So concludes our marathon pre-fight coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2009, Manny Pacquiao against Miguel Cotto. Don’t forget to join us for a live blog of the bout Saturday! We’ll do round-by-round coverage of all the evening’s fights, and the more people join in with their thoughts, the better it gets. Here […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2009, Manny Pacquiao against Miguel Cotto, culminating in a live blog of the bout Saturday. Previously – the importance of Pacquiao-Cotto, the two top questions for each man and keys to the fight, part I. Tomorrow — a review of the undercard, and […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2009, Manny Pacquiao against Miguel Cotto, culminating in a live blog of the bout Saturday. Previously – the importance of Pacquiao-Cotto, the two top questions for each man and keys to the fight, parts I and II. Later today – the final preview […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2009, Manny Pacquiao against Miguel Cotto, culminating in a live blog of the bout Saturday. Earlier today — the importance of Pacquiao-Cotto. Tomorrow — keys to the fight, parts I and II. Soon, I’ll break down how Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto compare […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2009, Manny Pacquiao against Miguel Cotto, culminating in a live blog of the bout Saturday. Yesterday – the importance of Pacquiao-Cotto, and the two key questions for each man. Later today – keys to the fight, part II. Boxing is part mental and […]

My vacation pushed back my posting schedule a little, but Indianapolis is in my rear view mirror and I’ve now caught up with a few of the other weekend developments — some mentioned above, some not — so we’re about to begin our marathon coverage of Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto. First, though, a bit more weekend […]

cross over. Pacquiao-Cotto is the kind of bout that has a chance to give non-boxing fans religion. So there’s plenty at stake. Amongst those things, obviously, is whether the fight will be as good as it can be. Cotto, as both a junior welterweight and welterweight, has been in no fewer than four fights over […]

Chad Dawson is a true talent, as he showed in his dominant win over fellow top light heavyweight Glen Johnson Saturday on HBO, but whether you like him or not is a whole different matter. The reviews are pretty positive about Dawson today, from a boxing standpoint — he’s like a bigger Floyd Mayweather, he’s […]

Manny Pacquiao’s looking pretty much like a bowss right there on the cover of Time mag, the Asian edition. I’ll have more to say on his latest publicity blitz in half a minute. Mainly I’m just happy that a few fights I’ve been writing about every week for months are getting unstuck to varying degrees, […]

It’s lonely here on Pro-Chad Dawson Island, where at any moment we’re prone to being invaded by The Principality Of Anti-Chad Dawson. Whereas we few Islanders see an ultra-talented, young American star with considerable skills, a pretty deep resume and an offensive-minded boxer who doesn’t back down, The Principality’s many citizens see a boxer who […]

I already hit you with previews of the biggest fights of the weekend — Chad Dawson-Glen Johnson II at light heavyweight, Nicolay Valuev-David Haye at heavyweight — but there are other things you need to know that are going down, starting in a few hours. And so, quite simply, I will tell you. ESPN Friday […]

“David Haye as savior of the heavyweight division” may always have been a little far-fetched, what with the way he didn’t exactly handle getting punched in the face by smaller men all that well in the cruiserweight division he once ruled. But I saw enough potential there to get somewhat excited. Haye is fast, skilled, […]

Bantamweight Joseph Agbeko’s getup for his ring walk Saturday night was a gorilla mask and a woman leading him in with chains. Apparently this caused somebody at Showtime some consternation — I didn’t hear anybody say anything, although judging from some Internet talk there was some kind of disclaimer — because, well, Agbeko is black, […]

The Madness. Oh, The Madness. Speak what’s on your mind, people, boxing-related or no.   Although I’d like it if you took a moment to address these brief items of business: 1. Talk about what you thought of “Irish Thunder,” this month’s book club book. 2. Select from these options for next month’s book club […]

You just don’t see fights that often with the pace of Yonnhy Perez-Joseph Agbeko, a bantamweight battle on Showtime Saturday night that featured an astronomical number of hard, clean power punches. Perez came out on top with a unanimous decision in a raucously entertaining and well-fought war. I had him winning eight rounds to four, […]