(Bernard Hopkins, standing, walks by Floyd Mayweather, sitting at right) In the wake of Floyd Mayweather’s routing of young Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez this past weekend (which the Queensberry Rules team predicted with Nostradamus-like sagacity), attentions have once again shifted to the future. With the so-called biggest challenge out there proving to be anything but, […]

If the figures released Thursday are to be believed — always a dicey proposition — then Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez on Showtime pay-per-view last weekend exceeded all reasonable expectations with at least 2.2 million U.S. buys, good for #2 all-time for a boxing PPV buy rate, and could challenge for #1 by the time […]

I was raised on “Kickboxer” and “Terminator” and “Robocop.” I eat rabbit and venison and veal. I think hunting is fine as long as you eat the animal afterwards and I do not necessarily equate sex with love. My brother and I affectionately beat the bejesus out of each other growing up; I should be […]

(The wake of a ship’s stern; photo credit: here) Since you’re here on TQBR, reading and whatnot, there’s a good chance you caught the pre-

(Sep 14, 2013; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Floyd Mayweather Jr. [blue gloves] and Canelo Alvarez battle at their junior middleweight fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports) We understand to a point, from watching Floyd Mayweather, that he is a true great. But too often, he's not given us the evidence […]

(Danny Garcia, right, Lucas Matthysse, left; credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) Few expected Danny Garcia to sign a fight with Lucas Matthysse, one of the hardest punchers in all of boxing. Fewer expected him to win. But Saturday on Showtime pay-per-view, on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez, Garcia defused Matthysse completely, taking a unanimous decision […]

(Carlos Molina, left, Ishe Smith, right; photo credit: Tom Hogan, Golden Boy) These are the results for the two main undercard fights to support the main event of Floyd Mayweather and Saul Alvarez and Lucas Matthysse vs. Danny Garcia: Pablo Cesar Cano knocked off Ashley Theophane by split decision, with one judge somehow scoring it […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez on Showtime pay-per-view on Sept. 14. Previously: the meaning of Mayweather-Alvarez; a special edition of TQBR Radio; the undercard and week’s schedule, previewed; keys to the fight parts I and II; how good Mayweather-Alvarez could be; a […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez on Showtime pay-per-view on Sept. 14. Previously: the meaning of Mayweather-Alvarez; a special edition of TQBR Radio; the undercard and week’s schedule, previewed; keys to the fight parts I and II; how good Mayweather-Alvarez could be; a […]