(Edward Cook, Cassius Clay, Wilbert McClure; photo credit: FPG/Getty Images) “…And then I come home with the Olympic gold medal and the light heavyweight championship of the whole world representing my country, America. Coming back to this city called Louisville, Kentucky, where I was born and raised. And then go to a restaurant and can’t […]

(photo credit: Stephanie Trapp, TrappFotos) Last Friday at the O.co Coliseum in Oakland, Nonito Donaire fired a pitch high but over the plate on Filipino Heritage Night prior to the hometown Athletics’ game with the Cleveland Indians. TQBR spoke to Donaire as he left the field on a variety of topics surrounding his compelling Oct. […]

This video-laden edition of Round And Round will feature, later on, a Mariah Carey boxing-themed video (not kidding) and not one but two Manuel Charr-related rap videos (still not kidding). But that video we began with… that’s sizzling material. The match-up promotes itself: aging middleweight king and superb talent Sergio Martinez vs. young, rising brawler […]

(Sergo Mora, right, battles two-time rival Brian Vera) Perception is reality. Whether something is actually happening or not, if people think it’s happening, then that becomes the reality. Few fighters have dealt with this notion as much as, or been more maligned in the last several years than, Sergio Mora. “It’s affecting me in a […]

The ongoing carousel that became Don George’s next fight has finally slowed enough for the super middleweight to jump off. In a scattered series of events, George has had his bout delayed six days, moved from one network to another, promoted to the main event, lost his opponent then demoted to co-feature. “As my dad […]

What if… there existed another universe where fighters were ranked pound-for-pound — i.e., who’s best regardless of weight — based nothing at all on any actual evidence from what a fighter had actually accomplished? A dimension where some figure or the other just points at a fighter and says, “I think he looks like he’s […]

Isn’t he just the cutest. (via, h/t unofficial TQBR visual consultant Che) You know what else is cute? Our lame boxing blog trying to be all important. Like, maybe we write something for the Guardian’s website about the Olympics the other week, and then we do it again this week. Isn’t it adorable how we […]

(Some members of the British 2008 class) With the fat lady still echoing around the Olympic Stadium at the culmination of London 2012, Great Britain’s Olympic boxing squad can expect the wooing process to begin in earnest. Contract offers will already be in transit as promoters bid to prise them away from performance director Robert […]

Olympic boxing’s final night in London had close bouts and blowouts, but thankfully avoided the controversy that has dogged the rest of the tournament (for the most part). After 272 fights, it’s all over. Britain’s Anthony Joshua capped off a great showing for the host nation, winning the gold medal on countback in the super […]

(A few good professionals-to-be? Left to right, via the London 2012 Olympics website: Denys Berenchyk; Roniel Iglesias; Vincenzo Mangiacapre; Munkh-Erdene Uranchimeg) Projecting professional boxing prospects from the Olympics is a dicey affair. The ranks of can’t-miss-Olympian-turned-bust are flush. Sometimes the Summer Games’ newest graduating class produce a ton of quality pros and sometimes not, and […]