0 comments by Tim Starks on 2/2/2013
That was unsatisfactory, but we knew it would be. On Friday Night Fights, Carlos Molina beat up an aging Cory Spinks for a decision victory, while Antwone Smith woofed at an ancient Jose Luis Castillo and also hit him sometimes for a decision victory. The bouts didn't totally lack in significance, but in some of […]
0 comments by Andrew Harrison on 2/1/2013
The stuff floating our boats this month… Patrick Connor The last month has left a little bit to be desired for a few reasons, unsurprisingly, so I might take the road less travelled by and say that I’m actually interested in seeing how heavyweight match ups like Vyacheslav Glazkov vs. Malik Scott, Johnathon Banks vs. […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
Assassin's Creed video game + Apollo Creed from Rocky = Apollo's Creed. (h/t Ramon Aranda) Are you ready for some rematches? Good, because you're going to get a lot of them, although not all of them. One of them you might get is, no lie, Mercito Gesta-Miguel Vazquez II. Gesta, you see, is in a […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock
“You know, in life you get knocked down from time to time. Sometimes you don’t know its coming.” Hillary Clinton, March 2008, Youngstown Ohio Boxers are defined by their geography. The late Joe Frazier wasn’t just a Philadelphia fighter, he was Philadelphia in a fighter. Juan Manuel Marquez is Mexico City’s Aztec pride and its […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/30/2013
(Yuriorkis Gamboa takes one on the chin) It wasn't so long ago, in the scheme of things, that Yuriorkis Gamboa's fan club among the hardcore boxing public was practically too full to accept new members. In 2010, the Cuban sliced through Rogers Mtagwa like he was a living vorpal sword one fight after Mtagwa had […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Daniel Geale dominated Anthony Mundine over 12 rounds at the Sydney Entertainment Centre Wednesday, winning a wide unanimous decision in their middleweight rematch. With his victory, by scores of 116-112 and 117-111 twice, Geale (29-1, 15 KO) erases the only loss on his ledger and proves himself the #1 contender to Sergio […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 1/28/2013
Well, there goes my childhood. On the upside, middleweight Daniel Geale may finally shut Anthony Mundine up on Wednesday night, bringing to a close what has been a long, recurring nightmare for many Australians. In other news, junior middleweight spoiler Carlos Molina is fighting Cory Spinks on Friday Night Fights. There are a few other […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/27/2013
(Demetrius Andrade throws an uppercut at Freddy Hernandez; photo via Showtime) No major major fights this weekend, but some interesting results. Let's get to 'em. Lucas Matthysse vs. Mike Dallas, Jr. It might not be the most innovative nickname, yet there's probably no more fitting monicker in boxing than Lucas "The Machine" Matthysse. That whiplash […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/26/2013
We'll have thoughts tomorrow on tonight's action and last night's, but fights in the works are like plaque that build up and build up if you don't address them. We're nearing gum disease level, so let's do some brushing. Besides the men in the headline, we've also got some Floyd Mayweather (don't we always?) and […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/25/2013
(Mikey Garcia) Read part I here. As before, we'll examine each fighter's upside and downside, albeit in shorter form than with the first installment. SECOND TIER Robert Guerrero, welterweight, 29 His rapid rise in weight from feather to welter has earned him some pound-for-pound plaudits, and while he can be a bit of a mauler, […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/24/2013
(Saul Alvarez) Last year around this time, in the similarly titled 2012 list, I floated a slightly scary thought: The lifespan of Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao as the era's superstars might be coming to an end. And this year, the signs are stronger than ever. Mayweather, in his last fight against Miguel Cotto, was […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 1/23/2013
There's a hell of a lot going on in that music video, just like there's a hell of a lot going on in this week's boxing sched… OK, I give up on grasping at ways to make the video at the top of the schedule somehow related to the schedule. It's just some cool stop […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/22/2013
Felix Verdejo got himself a little HBO shine Saturday thanks to that knockout, via a highlight clip that's rare for such an inexperienced fighter. Also probably because he does have the makings of a future action star, down the line. Also probably because HBO and Top Rank are buddies right now. Top Rank found an […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/20/2013
(Mikey Garcia connects on Orlando Salido; photo credit: Chris Farina, Top Rank) The cause for doubt — minor though it was — about featherweight Miguel Angel Garcia coming into his HBO main event turn Saturday night was that for all his visible talent, he had not yet been tested. He still hasn't, but this time […]
0 comments by Steve Zemach
NEW YORK CITY — Steve Zemach is ringside in Madison Square Garden, covering the off-TV undercard for Saturday’s HBO show headlined by Orlando Salido vs. Miguel Angel Garcia. Results for that fight plus Gennady Golovkin vs. Gabriel Rosado and Roman Martinez vs. Juan Carlos Burgos will come in a subsequent post. Read here for what […]
