0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/14/2012
New York, 1959. He wasn’t sure of his name anymore, this tattered figure wandering Times Square. “Heriberto Harwitz” was as close as he could get. He’d shuffle over to the general delivery window at 33rd and 8th and mumble to the clerk. His V.A. benefit check was his only income, but he’d often lose his […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
Things are different now for Gabriel Rosado. The transformation from a fighter whose career appeared heading down the journeyman/gatekeeper path into a growing fan favorite and authentic contender began a couple years ago. The career growth spurt had to confront tough losses and developments in his personal life when he became a new father and […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/13/2012
Whereas many U.S. boxing fans survey the modern heavyweight division and discern a wasteland forever stripped of its former glory, promoter Kathy Duva augurs something quite the opposite: untapped potential, and a chance for the division to return to prominence. Maybe it’s a matter of perspective. Her firm, Main Events, promotes one of the premier […]
0 comments by Scott Kraus
The International Committee of the Red Cross announced Wednesday that it has deployed volunteers to the Philippines to help rebuild the suddenly beleaguered nation. Widespread devastation wrought by the controversial split decision awarded to Timothy Bradley over national hero Manny Pacquiao on Saturday night in Las Vegas has left the country in ruins and in […]
0 comments by Patrick Connor
The winding and political history of boxing in Cuba is well acknowledged, as is the island’s tendency to spill greatness into its boxing rings. Being even simply among the best that Cuba has produced is an honor unto itself, but to have a name surrounded by an aura of greatness that transcends the amateur ranks […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock
You thought Timothy Bradley was brave to keep fighting last week with injured ankles and feet and whatnot? Look at these models. What troopers. Like boxing, there’s something a little bit sick and a little bit satisfying about watching that video. Anyway, let’s wash the bitter taste of last week out of our collective mouth […]
0 comments by Mark Ortega on 6/12/2012
Saturday night, Timothy Bradley earned an extremely controversial split decision victory over Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Noticeably missing from the HBO broadcast was the venerable Larry Merchant, who TQBR had a chance to speak to early Monday evening and learn his thoughts. It must be noted that this writer saw […]
0 comments by Mark Ortega
The sweet science has always been known as a sport where headlines are made as much outside of the ring as they are between the ropes, and leading up to June’s big ticket bout between Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley, boxing lived up to that reputation. In a span of mere days, there was a […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/11/2012
Timothy Bradley’s unwarranted win over Manny Pacquiao Saturday wasn’t the only thing wrong with the show on HBO pay-per-view that night. On the undercard, we had a ritualistic slaughter of Teon Kennedy by Guillermo Rigondeaux, a 1.5 round match-up between Jorge Arce and Jesus Rojas that was shaping up nicely before it ended with an […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
Say you’re a cheery, upbeat type and you want to look on the bright side of the embarrassing outcome in Las Vegas Saturday night, when two judges dumbfounded the world by awarding a decision victory to Timothy Bradley over Manny Pacquiao. It won’t be all bad for business, you might say, and you might be […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/10/2012
Manny Pacquiao’s run of big wins ended Saturday night, but absolutely no one truly believes Timothy Bradley won a split decision Saturday night on HBO pay-per-view. Usually, a bunk decision goes to the A-side of a fight, but Bradley, the B-side, ripped off Pacquiao in a fight where the most I can imagine anyone scoring […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
Keep coming back here for running updates of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley undercard on HBO pay-per-view. It probably will be no good, but always exciting Jorge Arce is in action, as is supremely talented Guillermo Rigondeaux, and there’s a potentially competitive fight between Mike Jones and Randall Bailey. P.S. The main event won’t […]
0 comments by Patrick Connor on 6/9/2012
This week’s edition of Friday Night Fights, televised from the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, served as a platform for Kelly Pavlik to peddle his comebacking wares against Scott Sigmon more than anything else. There was an appearance from that Subway guy, though. No, not Jared. And not Michael Strahan either. On […]
0 comments by Mark Ortega
Friday afternoon, multiple sources close to the promotion confirmed to TQBR the site of the Sept. 8 super middleweight showdown between Andre Ward and Chad Dawson. Ward-Dawson will take place at Oakland, Calif.’s Oracle Arena, which has hosted four of the last seven Andre Ward bouts. Over 10,000 were in attendance for Ward’s title victory […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/8/2012
(Timothy Bradley, holding a giant fake ticket, expects to beat Manny Pacquiao, seated to his right, and for Pacquiao to exercise his rematch clause — and has been taunting Pacquiao with the prospect.) Don’t follow boxing very often, but you want to know the gist of Saturday’s mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley? Follow […]
