I have insomnia. I’ll say that right up front, but I took a nap at 6 p.m. Saturday night just so I could make it to the 9 p.m. screening of Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz and the three undercard fights — including the transmission from Los Angeles of Saul Alvarez vs. Alfonso Gomez. […]

In the race for the punchline to the joke about semi-retired heavyweight boxer Nikolai Valuev looking for the Russian yeti in Siberia — “he got there, took out a mirror and job done!” or some variation — I’m in last place. But no one’s taken the visual route. The yeti, via a Google Images search […]

(Not your usual boxing nose-to-nose staredown. Photo by Stacey Verbeek, via, with speculation) Don’t follow boxing very often, but you want to know the gist of Saturday’s mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz? Follow boxing all the time, and want one place that rounds up all the links about the welterweight showdown you could […]

The words “dirty” and “crafty” are often interchangeable in this great sport. One might be less likely to decry the not-so-sweet portion of the sweet science if brought up, for example, in a town like Gary, Indiana — a town created from the flattened remnants of sand dunes for the specific purpose of building steel […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2011, Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Mayweather-Ortiz; get to know Victor Ortiz; keys to the fight, parts I and II; the undercard, previewed; the final preview and prediction. Next: the ultimate guide. A […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2011, Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Mayweather-Ortiz; get to know Victor Ortiz; keys to the fight, parts I and II; the undercard, previewed. Next: a TQBR staff roundtable. After all the tawdry family […]

British featherweight champion Stephen “Swifty” Smith returns to action this weekend, enthused no doubt to be opposing someone other than the obstinate Scot, John Simpson. He takes on Celtic champion Lee Selby at Liverpool’s Olympia, headlining a card chock full of his own relations. Paul, 30-2 (16), the eldest of a clutch of boxing siblings, […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2011, Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Mayweather-Ortiz; get to know Victor Ortiz; keys to the fight, parts I and II. Next: final preview and prediction. This was going to be one of those […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2011, Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Mayweather-Ortiz; get to know Victor Ortiz; keys to the fight, part I. Next: the undercard. Mind. Matter. How do Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz stack up in […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2011, Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Mayweather-Ortiz; get to know Victor Ortiz. Next: keys to the fight, part II. Mind. Matter. How do Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz stack up in those categories? […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2011, Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Mayweather-Ortiz. Next: keys to the fight. Dearest casual boxing fan or non-boxing fan: The Victor Ortiz you’ve met is not the Victor Ortiz we hardcore fans all […]