I’m getting depressed about leaving town for four days and being without access to a TV Saturday night, what with all the excitement ahead this weekend. There are some random thoughts on it below, plus the return of the “Heavy Bag,” my feature on info coming into my e-mail inbox from promoters and others. Your […]

Every sour thought you have about Jermain Taylor, the fighter, is probably right. The one-time burgeoning star middleweight (160 lbs.) has gotten worse, not better, over time. He makes too many mistakes in the ring. He’s an athlete who just happens to be a boxer, and he gets by too often on instinct. He struggles […]

Those of you who happen to frequent Ring Report know that from time to time my trusted colleague Tim and I like to share links to interesting stories as we find them in our daily net surfing. In that sense I would like to share with you all a very captivating article by Greg Smith entitled […]

Boxing is alive and well here in the good ol’ U.S. of A. contrary to the perception of the majority of the population as well as the mainstream media.  Financially, fighters are making more than they ever have in the history of the sport and pugs are crossing over into mainstream appeal with regularity.  But […]

Reuters, 2/12/08: Greed has replaced pride and honor in boxing, says Jose Sulaiman, the long-serving president of the World Boxing Council (WBC). Secondsout.com, in an undated Thomas Hauser piece after Kelly Pavlik defeated Jermain Taylor in September for the middleweight (160 lbs.) title: After referee Steve Smoger gave Kelly Pavlik his instructions in the dressing […]

There was plenty I didn’t say about Paul Williams’ loss to Carlos Quintana and myriad other goings-on from the weekend and its aftermath, so I’ll now execute what is commonly called a “notebook dump” before turning most of my attention this week to one of the year’s most important fights ahead just this Saturday, Kelly […]

It was a terrible weekend for two fighters who had made a legitimate claim that they were being avoided by the top names in the biz. Paul Williams, the tall, gangly welterweight (147 lbs.) with an outrageous punch output, had the “Most Avoided” title coming in to Saturday night — he was the “linear” titlist, […]

In case you failed to mark you calenders, this past weekend just so happened to be the first annual “Money Mayweather Celebrity Weekend” taking place in Mayweather’s hometown of Grand Rapids, MI.  Weekend activities included a freestyle rap battle, celebrity basketball game, a comedy show headlined by Cedric the Entertainer, as well as the always […]

No way! We got a major upset in Saturday night’s HBO double-header in boxing’s best division, the welterweight (147 lbs.) class.

What’s the “more,” you ask? Why, it’s the return of “The Heavy Bag,” plus some discussion of more fights in the works. Quick Jabs, right below:

Even before I liked boxing, I liked boxing video games. It’s like with boxing movies — you don’t have to appreciate the sport to appreciate the drama of the sport. Video games have always had a cathartic role in my life, and what’s more cathartic than taking out one’s teenage rage by punching an imaginary […]

tyle=”width:100%; height:550px;” class=”mceEditor”>As an aspiring boxing scribe nothing really compares to covering a fight live at ringside.  There are sights, smells, and a palatable buzz that just doesn’t get conveyed when watching at home on the television.  The best examples of these sensory explosions are generally are produced by the small local club show that is […]

Feb. 16. That’s when Kelly Pavlik and Jermain Taylor square off for a second time, kicking off a hearty stretch of big, big, big fights, much as they did when they met for the first time last fall and set up the historically great finish to 2007. If you’re like me, you can’t wait to […]

The most I expected out of ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights card from Pittsburgh and Showtime’s Shobox card was one decent knockout and a bunch of underwhelming action for the rest of the evening. So I settled in to my old habit of arguing with my latest issue of Ring Magazine… Says to self: Can you […]

This week’s “Quick Jabs” pinpoints what’s stalling a star’s career, visits the ongoing tsunami that is Mike Tyson’s life, ridicules a “Make It Rain”-off between two big names in the sport and previews the weekend’s battles. Additionally, I’m instituting a new feature as I begin getting news announcements from promoters et al at my request, […]