0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/25/2011
While sports movies are popular and plentiful enough to merit their own genre, there are enough boxing movies to fill a large sub-category. The stories that accompany the sport, usually those of struggling to overcome adversity and persevering to victory, resonate with viewers of both genders, all ages and just about every background. Boxing movies […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/24/2011
There’s a little de facto tournament going on among Top Rank’s stable of lightweights, and it isn’t like all the other promotional xenophobia coming out of Bob Arum’s shop of late. That’s because there’s nothing at all bad about it. It’s given us the TQBR Fight of the Year for 2010 with Humberto Soto-Urbano Antillon, […]
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I have nothing in the way of humorous photos to offer, so please enjoy the musical selection, as you peruse the week’s boxing action outside of Brandon Rios-Miguel Acosta, which Tim Starks, who may have a humorous photo for you, will be previewing. James Toney-Damon Reed, Thursday, Fox Sports Net, San Bernardino Calif. The Empire […]
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Viking offspring will return to arms on Saturday as Stephen Foster Jr., the surprise winner of a European junior lightweight title in October, looks to repel Belgian raider Ermano Fegatilli in Bolton. The Salford man’s eyebrow-curling title triumph, a 3rd round levelling of Armenian-born puncher Levan Kirakosyan (a “Great Odin’s Raven” moment if ever there […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/23/2011
From time to time BoxingScene’s David P. Greisman and myself gchat one another. Sometimes we talk about boxing, even. Sometimes, I publish what we say. Besides the subjects in the headline, in this edition of “When Boxing Writers Talk” we discuss Epix, the CBS deal, Sergio Martinez, Bill Murray and more. (For visual purposes, hyperlinks […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/22/2011
“He comes at a very fortuitous time. If anybody can bring boxing back to the mainstream … it’s Manny Pacquiao.” – Bob Arum (Associated Press) Lance Armstrong is one of the most iconic and well-known athletes in the United States. The famed cyclist achieved unprecedented success in his sport by winning the Tour de France […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/21/2011
Insanity wolf supports Round and Round, the column where we discuss fights in the works. Besides the people in the headline, we have the latest on fights involving the likes of Yoan Pablo Hernandez, Humberto Soto, Paul Williams, Manny Pacquiao and others. Round And Round Assuming Manny Pacquiao gets by Shane Mosley in a May […]
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Of all the impressive things about Nonito Donaire’s performance last night, the most impressive thing of all might have been that he delivered that spine-tingling knockdown blow in the middle of receiving a right hand. Can you imagine where Fernando Montiel would be right now if he hadn’t slightly altered the momentum of that shot? […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/20/2011
LAS VEGAS — Nonito Donaire cemented his spot at the top of some pound for pound lists by completely starching fellow P4Per Fernando Montiel in two rounds in Las Vegas Saturday night. Donaire (26-1-0) dominated the 1st round with his range and power, but seemed to be losing the 2nd when he floored Montiel (44-3-2) […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/19/2011
For six rounds Saturday, it looked like middleweight Felix Sturm hadn’t heard of a punch outside the jab. By my estimate, in his bout with Ron Hearns, he once went almost six minutes throwing nothing but jabs. And hey, it wins fights for him. But it’s annoying. It bores anyone who doesn’t live in Germany. […]
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Middleweight Fernando Guerrero and welterweight Shawn Porter are two prospects who, up until Friday Night Fights on ESPN2 this week, had largely been willing to trade punches so long as they got theirs. This time out, both showed that they were determined to fight smarter, even if the consequence was that they were a bit […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/18/2011
Has any boxer had a better Best Week Ever in recent memory than Manny Pacquiao’s Best Week Ever? There was the meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, then the meeting with President Obama. (They talked about basketball and reportedly the president said he’d buy the Shane Mosley pay-per-view AND root for Pacquiao). Then he […]
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The Showtime bantamweight tournament featuring Joseph Agbeko, Vic Darchinyan, Abner Mares and Yonnhy Perez has placed a deserving spotlight on one of the deepest divisions in boxing. Some boxing media and fans think that tournament would have been even stronger if it adopted a Super Six-style format – adding Fernando Montiel and Nonito Donaire – […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/17/2011
Did you guys know Claire Forlani is pretty? In other news, here are some fights this week in the boxing. Mike Jones-Jesus Soto Karass II, Saturday, HBO, Las Vegas. This is on the undercard of the bantam battle between Nonito Donaire and Fernando Montiel, giving the network a very pleasing doubleheader. The first fight got […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/16/2011
Top Rank Promotions unecessarily teased us and tormented us so long with the idea of an ultra-savory Nonito Donaire-Fernando Montiel fight that more than a few of us came to believe it was an illusion, never to be. As far back as late 2008, we’d been told this fight would happen. As recently as a […]
