0 comments by Scott Kraus on 6/7/2012
Concerned about Tim Bradley’s propensity to use his head in fights as often as his fists, Manny Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach enlisted an unusual sparring partner leading up to Saturday’s HBO pay-per-view main event – a goat. “We looked for guys who could mimic Bradley but none of them got his style quite […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/6/2012
So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley on June 9 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Pacquiao-Bradley; getting to know Bradley; the undercard, previewed. Next: the Rabbit Punch column takes on Pacquiao-Bradley. Mind. Matter. How do Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley stack up […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 6/5/2012
So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley on June 9 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Pacquiao-Bradley; getting to know Bradley. Next: keys to the fight. (Timothy Bradley) That man is on a vegan diet. I know it’s breaking the tradition of having […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley on June 9 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the stakes of Pacquiao-Bradley. Next: a preview of the undercard. Boxing’s power couple, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, have each, since their rise to the top of the sport, mostly […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/3/2012
So begins our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley on June 9 on HBO pay-per-view. Now: the stakes of Pacquiao-Bradley. Next: getting to know Bradley. This weekend comes the latest episode in the newly-dawned era of vulnerability for boxing’s two biggest stars and two best fighters, […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
Two daffy post-fight interviews this weekend probably did some damage to the careers of the boxers interviewed, but damn if they weren’t funny. Up top, there’s welterweight Prenice Brewer complaining about his decision loss to Ronald Cruz Friday. NBC Sports’ Freddie Roach wasn’t alone in scoring the fight lopsidedly against Brewer, but Brewer nonetheless took […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
Five hours of Showtime boxing Saturday ended in a draw in the evening’s main event between raw, clumsy cruiserweight Lateef Kayode and 43-year-old, borderline Hall of Famer Antonio Tarver, capping a series of fights that were sporadically entertaining. This was something of a new direction for the network, to pile up a ton of bouts […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/2/2012
Friday night on NBC Sports, Gabriel Rosado (20-5, 12 KOs) kept career momentum moving in the right direction as he notched an impressive 9th round stoppage over former title challenger Sechew Powell (26-5, 15 KOs) in their headlining 12 round junior middleweight bout from the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Penn. The action started out […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
Friday night from York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, Billy Joe Saunders scored the biggest win of his career as he lopsidedly dominated Bradley Pryce to successfully retain his Commonwealth middleweight title by scores of 120-108, 120-109 twice in the main event of a full card televised by Box Nation. The former British Olympian Saunders […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/1/2012
A number of common and sometimes divergent refrains are sounding throughout the boxosphere in response to the news about Floyd Mayweather beginning his jail sentence Friday: We don’t really know whether Floyd beat up his ex-girlfriend, that Floyd’s trip to jail is a cause for celebration, and the whole range in the middle. There are […]
0 comments by Scott Kraus on 5/31/2012
LOS ANGELES – An Everlast heavy bag unexpectedly struck and dropped lightweight Ray Beltran during a routine training session on Wednesday morning, after half a decade spent passively absorbing hundreds of thousands of punches at the Wild Card gym in Hollywood. Beltran was incredulous after the inanimate object’s unprecedented lashing out. “[What t]he [heck] was […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
Freshly back from vacation in Belize. Hope you guys enjoyed the kickass coverage of boxing events from the rest of the TQBR team while I was feeding howler monkeys and hiking through the jungle and touring Mayan ruins and hitting unmarked speed bumps on the highway (seriously, why put speed bumps on a highway at […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 5/30/2012
Lower your expectations, people. It’s been that kind of a year for boxing fans. Can’t have Andre Ward vs. Lucian Bute? Settle for Carl Froch. Can’t have Carl Froch vs. Lucian Bute on Showtime? Settle for Antonio Tarver and Winky Wright. Yes, you read that correctly. And no, you have not time travelled to the […]
0 comments by Jeff Pryor on 5/29/2012
The man was known as the most feared prize fighter in the sport for a time. The 6’1” southpaw, sporting the wingspan of a small passenger jet, was the kind of imposing figure that few were willing touch with a 10 foot pole. In fact, such was his size that you might figure on having […]
0 comments by Mark Ortega
Saturday night, Las Cruces, New Mexico’s Austin Trout makes his debut on the big stage as part of a Showtime televised quadrupleheader taking place in Carson, Calif. where he defends his 154-pound alphabet strap against tough and determined Delvin Rodriguez. What was already a difficult assignment got a bit more taxing when news broke late […]
