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0 comments by Tim Starks on 3/28/2013
Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado are not like most humans. They’re not even like most boxers, a class of people who, to varying degrees, must suppress their self-preservation instinct. At the lowest end, the “hit and don’t get hit” subset of stylists still know what they’re in for when they enter the boxing ring, because […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 3/27/2013
“So this is what history looks like, a century of dominance reduced to a medal-less pile of rubble.”So Sports Illustrated boxing columnist Chris Mannix described the U.S. boxing team’s performance at the London Olympics. He wasn’t the only big sportswriter to say so. Except the “pile of rubble” wasn’t medal-less. There was a gold medal […]
0 comments by Andrew Harrison on 3/26/2013
The scene: Las Vegas Hilton, Nevada, USA. June 6, 1988. Iran “The Blade” Barkley, 24-4 (15), a one-time hoodlum from the Bronx, had outswung the Liverpool-born Canadian Michael Olajide to earn a title crack at Hearns. Detroit’s celebrated “Hit Man,” 45-2 (38), had been busy busting heads and collecting title belts since his fall to […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 3/25/2013
If you’re a boxing fan then chances are you’re already excited just seeing those three names in the headline. If you’re not a serious fan, then hopefully I can explain to you why Rios, Alvarado and Golovkin are the power rangers of boxing — synonymous with blood, sweat and action. There are a few other intriguing […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 3/23/2013
Who knew Robert Stieglitz had this kind of animal in him? Saturday on Epix, the super middleweight got revenge on his hard-punching German countryman Arthur Abraham, reversing a competitive loss in their first meeting by storming out hard, hurting Abraham in the 2nd and closing his eye so badly that the referee and ring doctor […]
0 comments by Joseph R. Holzer
Something blew inside Chicago’s UIC Pavilion during ESPN2 Friday Night Fights, and it wasn’t just the wind. Hometown fighter Donovan “Da Bomb” George was handed a dud of a decision against fellow middleweight David Lopez, a split decision draw in a fight he clearly should have won. The right hand of George landed hard and […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 3/21/2013
(Dec 1, 2012; New York City; Austin Trout celebrates his unanimous decision win over Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden. Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports) Been nearly three months round these parts since we updated the pound-for-pound top 20 list of the best boxers in the world regardless of weight, which is informational about how […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 3/20/2013
Well that’s just cruel — kind of like coming off the Timothy Bradley/Ruslan Provodnikov high into a week without much on. Mind you, if old Ruslan taught us anything, it’s that we shouldn’t underestimate the potential of fights before they happen. That’s easier said than done and rather invalidates the whole point of the schedule, […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 3/19/2013
(Timothy Bradley, left, shares a moment with Ruslan Provodnikov, right, after the fight; photo credit: Chris Farina, Top Rank) With all the business maneuvering in the boxing news the past couple days, and despite heaping helpings of social media love, Timothy Bradley-Ruslan Provodnikov still might not have gotten the attention it deserves. Fights rarely come […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
"Can't figure out/What happened to us/I won't count on you anymore/I'll be all right/Don't worry about me Aren't you happy now/You got what you want/I wanted you/But I'm over that now/I'm so sick of you and what we went through" –The Wrens, "Happy" How far we've come, and not for the better. A few years […]
0 comments by Patrick Connor on 3/17/2013
As time has accumulated, the Irish around the globe have accepted that St. Patrick’s Day has morphed into a kind of “every man’s drinking holiday.” And far be it from them to complain about a drop or two, but at its Celtic heart, it’s an Irish holiday, the celebration thereof apparently important enough to maintain […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
(Timothy Bradley socks Ruslan Provodnikov; photo credit: Chris Farina, Top Rank) Timothy Bradley could've fought intelligently against Ruslan Provodnikov Saturday night on HBO and secured a victory with relative ease, but perhaps driven by the fan animosity toward him over the bunk Manny Pacquiao win, he fought like a much stupider, much more awesome version […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 3/15/2013
All's well that ends for British boxer Curtis Woodhouse and his Twitter troll, upon meeting face to face. Nice apology, nice acceptance, good insight from Curtis about how he shouldn't have to block anyone — that the onus is on the troll to stop with the abuse. It's remarkable, really, how much time people spend […]
0 comments by Andrew Harrison on 3/14/2013
(Grimsby’s Kevin Hooper as photographed by Jon Corken for The Grimsby Telegraph) Some fighters rattle on about hard work and dedication as if they hold a monopoly on them. Floyd Mayweather uses it as his gym mantra in fact but there aren’t many that can match Grimsby lightweight Kevin Hooper. He goes for the English […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 3/13/2013
It’s just three days since 2013’s “boxing season” began in earnest, and the networks are of the impression that we haven’t realised that there’s not much on this week. Oh, we have. We’re just desperate after the long winter of boxing. Winter is a metaphor, because even though it actually was winter, it also wasn’t […]
