MYSTIC, Conn. — Wuh-oh, Ricardo Mayorga. I’m not saying my midsection looks better than yours, but I’m not about to spend my Saturday night getting hit in it by a junior middleweight who specializes in gut-punching. It’s a total surprise to learn that a boxer has claimed to be in great shape only to learn […]

Most of the debate concerning Friday night’s pay-per-view offering between Michael Grant and Tye Fields has not been centered around who the winner will be, but an even more fundamental question instead. Why is this happening at all? Even after the 6’7” Grant took a hard-fought unanimous decision loss against Tomasz Adamek, the prospect of […]

Too often, these preview posts start with what’s screwed up about whatever fight is happening this weekend. We’ll get to that. But first, let’s consider what’s good about this weekend of boxing: Two of the best, bravest and most exciting fighters in the world, Sergio Martinez and Miguel Cotto, are in action Saturday night, and […]

How long has it been since we last went Round and Round? Judging by the long list of fights in the works below, too long. Too, too long. Besides the men in the headline, we have the latest on Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather, plus what’s next for Juan Carlos Burgos, Antwone Smith, Marco Huck, […]

Neither rain nor sleet nor hurricanes nor typhoons can prevent the delivery of the TQBR pound-for-pound top 20 update. Nor can the fact that there were only a couple fights that mattered for P4P purposes: Nonito Donaire vs. Fernando Montiel and Timothy Bradley vs. Devon Alexander. Although, hey, seven members of this top 10 are […]

(credit: Chris Bevan) There aren’t many fighters who would elect to dust themselves off after a knockout loss and then go right back into the eye of the storm with a teeth-jangling power puncher. That is the challenge, however, that British junior lightweight champion Gary Sykes has chosen for himself Saturday evening in Huddersfield, against […]

“Clearly, I have defeated this earthworm with my words. Imagine what I could have done with my fire-breathing fists.” —Charlie Sheen I’m not usually one to get caught up in celebrity hoopla. I never had much interest in Paris Hilton’s partying or her poorly-lit sex tape. I have the Internet, and therefore a practically infinite […]

That’s a sweet scene of one of this weekend’s combatants, Zab Judah, hittin’ the circus recently with his kiddo, courtesy Main Events. I wouldn’t dare mock such a scene. Your not-quite-good-enough-to-warrant-full-previews weekend of boxing: Saul Alvarez-Matthew Hatton, Saturday, HBO, Anaheim Calif. Alvarez is the junior middleweight who rules Mexico right now with his red hair […]

Fun has been had by all the last couple weekends in boxing. Thanks are in order. Thanks, Top Rank, for giving us Nonito Donaire-Fernando Montiel then Brandon Rios-Miguel Acosta. Thanks, HBO, for investing in that pair of bantamweights to produce a KO of the Year candidate, and thanks, Showtime, for televising the Fight of the […]

(credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios came back from early trouble to knock out Miguel Acosta in the 10th round of a thrilling lightweight title title bout in Las Vegas tonight. “Bam Bam” showed incredible grit in what was not just a star making and belt winning performance, but an early candidate for […]