0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/7/2011
Eloy Perez, as you can see from that clip, is exactly like Thomas Hearns! Not really. I was just keeping things in the style of the headline, a reference to some of the other comparisons that floated around over the weekend. But that the five-kayo junior lightweight prospect showed that kind of power against Daniel […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/4/2011
Jamie McDonnell knew a little too much for Stuart Hall in Doncaster on Saturday evening, outmanoeuvring the hard-nosed Darlington man in front of an adoring home crowd to win a pulsating battle between the nation’s leading bantamweights. It was a pacey affair from the get-go as Hall snatched centre ring and attempted to impose himself […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
You can hate him all you like, but as long as Andre Berto keeps being in good fights against quality opponents like he was in his stoppage win over Jan Zaveck Saturday night on HBO, I’m going to be a fan of his in the ring. Some of his ill-considered remarks outside the ring are […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/3/2011
If it feels more Floyd-y and Pac-y around here lately, it’s because anytime those men are due to fight soon, they’re constantly generating a bunch of news. That’s gonna be the case through September and somewhat in October and for sure in November. Just know that TQBR is, as always, a la carte. If you […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/2/2011
No fighter ticks off boxing fans like welterweight Andre Berto, who is fighting Saturday night on HBO. He’s not alone in ticking them off, mind you, it’s just that the way he does it is unique. Whereas Floyd Mayweather and David Haye have inflamed hatred with their egomaniacal bragging and refusal to face their most […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
With all due respect to both Matthew Hatton and Andrei Abramenka, whose argument in Blackpool a couple of weeks back signaled an end to boxing’s close season in the U.K., a more fitting curtain raiser to what looks an exciting term ahead is offered in the guise of a bantamweight summit meeting diarised for Doncaster […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/1/2011
Questions, questions, questions! The modern mind can come up with three questions. At least, that’s what they say in the world’s first educational film, per Mr. Show. Today’s mind can come up with FIVE questions. You can answer these questions or not. It’s Open Thread. It’s FUBU, only if you were the person saying “FUBU” […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 8/31/2011
That’s the outcome of the debate between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito over their rematch, visualized. As junior welterweights, they fight at 154 lbs. these days, both of them. But originally, Cotto reportedly wanted Margarito to fight at 150. Why? I never saw an explanation reported. It wasn’t like Cotto was moving up in weight, […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
My God! What a packed week of boxing. I haven’t seen anything like this since at least… July. Some of this stuff is even happening later today. So you don’t even have to wait ’til the weekend for slightly obscure fight action, streaming from around the globe. You certainly don’t have to wait for lots […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 8/29/2011
People are still talking about the explosive, disturbing meltdown between Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Floyd Mayweather, Sr. in the debut episode of 24/7 Mayweather-Ortiz. Some are so turned off by it they said they now would not purchase the pay-per-view for Mayweather’s welterweight bout against Victor Ortiz, and with children crying in the background as […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
Crazy scene at the end of the 24/7 Mayweather-Ortiz season debut, even by the chaotic standard of the Mayweather clan. Floyd Jr. and Floyd Sr. nearly came to blows after a routine bit of arguing became a total reality show meltdown, complete with Jr. calling his dad a “faggot.” You stay classy, Mayweathers! (Go to […]
0 comments by Lakota Crofut on 8/28/2011
Anyone who regularly watches boxing has probably picked up on an alarming trend of the past few years. I’m not talking about the Golden Boy/Top Rank rivalry or the disappearance of proper under cards from big fights. I’m talking about the most important aspect of promotion for a big fight: the name and the poster. […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 8/27/2011
What if some heavyweights fought some competitive, entertaining bouts nowadays? I know, I know, it sounds like a scenario for Marvel Comics’ Uatu*. But it actually happened Saturday on Epix’ broadcast of a heavyweight doubleheader out of Germany. Frirst up, Alexander Povetkin edged Ruslan Chagaev in a close, hard-fought match where both men landed their […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 8/26/2011
When it comes to the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time) in boxing, there is no meaningful argument. Sugar Ray Robinson was, is, and almost undoubtedly always will be the man. Like Babe Ruth in baseball, he was a trailblazer who ignited a path so bright and deep that the sport has followed ever since. His […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 8/25/2011
(language NSFW) You can thank me later for introducing you to the beauty of Aussie hip hop. There’s no time now, though. We have to get to this week’s fight schedule, which, with the scratching of Marcos Maidana-Robert Guerrero, is a lot less exciting than it could have been. We’ve got a “big” heavyweight card […]
