(The cast of “The Walking Dead” at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con, probably NOT talking, laughing about this upcoming episode of TQBR Radio; photo credit: zombiesurvivalguide.us) One excellent week in pugilism doesn’t mean us boxing fans should be popping champagne corks and throwing our collective bongs out of highrise windows — we leave that […]

Every bout on ESPN2, HBO2 and Showtime this past weekend was, at minimum, quality, but they came in two varieties: good, and competitive; or good, and one-sided. The Juan Carlos Burgos-Yakubu Amidu, Keith Thurman-Diego Chaves and Juan Francisco Estrada-Milan Melindo were the close kind. The best of them, somehow, was of the one-sided variety — […]

The scorecards didn't always show it on the HBO2 tripleheader, but nobody had it easy in the ring in Macau, China on Saturday. Headliner and ex-Olympic gold medalist, flyweight Zou Shiming, in his second pro fight and first six-rounder, came out super-aggressive but couldn't stop Jesus Ortega (3-1 in his career) and got hit a […]

(Jesus Soto Karass, right, knocks down Andre Berto; photo credit: Darren Abate; AP) It’s one thing for a fight card to kind of, sort of live up to potential. In the pugilistic world, that’s normal. There’s a reason why we say “…on paper.” Fights on paper might be much better than how they actually play […]

(Yakubu Amidu, left, Juan Carlos Burgos, right; via) Top junior lightweight contender Juan Carlos Burgos was taking what had the air beforehand of a stay-busy affair on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights, yet ended up nothing like it against his short-notice opponent Yakubu Amidu. After the naturally larger, relentless Amidu took the fight to Burgos for […]

After news broke earlier in the week that MGM had green lit “Creed,” a Rocky spin-off with acclaimed rookie director Ryan Coogler at the helm, Balboa fans went into overtweet. Coogler is reportedly planning to direct Michael B. Jordan (of “The Wire” fame) in the part of Apollo Creed’s grandson, heir to the Muhammad Ali-esque […]

(Aug 11, 2012; London, United Kingdom; Shiming Zou [CHN] celebrates after receiving his gold medal after winning the men’s light fly 49k final bout during the London 2012 Olympic Games at ExCeL. Credit: Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports) Quickly, name a few of the most difficult or loathsome professions in the history of history. Sin-eater, coal […]

In many ways, the last few weeks have been somewhat of a throwback: a bombastic homage to a time when, somewhat apocryphally perhaps, top fighters were matched with their fiercest rivals and fans could expect to see the best facing off against the best with brutal regularity. Floyd Mayweather’s decision to take on arguably his toughest […]

  Okay, that’s a lie. Summer is technically already here. And while boxing has no official “season,” the upcoming schedule makes it clear that 2013 will be closing out with much more bang than whimper. It’s nothing to lose your head over, though, Ned. This week on Queensberry Rules Radio,

(Mickey Bey, left, and John Molina, right, at the weigh-in; credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) John Molina was fighting a horrible 10th round on ShoBox Friday night, walking forward aimlessly, not throwing many punches in a replication of what he'd done wrong in earlier rounds, getting pounded by Mickey Bey to the point that it looked […]

From the outset, the audio and visual components of "The Good Son," a documentary about Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, are bracing. Here we have the story of a working class Youngstown, Ohio hero, and the soundtrack is smooth brass with spacey hip-hop beats like you'd encounter in a lower Manhattan lounge on a Thursday night, […]

(Lucas Matthysse, left, Danny Garcia, right; via) In an ideal world, it wouldn't be so flabbergasting. But this isn't an ideal world. And the Showtime pay-per-view boxing card Sept. 14 that gives fans two of the best fights in the sport on one night is downright astonishing. On Thursday, Golden Boy Promotions announced that Lucas […]