0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/11/2010
(DeMarcus Corley, flamboyant as ever. Photo credit: nazarioz) FAIRFAX, Va. — I know everybody out there for the most part has the Showtime card on their minds, and I’ll get to that shortly. But I went to the Patriot Center for a live show with friend of the site nazarioz, since the last time it […]
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I might be more optimistic about boxing’s 2010 if a summer slump of good match-ups showed any signs of letting up. But, in this week’s brief Round and Round, observe: Former middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik is weighing some options, such as maybe staying at middleweight rather than moving to 168. Kinda makes you wonder why […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/10/2010
(Credit: Rich J. Hundley III, Showtime) There were at least three entertaining fights on television Friday night, and hear tell, four. Welterweight prospect Mike Jones showed me more than ever on ShoBox, although unfortunately his 5th round stoppage win came via a terrible call by referee Randy Neumann. Irving Garcia — who’d badly hurt and […]
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There’s not much more than what’s in the headline, either. The rest: Roger Mayweather’s role in Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao; the deepening of the deep Juan Manuel Marquez-Juan Diaz II card; Steven Luevano left out in the cold; and Victor Conte’s pickup of another client. Quick Jabs Nevada State Athletic Commission, take a bow. The commission […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/9/2010
(Nonito Donaire, right; stereotypically decent opponent Hernan Marquez, left. Credit: Showtime) Whatever you think of the Showtime main event Saturday evening, you aren’t without other boxing options this weekend, some of them promising. Especially on Friday. My DVR can’t handle a night like Friday. Nonito Donaire-Hernan Marquez, Saturday, Showtime, Puerto Rico. The undercard features Donaire […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/8/2010
Neither fully inspiring nor fully disappointing, Juan Manuel Lopez versus Bernabe Concepcion Saturday on Showtime is, on the inspiring tip, a potentially very good scrap between two top-10 featherweights, one of the best divisions in boxing, where one of the men — Lopez — is a pound-for-pound contender and one of the most exciting young […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/7/2010
Sadly, this post isn’t about the amusing 2008 movie starring Sean William Scott and Paul Rudd. It’s about well behaved boxers. I’ve always thought that the idea of sports stars being “role models” is slightly absurd. There’s no reason why someone who’s ridiculously good at throwing a ball around (or punching someone else in the […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/6/2010
Welcome to July’s Open Thread, late though it is. As usual, the idea is for you to make things happen, but I’ll get us started: Who’s underrated, and who’s overrated, in boxing these days? Discuss. You can go with boxers or commentators or writers or promoters or networks or whatever. Then, for funsies, let us […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/5/2010
With nothing doing over the weekend, I decided I would quit staring out over the barren international wasteland and instead turn my gaze inward and onto the British fight scene. With the domestic season winding down, it felt like a good time to cast an eye over my current top 20 British fighters to see […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/4/2010
‘MERICA! Happy birthday. You didn’t think I’d go out with the Canadian flag like that, did you? My present to you, dear ‘Merica, is to review a couple cards from the weekend. Friday Night Fights In the headlining fight on ESPN2, Demetrius Hopkins outboxed and outworked Michael Arnaoutis for a 10-round unanimous decision. The bout […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/3/2010
Fights in the works. Let’s do this. Round And Round Don’t get it twisted, I love ‘Merica as much as everyone else, especially with her birthday coming up. That Canadian flag is about what might happen with light heavyweight Chad Dawson next, after his fight with Jean Pascal in August. Dawson’s team wants a fight […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/2/2010
Last year, I said the key to whether Golden Boy Promotions’ stacked undercard for the pay-per-view welterweight fight between Floyd Mayweather and Juan Manuel Marquez was the start of a trend is whether Golden Boy did it again. If they did, I reasoned, it was because it was worthwhile for them. So here Marquez is, […]
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The Internet has been great for niche pastimes. Such diverse habits as taking funny pictures of cats, pick up artistry, model train collecting and boxing fandom are serviced in ways unimaginable 20 years ago. The net allows hardcore enthusiasts who normally wouldn’t have the chance to communicate about their subject of interest to congregate in […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/30/2010
Yes, yes, we’re all sick of hearing about the negotiations for Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao, the biggest and most meaningful fight in decades that has been talked about and talked about and hasn’t happened. But when one side rather prominently declares the terms of the fight have been agreed to and all that awaits is for […]
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Here’s some more stuff to hate. Every week in this space, we round up the latest rumors about who wants to fight whom, and while there are plenty of boxers out there who routinely fight the best opposition, there are a good many who don’t. No one thinks every fight should have to be against […]
