0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/15/2013
(Sergey Kovalev downs Cornelius White; credit: Larry Levanti, Main Events) It was an early night, in every sense of the phrase, for the winners Friday on NBC Sports and ESPN2. The action had wrapped up before 11 p.m. ET, and the top match-ups on each card finished in knockouts or technical knockouts. In the NBC […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/14/2013
What remains of the Juan Manuel Lopez who stormed onto the HBO airwaves in 2008, inspiring broadcaster Max Kellerman to enthuse, "A star is born!"? The glimmers of greatness he showed then have steadily dimmed, certainly. He replaced excellence with pure excitement, though, and became a different kind of star. One thing held steady from […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 6/12/2013
Oh Brian Williams, you badass with a hot daughter. You’ve got nothing to do with the boxing schedule, but that’s the tradition round these parts. The schedule is looking decent this week, depending on your tastes, with top American heavyweight Bryant Jennings doing his thing on NBC Sports and a couple of featherweight bangers, Mikey […]
0 comments by Patrick Connor on 6/11/2013
(Marcos Maidana, left, digs a hook downstairs on Josesito Lopez; photo credit: Joe Miranda, FightNews) We braved the long, arduous, treacherous week where we essentially had no boxing on, and now find that we’ve arrived at that point in the summer where there’s leather zipping all over the place, chins swiveled here and there. But […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
(credit: Esther Lin, Showtime) Boxing makes fools of us, again and again. Like most everyone, I was convinced that Erislandy Lara-Alfredo Angulo would be a sad, one-sided beatdown by the crafty Lara of the paleolithic and shopworn Angulo. Like most everyone, I thought the sublimely talented Chad Dawson would have too much sublime talent for […]
0 comments by Patrick Connor on 6/9/2013
(Marcos Maidana, left, Josesito Lopez, right; credit: Esther Lin, Showtime) CARSON, Calif. — Onlookers seeking to study the art of warfare with a keen eye should have paid close attention to what Marcos Maidana and Josesito Lopez pulled off at the Home Depot Center. Apparently there’s just something about the venue — newly christened the […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
(Jun 8, 2013; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Adonis Stevenson [gold/yellow] celebrates after knocking out Chad Dawson [not pictured] during the first round of their light heavyweight championship bout at the Bell Centre. Mandatory Credit: Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports) Whoa. That happened. Adonis Stevenson scored a massive upset on HBO Saturday night, and did it in a […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/8/2013
For a while, it looked like top cruiserweight Marco Huck was finally going to win an easy one Saturday against his two-time rival Ola Afolabi. This being a Huck-Afolabi fight, though, it was fated to end up close, so it did. But there is no drama after their rubber match, nobody wondering whether Huck got […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
(An emotional Nick Brinson responds to the announcement of his big win; credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) Nick Brinson, a late substitute who had to lose around 17 pounds in 10 days to get on ShoBox Friday night, fought anything like the prototypical late substitute in a revelatory performance against big punching junior middleweight prospect Jorge […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/7/2013
What to do with Chad Dawson? The light heavyweight champion is among the most athletic boxers in the world, a troublesome southpaw who isn't afraid to fight anyone and also happens to be adroit when it comes to the finer technical points of the sport. He also is a flake who sheds trainers like a chicken molting twice […]
0 comments by Sam Sheppard
(September 8, 2012; Oakland, CA, USA; Andre Ward [red gloves] fights Chad Dawson [blue gloves] during the super middleweight championship at ORACLE Arena. Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports) Underachievement is an emotive word in boxing, perhaps more so than in any other sport. After all, how exactly do you tell a guy he hasn’t tried […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/6/2013
[UPDATE: CONTEST CLOSED. WE HAVE A WINNER, WHOSE NAME WE'LL ANNOUNCE ONCE WE RECEIVE PERMISSION TO DO SO. THANKS, ALL, FOR ENTERING!] It's been a while since we've had a giveaway to our readers, and our friends over at Ringside have stepped up to the plate in a big way to help us correct […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
Like miniature chocolates laced with chili powder, Marcos Maidana and Josesito Lopez are recognizably one thing and don't need to be anything other than what they are — because who doesn't like chocolates and brawlers? — but they have added a touch of something else to make themselves all the zestier. In their purest brawling […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 6/5/2013
The most talked about issue in elite sport right now is head trauma. There’s no question. Sports the world over are struggling to deal with research that shows the dramatic long term effects of even minor brain injuries. In the US, American football and ice hockey have implemented rule changes to try and minimise concussions. […]
0 comments by Patrick Connor on 6/4/2013
The above picture is a lie. Because The Nothing was here, and it existed through the boxing schedule in the U.S. How can the boxing gods serve us weeks upon weeks of great fistic action, then abruptly starve us for a weekend, leaving us chasing The Nothing? Someone will answer for it. Returning this week, […]
