez midway through the 3rd round with a crushing left hook. Fighting in front of his hometown fans at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio, Broner came out aggressively […]
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MEXICO CITY — Saul “El Canelo” Alvarez played matador tonight in the Plaza de Toros in Mexico City, beating Kermit Cintron up for five rounds before stopping him. Cintron looked to be in over his head from the start and treated the junior middleweight bout like a painful sparring session. This fight probably said much […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/26/2011
This week’s boxing conversation was mostly dominated by the New York State Athletic Commission’s decision to grant Antonio Margarito a license to fight Miguel Cotto for a second time on Dec. 3, and the various spin-offs and branch-offs of that entire issue, like culpability in the saga, whether or not Margarito should be in the […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/25/2011
Motherwell plays host to a handsome looking British title fight on Friday evening as domestic lightweight boss, Anthony “Million Dollar” Crolla, hits the road again to lock horns with Garthamlock nearly man, Willie Limond. For Limond, a 4 to 1 short ender with oddsmakers, victory would gild a silver lining along the clouds which have […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/24/2011
(Saul Alvarez, left; Kermit Cintron, right) Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is either the future of the boxing or a spoiled child, depending on who you ask. It’s unlikely that the argument is going to be solved by his junior middleweight fight this weekend with Kermit Cintron in Mexico City. Not unless Cintron pulls the upset and […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/23/2011
When I received a press release email from Main Events Promotions headlined, “NBC Sports Group Presents Fight Night Boxing Series,” with the subhead, “Quarterly Boxing Matches Saturday Nights on NBC Sports Network,” I instantly Googled “NBC Boxing Series” and expected to see an explosion from the boxing blogosphere in reaction to what I hastily interpreted […]
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(Antonio Margarito’s eye; picture via) Boxing fans, Top Rank Promotions and the New York State Athletic Commission can all breath a big sigh of relief. This afternoon junior middleweight Antonio Margarito was given the all clear to fight in New York after an eye exam by an independent doctor. Miguel Cotto vs. Margarito II will […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/20/2011
A bit of a screw-up at TQBR Headquarters yesterday in writing up last night’s HBO middleweight main event, so let’s keep this brief: Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., he showed that he CAN box, some. Maybe even pretty well. He dodged punches for the first time ever, countered effectively, fought going backward, and so forth. That […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/19/2011
The situation in New York with Antonio Margarito’s license sunk very quickly into catastrophe status over the span of a few days to end the week, and has veered back toward salvageable since. As it stands, Margarito might still get a license for his junior middleweight fight with Miguel Cotto, if a doctor for,
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Most big-time prospects are babied, but some demonstrate maturity that demands accelerated development. 19-year-old Bronx junior middleweight Eddie “EBoy” Gomez showed he may be the latter by surgically dispatching Miami’s Antonio Infante in five rounds Saturday night on TeleFutura from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Despite being just a senior in high school Gomez showed a […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/18/2011
For the second time in 2011, HBO is airing Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. and Saul Alvarez in close proximity on the calendar, with the idea that the two presposterously popular young Mexicans will eventually get in the kind of physical proximity that can be confined by a 20-foot ring in what would be one of […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/17/2011
The days after a big boxing match are like a coastal town after a tropical storm, where there’s so much debris strewn about that it can take a long while to find everything worth finding and put it in its right place. (In this metaphor, nobody got hurt or ruined economically by the tropical storm. […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/15/2011
Here and elsewhere, yesterday and today, some of the more fanatical fans of Manny Pacquaio are flooding the zone with the above video that allegedly shows what a big fat cheater Juan Manuel Marquez was this weekend by stepping on Pacquiao’s foot a whopping five times. With that “Walking Dead” theme music, I can only […]
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Overlooked in the aftermath of Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez III and all the debates about whether the judges robbed Marquez and whether Pacquiao sucks now is that JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ GAVE AN INTERVIEW WHERE HE WORE A SOMBRERO OVER HIS NAKED JUNK. That is Mexican manliness personified. But there are serious things left to debate. […]
