0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/6/2010
Once a year, acclaimed journalist Thomas Hauser writes a mammoth examination of HBO, and the stories always make a splash. Often, the pieces are damning, but have significant shortcomings. This year it’s no different. Let me clarify. It’s different this time in some ways, just not in that fundamental dynamic. My initial reaction upon reading […]
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Middleweight Kelly Pavlik’s bout with Bryan Vera is off next weekend’s pay-per-view undercard, but it’s in “why” part where things get dicey. The cited reason from Pavlik’s camp is a rib injury. But ESPN’s Dan Rafael strongly implies here that it’s because Pavlik has an alcohol problem, and then bluntly states that Pavlik has an […]
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It’s quirky fame week at TQBR. First up was the cameo on Showtime’s Fight Camp 360 Saturday. Then, earlier this week, friend-of-the-site the legend dropped a new album with his band, Escape The Fate, which is a wildly popular rock outfit — and thanked this site in their liner notes. If one million of the […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/4/2010
After months of nothingness, quality boxing returns this weekend, and it returns in style. The Showtime doubleheader Saturday features one can’t-miss bout and one that figures as a potentially nice scrap, kicking off a high-quality two-month stretch. If things break right, the card could be a healthy down payment on the reparations owed boxing fans […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/2/2010
Many of you have seen it by now, but maybe some of you haven’t. Here’s Will Ferrell’s duet with pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, singing the John Lennon classic “Imagine” on the Jimmy Kimmel Show last night. Sometimes, it’s fun to think of what the world would be like to you if you were suddenly transported […]
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Despite the surfeit of pleasing fixtures on boxing’s immediate horizon, there are a trio of match-ups in the pipeline which have provoked outrage, nay horror among boxing fans. Featuring bright lights of the sport pitted against rivals deemed unfit for purpose, inflammation has been acute. “Undeserving of the call” say some, “a disgrace befouling the […]
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Following up on the review last week, it seemed like a good idea to interview Gary Andrew Poole about his new biography of Manny Pacquiao. So we chatted for about a half hour tonight, talking about how he came to do the book, Manny’s distractions in the camp for his upcoming bout with Antonio Margarito […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/1/2010
No starter material from me today — this is on you guys. Someone bring up some stuff for us to talk about. I don’t care what. Don’t be shy, I know you can do it. Just say something that’s on your mind. I’ll join in, and so will other people. Then other people should bring […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/31/2010
David Lemieux can f*#@ing punch. He’s my favorite Tyrannosaurus Rex — stubby arms, all power. The middleweight prospect waited until the final seconds of the 1st round to do THAT, i.e. put Hector Camacho, Jr. to sleep to the point that when he woke up, he still didn’t know what had happened minutes afterward. He […]
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Aussie contenders Danny Geale and Lenny Zappavigna both made huge statements of the knockout variety in Sydney last night. The large crowd at the Sydney Sports Centre wasn’t put off by the mid-afternoon timetable (for international broadcast reasons) and was full of Australian boxing royalty. Geale won almost every round of his middleweight bout with […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/30/2010
Have you seen these Japanese art trucks? There aren’t any Japanese fighters in this edition of Round and Round, so there’s no real excuse to post that photo other than that it’s beyond cool. (h/t Kyle Starks) Other non-Japanese fighters are mentioned in this edition, besides those in the headline, like Fernando Montiel, Kelly Pavlik, […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/29/2010
(Photo: Chris Farina, Top Rank, via) It’s very Manny Pacquiao-ish around here these days, and it probably won’t change for a couple weeks given his upcoming fight, but that picture of Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach mocking Antonio Margarito’s handwrap controversy was too funny not to run. Nothing else to add. On the picture, anyway. In […]
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Too often, books about boxing diminish themselves because the caliber of the prose and storytelling can’t rival the drama in the ring or the brilliantly-colored feathers of the sport’s quirky characters. The stories tell themselves sometimes, but the reader is left wanting a more skillful guide. In Gary Andrew Poole’s excellent biography, “Pacman: Behind the […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/28/2010
Before I give you an expert breakdown of this week’s Fight Night Club that will, frankly, intimidate you, I must beseech your support, fair reader. In my wildest dreams, I never imagined I would be nominated for a Bloguin Award, yet I am nominated for some, in part thanks to friend of the site cardscott5 […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/27/2010
(Sergio Martinez, courtesy Cecilio Flores) If you’re a fight fan, then you’ve probably had a pretty bare TV schedule for the last month or two. Solo Boxeo Tecate, Fight Night Club and the occasional ShoBox are all very well and good as an entree, but by now you’re hungry for the main course. Luckily, you […]
