It was around the end of 2008 when the amount of boxing on television took a dire turn for the worse. Wednesday Night Fights on ESPN2 had died off, and Telefutura’s Solo Boxeo would meet its maker, too. For a while there it looked like Versus might step up to the plate and take over […]

Besides this and this and this, there’s yet more boxing this week in what amounts to as the craziest boxing weekend of the year so far. Just about the craziest weekend in recent memory, really. I will show you. But first, I will greedily complain that it could have been even MORE crazy, in a […]

If you are familiar with the author Sam Sheridan, you know that he is always searching for what makes people capable of achieving great feats. Not only an accomplished writer from an Ivy League background, he is also an avid martial artist. Sheridan’s background means he can take on a more personalized perspective than other […]

I don’t think Saturday’s HBO doubleheader is terrible by any stretch, but Showtime’s boxing event the same night is significantly more meaningful, so you should watch that one if you have to make a choice. (Since it’s on a free preview weekend for Showtime, you certainly will have that choice.) What’s more, Kevin Iole said […]

The Super Six tournament is back on Showtime Saturday, and right on time. Several second round postponements, a fighter withdrawing and some counterprogramming from industry giant HBO knocked some of the stuffing out of the concept for some. But if you ask me, nothing sells the idea of the tournament better than it doing what […]

For many boxing fans and writers, BoxRec.com is an indispensible resource. For me, it doubles as a good way to kill about six hours online. In a new, potentially semi-regular feature (because I’m all about semi-regularity), I will dive into the depths of BoxRec to see if anything interesting emerges. From the weekend that just […]

Last week’s leaders in the TQBR Prediction Game — Alexmac and Kid Gruesome, aka Scott Kraus — took a gamble on Eddie Chambers. The bet did not pay off. We now have a four-way tie for first place, with Chris, cNceddie, Not Sure (aka Jay Ari Yin) and JB taking over. The only other person […]

The carousel of fights going round and round is moderately skeletal, but there are some noteworthy developments. Among them are the items in the headline and what’s on deck for Librado Andrade, Tony Thompson, Sakio Bika and the possibility of the worst fight that mankind could possibly accomplish. Finally, at long last, Nonito Donaire-Vic Darchinyan […]

I don’t intend to detract from Scott’s marvelous entry just below this one, so make sure you read what he wrote before clicking through here, wherein the topics in the headline are discussed, as well as the rest of the weekend boxing schedule; some thoughts on journalistic standards; the return of Mike Tyson and Solo […]