0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/24/2011
It sounds ironic, but two fighters who aren’t huge draws will trade fists this Saturday in a nearly-deserted stadium for what could be one of the biggest prizes in boxing. Unbeaten junior welterweights Timothy Bradley (26-0-0) and Devon Alexander (21-0-0), widely considered the top two fighters at 140 pounds on the planet, are dueling Jan. […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/23/2011
Former heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield’s comeback was dealt another blow Saturday night after an early end to an uninspired outing against Sherman “Tank” Williams at The Greenbrier resort. Referee Dave Johnson called the fight a no contest after three rounds due to a cut above Holyfield’s right eye. The 48-year old Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KOs) […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/22/2011
Boxing’s Holy Grail, or at least something like it, appears to be within reach. And from the sound of things, the sport might not even ruin it once it has goblet in hand. Top Rank is reportedly going to ship the May 7 Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley pay-per-view from industry giant HBO to smaller rival Showtime, […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/21/2011
That’s DeMarcus Corley wearing a denim suit — repeat, denim suit — in Argentina in advance of his junior welterweight fight this evening with Lucas Matthysse. That man is fantastic. He’ll fight anybody and he’s reliably colorful. (Photo courtesy team Corley via our Corey Erdman, who got some love over at RingTV this week.) Also, […]
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When I think of baseball great Willie Mays, the indelible image that pops into my mind is the sight of a broken-down Say Hey Kid trudging on 42-year-old legs in his classic orange, blue, and white Mets uniform while batting a meager .211 (.211/.303/.344 for you Bill James stat geeks out there) in his final […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/20/2011
In a tragic foot race with a just result, Joan Guzman’s lack of professionalism caught up with and passed his tremendous talent yesterday. The junior featherweight turned featherweight turned junior lightweight turned lightweight turned junior welterweight — with a lot of “overweight” thrown in to the mix for all the times he came up extra […]
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Jamie McDonnell has had one hell of a year. The Doncaster bantam had amassed a modest 12 wins from 15 career contests coming into 2010, yet in the space of just three short months he’d managed to snatch British, Commonwealth and European titles with a brace of smash and grab raids that helped usher him […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/19/2011
Without Evander Holyfield, Sherman Williams would never be headlining a pay-per-view event. His name would never be mentioned on ESPN, and he most certainly wouldn’t be talked about first thing in the morning on CNN. Most importantly though, without Evander Holyfield, Williams’ future outlook in boxing would be cloudy at best. “I’ll just hitch my […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/18/2011
It’s a typically light January weekend for boxing, but there’s not much else happening, so we might as well talk about it. Lucas Matthysse vs. DeMarcus Corley, Friday, TeleFutura, Mendoza Argentina. Too often since Solo Boxeo returned to the airwaves last year, the cards have been sub-Friday Night Fights fare. This week is an exception […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/16/2011
Jose Sulaiman might be renowned for taking people’s money, but while he pocketed more bogus sanctioning fees on Saturday, he also offered up a fantastic fight for free on WBCBoxing.tv. In the feature attraction from the Jose Cuervo Salon in Polanco, Mexico, Oscar Ibarra (25-4, 16 KO) had to go through hell from Junichiro Sugita […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/15/2011
That’s two fights in a row now where super middleweight prospect Edwin Rodriguez has looked like a marginal prospect at best, let alone one of the elite guys out there. In the Friday Night Fights supporting bout on ESPN2, Rodriguez got a wide unanimous decision win in a fight that was actually extremely close to […]
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Mainly, this is a column about fights in the works (Round and Round) rather than about various news tidbits and fleeting thoughts (Quick Jabs). Therefore, it is established that the Quick Jabs shall be dispensed with first, and with haste. Like so: The weekend schedule is a bit light. Corey’s done a great job of […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/14/2011
Part II of our list brings us to some promising youngsters who, for one reason or the other, have some ding on ’em that those in Part I don’t. Maybe they haven’t proven themselves as much, or maybe they’ve shown themselves to be limited in some way. Maybe they’re rebounding from a loss, or maybe […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/13/2011
(Credit: Howard Schatz) Roughly three times every year, Peter Manfredo Jr. headlines an arena. The remainder of the time, his job is to clean them. After Manfredo headlines ESPN Friday Night Fights against Daniel Edouard this week, he will return to Local 271, for whom he helps maintain the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in his hometown […]
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The promoters must be running out of titles for fights. Last year, the Floyd Mayweather-“Sugar” Shane Mosley fight was dubbed “Who R U Picking.” That’s right. Golden Boy even went ahead and wrote out “are” and “you” as letters. Now comes “The Super Fight,” between Tim Bradley on Devon Alexander on January 29 (HBO, 10 […]
