These two fights on HBO Saturday night — Nonito Donaire-Jeffrey Mathebula, Kelly Pavlik-Will Rosinsky — weren’t on anyone’s wish list, but they do serve their purposes. Donaire, one of the best boxers in the world of any weight, and Pavlik, the fallen middleweight champion, get something out of this, and so do we, even if […]

U.K. fight fans are presented with a glut of bouts (of differing appeal and quality) to sieve through this weekend. Sky Sports, who once monopolised boxing coverage on these shores, embark upon a period of reduced output whereas Mick Hennessy, shunned for years by the very same network, continues to flourish under the umbrella of […]

(Javier Fortuna) In January, one of my first contributions to TQBR was a list of my 25 favorite prospects to start 2012. Now that we have met the halfway point of the year, compiled here is a report on how those 25 prospects have fared and a grade letter assigned. Over the first six months, […]

“Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson, the rematch, the evening they were selling as the greatest fight of all time, will go down as just another black eye for boxing. No, this time call it a black ear. Make it two black ears. Holyfield will wake up this morning with his title in place, and an […]

We’ve had a lot of false starts and potential left unfulfilled in the last couple years when it has come to live boxing reappearing on the big four networks. But a news release Monday now says it’s actually going to happen. And it’s a baby step, but it’s one giant baby step for boxingkind. On […]

(Timothy Bradley, at left, after fighting Manny Paquiao, at right) What to do, what to do with the whole crazy Timothy Bradley-Manny Pacquiao decision, rankings-wise? That was the big dilemma for this update of the pound-for-pound rankings of the best boxers in the world, regardless of weight. I think it boils down to what kind […]

(Nonito Donaire; photo credit: Chris Farina, Top Rank) Thursday afternoon in San Carlos, Calif., multi-division titlist Nonito Donaire concluded his sparring in preparation for his fight with South African beltholder Jeffrey Mathebula, which takes place in southern California at the Home Depot Center in Carson on July 7, televised by HBO. Working with Donaire in […]

(Josesito Lopez, with trainer Henry Ramirez; photo credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) Though many memorable moments remain from last Saturday’s shocking result at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, one of those moments that stuck with me late into the following week about Josesito Lopez was simply him making his ringwalk. Emblazoned on the right breast […]