0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/14/2011
So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2011, Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Mayweather-Ortiz; get to know Victor Ortiz; keys to the fight, part I. Next: the undercard. Mind. Matter. How do Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz stack up in […]
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So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2011, Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Mayweather-Ortiz; get to know Victor Ortiz. Next: keys to the fight, part II. Mind. Matter. How do Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz stack up in those categories? […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/13/2011
So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2011, Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Mayweather-Ortiz. Next: keys to the fight. Dearest casual boxing fan or non-boxing fan: The Victor Ortiz you’ve met is not the Victor Ortiz we hardcore fans all […]
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Every year he reemerges for a fight, I find that Floyd Mayweather’s routine gets more tedious at a quicker rate of speed. At first, I enjoy some of his vivid language, like recent entries “I’m gonna son ‘im” and “And motherfucker, I ain’t no junior.” The controversy ignited by his argument with his father was […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/12/2011
So begins our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2011, Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17. Now: The stakes of Mayweather-Ortiz. Next: Get to know Ortiz. In the proxy war with his chief rival for the dual title of boxing’s best fighter and biggest superstar, Floyd Mayweather’s third parties in […]
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Jimmy Lange may not be the most skilled guy in the world, but he sure is exciting. For five and a half rounds, veteran journeyman junior middleweight Raul Munoz rocked him around the ring Saturday night at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA. Lange was slow, and looked to be confused by his smaller opponent’s […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/11/2011
Caught between a thorough review of this weekend’s action (the Weekend Afterthoughts column, running Monday) and gearing up for next weekend’s action (inaugural entry in our marathon Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz coverage, running tonight), let’s clear the deck of some very, very thin list of goings-on in the past week that we haven’t gotten to yet. […]
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(Photo credit: Jayson Colon, BoricuaBoxing.com) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — This wasn’t the version of Yuriorkis Gamboa who wows you with his cosmic force Saturday night on HBO; it was, instead, a version who was sensational primarily for flashes of offense and defense that take your breath away. He took the technical decision win over Daniel […]
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — This undercard for Yuriorkis Gamboa-Daniel Ponce De Leon, on paper, is nearly as insignificant as an undercard gets. But maybe it’ll produce some good action, if the opening bout is any indication. Angel Rios walked to the ring in full Apollo Creed-from-Rocky IV regalia, then proceeded to go to war with […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/10/2011
Vitali Klitschko finished off Tomasz Adamek in the 10th round of a prolonged pounding Saturday when the referee called off the assault, also known as “a Klitschko fight.” That one went exactly as I anticipated: There was no way for Adamek, the #3 heavyweight in the world, to beat Vitali. So he didn’t. There’s not […]
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — It’s been a wild time on the Boardwalk thus far, waiting for the HBO fights this afternoon and tonight. We’ve encountered cowboy midgets; watched half-naked dancing cowgirls; spilled a beer on a lady; been offered the services of prostitutes, which were declined; broken stories (P.S., Lem Satterfield has a follow up […]
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(Daniel Ponce De Leon, at left, sporting a mullet ponytail; Yuriorkis Gamboa, at right, sporting a dead-eyed predator stare) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Weren’t many folk to interview at the weigh-in for Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Daniel Ponce De Leon on HBO Saturday, but there are still some tidbits and HBO’s unofficial ringside scorer Harold Lederman […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/9/2011
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — One fight after enlisting Emanuel Steward in his corner, top-ranked light heavyweight Chad Dawson won’t be working with the Hall of Fame trainer for the toughest fight of Dawson’s career: an October meeting with division champion Bernard Hopkins. Steward told The Queensberry Rules Friday that Dawson’s lawyer informed him two days […]
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(Manny Pacquiao knocks out Ricky Hatton, 2009.) While typing something into Google about pound-for-pound boxing king and superstar Manny Pacquiao a while back — I was looking for an old fight of his, I do believe — autocomplete proposed something preposterous in the way that Google often does, based on the zany things people are […]
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I wish that this was not so one-sided a post. But current and former officials with The Ring — a publication I revere, have worked for and am affiliated with, in a manner of speaking — haven’t provided their explanation. What we have is this: On Thursday, Eric Raskin and William Dettloff, contributing editor for […]
