0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/13/2012
The trainer of light heavyweight champ Chad Dawson, “Iceman” John Scully, wrote an e-mail to me in light of my remarks here about whether he should’ve pulled Dawson out of the fight against Andre Ward last weekend and whether he gave Dawson the instruction between rounds that he needed to win. Scully also answered a […]
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The climactic boxing match of 2012 arrives this Saturday when lineal middleweight champion Sergio Martinez faces Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. on HBO pay-per-view. Nothing — no Floyd Mayweather return, no Manny Pacquiao rematch — is likely to top Martinez-Chavez as a complete fight, a bout that has bad blood, a champion against arguably his top […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/12/2012
LAS VEGAS — Thursday night, a gigantic weekend of boxing in Las Vegas kicks off a few days early as ESPN2 will bring a special edition of their Friday Night Fights series to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. In the main event, Las Vegas welterweight contender Jessie Vargas (19-0, 9 KOs) makes his Top […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 9/11/2012
This week’s boxing schedule is brought to you by the earliest known photo of men drinking beer. Which is exactly what TQBR plans to be doing this weekend, while watching some of the mountains of professional boxing being broadcast. At least those of us unlucky enough not to being going to Vegas to cover the […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
Sometimes boxing resembles that old series of Miller Lite commercials, where the rival factions take turns shouting at one another, “Great taste!”/”Less filling!” That’s what I like about this Eric Raskin column. It preaches the Miller Lite lesson, “Why not both?” I thought the two sides would stop shouting at each other after Andre Ward’s […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/9/2012
NEWCASTLE, TYNE & WEAR — Taylor Ward (brother of County Durham bantamweight Martin) thrilled an O2 Academy crowd in the centre of Newcastle with an exciting local derby win over David “Dynamite” Lake, Sunday. Part of an entertaining card overall, Ward, Britain’s youngest professional fighter, showed Lake the importance of head movement, controlling an exciting […]
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(Lucas Matthysse does damage against Olusegun Ajose; photo credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) While HBO was airing an action fight undercard/boxing purist main event, Showtime was airing an undercard with a boxing technician-type on the undercard/bruising fight main event Saturday. The HBO card somewhat defied expectations. The Showtime card played out more according to script. Lucas […]
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Tony Bellew fought as though cloaked in a bomb disposal suit at London’s Alexandra Palace Saturday, and after taking an ultra-pensive look at Colombian visitor Edison Miranda for the best part of eight rounds, he rendered the former IED safe with a controlled explosion of body shots at 2:54 of round 9. Miranda (174 ¾) […]
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OAKLAND– Whatever your scorecard at the end of the 10th round of Andre Ward’s dominant and newly-minted career-defining victory over Chad Dawson, you can score this outing in favor of the boxing purists who expected a high level fight from two of boxing’s top pound-for-pound fighters in the world. Early on, it looked as though […]
0 comments by Mark Ortega on 9/7/2012
(Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., left; Sergio Martinez, right) There are plenty of people out there, this writer included, who won’t believe we will be seeing Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. fight Sergio Martinez until Michael Buffer makes it official on Sept. 15 with his signature spiel. It is a fight that has been years in the […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
(Tony Bellew, left; Edison Miranda, right) So that was summer. The heavens fell, top flight footballers — bumptious, bumbling millionaires unable to pass a ball — were put in their place by modestly paid Olympians and boxing lurched along in the doldrums save for a domestic showdown that managed to buck a trend in standardized […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
The photo shows a teenage “Bad” Chad Dawson leaning in from the left border while his co-conspirator, “Iceman” John Scully, leans in from the right. Their mischievous grins frame their handiwork — a sleeping victim of a shaving cream attack. It was taken about three years before Dawson first fought professionally. In an interview with […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/6/2012
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0 comments by Mark Ortega
(Gabriel Rosado pops Sechew Powell in his last appearance on NBC Sports) The good and the bad about sanctioning bodies and eliminators co-exist in the upcoming junior middleweight eliminator that takes place on Sept. 21 between Gabriel Rosado and Charles Whittaker, which will air on NBC Sports. First, the bad. While it is true that […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 9/4/2012
Only Gangnam Style can do justice to how full the boxing schedule is this week. If you’re not as excited as the guy pelvic thrusting over Psy’s head, then you’re not a real boxing fan. Though you are permitted to show your excitement in a non-pelvic manner, if you so choose. The week’s offerings, almost […]
