(Boxing comes back to life this weekend, after a few dead weeks; via) To be honest, we just wanted an excuse to use the poster art from a great 80s movie. It is indeed true that the schedule was bare for a couple of weeks, and that the calendar is full this weekend, but it’s […]

(Jean Pascal bloodies Lucian Bute; via) It would be wrong in a couple different ways to say that Jean Pascal beat Lucian Bute on HBO Saturday. He got the victory, certainly. But Bute practically handed the win to him, save for one final 12th round flurry, so the active verb of “beat” doesn’t really apply. […]

(Carlos Takam pops Mike Perez; via) Carlos Takam, in his pre-fight segment on HBO Saturday night, talked about emulating the ring style of Sugar Ray Leonard, humorously enough. Mike Perez, in his, talked about dealing with putting Magomed Abdusamalov in a coma in his last fight, tragically enough. The contrast might have played a role […]

(Frank Galarza drops John Thompson; photo credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) MEMPHIS — ShoBox prides itself on consistently matching promising, up-and-coming fighters with their toughest opponents to date.  More often than not, you’ll see boxers on these cards get their first, real tests in the ring – tests of their athleticism, resolve and skills in the […]

(Mike Reed lands on Jorge Marquez; photo credit: Trey Pollard, StiffJab.com) FORT WASHINGTON, Md. — On the same night when Showtime's ShoBox program was living up to its former reputation of giving prospects all they could handle, Keystone Boxing's Friday Night Fights at Rosecroft Raceway was living up to its own regional reputation of making […]

You know, call me immature, but I get a lot of enjoyment out of hearing a 20,000 strong Montreal crowd chant “Bute, Bute.” I might even tune in to premium cable just for that. Thankfully, though, that won’t be the only attraction when light heavyweights Lucian Bute and Jean Pascal do battle in Montreal on […]

Often in eras past, grudge matches and rivalries weren’t blood feuds that spanned years, or even a decade. Some were, but when fighters were content to meet one another multiple times in a year, deciding who the alpha was could be settled with fewer distractions and road blocks. George “Elbows” McFadden and Joe Gans had […]

We're part way through January and already we're looking at four boxing pay-per-views through the first half of 2014 in the United States. Two more in the second half seem certain, at minimum; more might be on the way. It's always expensive to be a diehard boxing fan — expanded cable packages, DVRs to deal […]

I don't know which boffin at HBO/K2 Promotions had the bright idea of taking middleweight wrecking machine Gennady Golovkin to the Golden Globes, but whoever it was is a genius. Not only was GGG snapped with Lloyd from Entourage (why not?), he also got cheeky pics with Matt Damon, Michael Douglas and Tom Hanks. The […]

(Lucian Bute, left, and Jean Pascal, probably just moments before asking the TQBR Radio team to TAKE THE TEST! FOR THE FANS!; photo credit: Herby Whyne) The sting of a lack of boxing action on television is something that’s become unfamiliar to us boxing fans. We’ve become soft — spoiled, even. But the good stuff […]

Miguel Cotto didn't have much trouble with Delvin Rodriguez trying to punch him last year. But actress Michelle Rodriguez drunk at a Knicks game? She actually makes him change his facial expression from "nothing" to "something." (via) This is mostly going to be about fights in the works (Round And Round) rather than a news […]

There exists a certain breed of nostalgia that fuels interest in eras long completed in boxing — more specifically, the “Theodore Roosevelt, safari for fun, bending steel beams as a hobby” eras. The ones we generally only have pictures of, if we do at all. The men who boxed then hardly fought in what could […]