(Photo credit: Shabaz Shafiq — SW33TSCIENCE) Anthony Crolla shut out Willie Limond in Motherwell on Friday evening in the stingiest way imaginable. Manchester’s million dollar kid gave the Garthamlock man’s supporters the cold shoulder throughout; even excitement had the door slammed shut in its face. And at the end of twelve tepid rounds, during which […]

This week’s boxing conversation was mostly dominated by the New York State Athletic Commission’s decision to grant Antonio Margarito a license to fight Miguel Cotto for a second time on Dec. 3, and the various spin-offs and branch-offs of that entire issue, like culpability in the saga, whether or not Margarito should be in the […]

Motherwell plays host to a handsome looking British title fight on Friday evening as domestic lightweight boss, Anthony “Million Dollar” Crolla, hits the road again to lock horns with Garthamlock nearly man, Willie Limond. For Limond, a 4 to 1 short ender with oddsmakers, victory would gild a silver lining along the clouds which have […]

Erik Morales: Was there ever a more willing warrior — a guy who was more dead set on meeting fire with fire? From his teenage days in Tijuana, right up to a few months ago under Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz, Morales has always delivered drama and action. Knocking out the 122-pound gargoyle-faced Daniel Zaragoza to lift the WBC […]

(Saul Alvarez, left; Kermit Cintron, right) Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is either the future of the boxing or a spoiled child, depending on who you ask. It’s unlikely that the argument is going to be solved by his junior middleweight fight this weekend with Kermit Cintron in Mexico City. Not unless Cintron pulls the upset and […]

When I received a press release email from Main Events Promotions headlined, “NBC Sports Group Presents Fight Night Boxing Series,” with the subhead, “Quarterly Boxing Matches Saturday Nights on NBC Sports Network,” I instantly Googled “NBC Boxing Series” and expected to see an explosion from the boxing blogosphere in reaction to what I hastily interpreted […]

(Antonio Margarito’s eye; picture via) Boxing fans, Top Rank Promotions and the New York State Athletic Commission can all breath a big sigh of relief. This afternoon junior middleweight Antonio Margarito was given the all clear to fight in New York after an eye exam by an independent doctor. Miguel Cotto vs. Margarito II will […]

The situation in New York with Antonio Margarito’s license sunk very quickly into catastrophe status over the span of a few days to end the week, and has veered back toward salvageable since. As it stands, Margarito might still get a license for his junior middleweight fight with Miguel Cotto, if a doctor for,

For the second time in 2011, HBO is airing Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. and Saul Alvarez in close proximity on the calendar, with the idea that the two presposterously popular young Mexicans will eventually get in the kind of physical proximity that can be confined by a 20-foot ring in what would be one of […]