Between arranging and hosting bachelor parties, visiting friends in Indiana, covering political conventions for my day job and an upcoming wedding, I’ll have been out of town five straight weekends and out of town about three total weeks over that stretch. Which is my way of saying — as bloggers often do in a way […]

Going into the highly anticipated lightweight showdown between Juan Diaz and Michael Katsidis, many considered the fight to be pretty evenly matched.¬† After all you have two all action, pressure fighters looking to rebound from their first loss.¬† I mean what more do you need in motivation?¬† The fight was a no-brainer for Golden Boy […]

Heading into Saturday night’s lightweight battle between Juan Diaz and Michael Katsidis many people felt that the co-featured bout of the night between Rocky Juarez and Jorge Barrios had the potential to steal the show.¬† Funny how some things come to fruition isn’t it? Prior to the bout, an impromptu poll by some of us […]

I have to say that I become more impressed with Houston based welterweight Jermell Charlo (3-0, 2 KOs) everytime I see him.¬† Charlo has¬†great speed, solid defense and decent pop and being trained under Ronnie Shields makes him the goods in my opinion.¬† Seriously, I think this kid has a bright future within the sport.¬† […]

Sitting here freezing ringside at the Juan Diaz-Michael Katsidis fight.¬† Just got done watching Houston based junior middleweight prospect Roque Moreno battle four hard rounds in winning his pro debut.¬† I like Moreno’s sold technique but his defense is a bit too porous for me to stamp him a must-watch prospect.¬†

There are many unwritten rules in covering a fight.¬† One of them is to never ask for quotes from a fighter after they have just stepped off the scale making weight.¬† I know this, I really do, but yet I committed such sin this afternoon at the Diaz-Katsidis weigh-in.¬† The weigh-in had wrapped up and […]

Seizing the opportunity of a lifetime, I along with ace photographer Ed Garza traveled the four hour drive south from Dallas to Houston to cover the Diaz-Katisidis fight.¬† We pull into Houston around 11:00 AM ans check into our palatial room at the Days Inn off of I-10.¬† The official public weigh-in was at 1:00 […]

So I am currently in Houston to cover the highly anticipated Juan Diaz – Michael Katsidis fight.¬† I’ll keep try to keep everyone posted on the 411 as I see it.¬† Stay tuned! ¬†Also, can you believe the Toyota Center (home of the fight Saturday night) does not have WiFi?¬† What year is this?¬† Golden […]

As far as losers’ bracket games go, Juan Diaz-Michael Katsidis this Saturday night on HBO is as good as it gets. Sure, the recent Phoenix Suns teams and their offensive juggernaut predecessors the Sacramento Kings circa 2002 never made it to the NBA Finals, but who wouldn’t want to see them play each other? And […]

ESPN’s boxing guru Dan Rafael is reporting that sources have informed him that Mexican superstar Marco Antonio Barrera has signed a five year promotional agreement with Don King’s promotional company.¬† Barrera had become a free agent recently after splitting with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions after the LA based promotional company had been […]

In case you missed it, there was a pretty decent scrap Friday night when Rhode Island based cruiserweight prospect Matt Godfrey survived some early round scares to rally back and stop tough Nigerian Emmanuel Nwodo in the fourth round.¬† Many fans and media are high on Godfrey and while he does¬†show decent technique and solid […]

Within the world of boxing the bigger you are the bigger your paychecks generally are.¬† There is a reason why the heavyweight division is often referred to as boxing‚Äôs glamour division.¬† For fighters toiling south or say the lightweight division (135 lbs) substantial paydays are few and far between.¬† For a fighter campaigning on the […]

I’ve said just about everything I can say about the strange idea of the sport’s biggest star, Oscar De La Hoya (154 lbs.), fighting Manny Pacquiao (135 lbs.), the sport’s best practitioner. Like it or not, it’s now afoot. Golden Boy Promotions just sent out the announcement that it’s a go for Dec. 6 on […]

Everyone who follows the sport knows, or should know, the big action stars of boxing these days, the guys you simply don’t want to miss when they’re on television because they bring both excitement (by brawling at the drop of a hat) and skill (by being good at it): Israel Vazquez, Manny Pacquiao, Antonio Margarito, […]

OK, boxing is only part of the reason reggaeton superstar Daddy Yankee endorsed John McCain for president. But it’s enough for me to make a post out of it: The unlikely partners reconnected last month when they were both in New York. “He invited me [to Washington] and I went,” says Yankee. “We talked about […]