Poise And Purpose: Jamel Herring Defeats Masayuki Ito

0 comments by Jason Langendorf on 5/27/2019

Because locating the exact point at which homage ends and gratuitous pandering begins, we have boxing. Plot a path starting from “vaguely uncomfortable undertones,“ remove all forms of tact and discretion, and you’ll find yourself just a short DeLorean ride away from “ham-fisted stereotypes, flag-humping nationalism and ‘Cats’-meets-snuff-film aberrancy.” Welcome, freaks! In the past week […]

Vulgar Display of Power: Devin Haney Decimates Antonio Moran

0 comments by Brent Hedtke on 5/26/2019

There are only a handful of specific notes in the western musical language. Twelve to be exact. One can texture these notes how they see fit and vary the octave based on the range of their preferred instrument, but every musician, from Beethoven to Black Flag, draws from the same palette of twelve unique tones. […]

WBSS And Deontay Wilder vs Dominic Breazeale After Action Report

0 comments by Matthew Swain on 5/20/2019

I’ll leave it to you to decide which one of us is which, but the TQBR boys are back for an interrogation session about the previous weekend’s goings-on, so with no further ado, light a smoke, gimp down the sidewalk and get to reading you sonsabitches. Naoya Inoue was clearly created in a lab by […]

Naoya Inoue Isn’t Fair

0 comments by Jason Langendorf on 5/19/2019

Are we sure this kid isn’t Kazakh? The thought dawned on me the first time watching Naoya Inoue. It might have been his swarming stoppage of Adrian Hernandez to win a junior flyweight title. Or maybe when he hopped a weight class to turn Omar Narvaez’s liver into pâté and swipe his belt. Could have […]

Identity Crisis: Deontay Wilder Blows Out Dominic Breazeale

0 comments by Brent Hedtke

If you attempted to reach Deontay Wilder this week and were unsuccessful in doing so, it’s because the hulking heavyweight was busy rounding off the edges of the manufactured personality he would try out for the build-up to his fight with Dominic Breazeale (20-2, 18 KO) on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn […]

Bipolar: Hurd-Williams And Navarette-Dogboe After Action Report

0 comments by Matthew Swain on 5/13/2019

It’s Monday, boys and girls. So you know what that means: TQBR group therapy. This is a safe space in which Jason and Tim help Brent and I fulfill our court-mandated counseling sessions. We reveal our deepest insecurities, talk about our feelings, and bat opinions back and forth about the previous weekend’s boxing matches. Some […]

The Liver Punch: Genesis 22, The Sacrificing Of Isaac

0 comments by Matthew Swain

Faith, we’re often assured, is one of the greatest gifts to mankind. It provides comfort in dark moments and gives its bearers a sense that there is some plan. Without it, the chaos of the universe would be too much to endure, and that deep chasm of meaninglessness would overcome even the strongest soul. Most […]

Even The Losers: Julian Williams Decisions Jarrett Hurd In A Thriller

0 comments by Brent Hedtke on 5/12/2019

After his hard fought and well deserved unanimous decision victory over previously undefeated Jarrett Hurd was announced to the 5,105 partisan fans in attendance Saturday at the EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Va., Julian “J Rock” Williams had a message for the boxing world. “Stop condemning fighters after they take a loss. It’s boxing, things happen.” […]

Canelo Alvarez, left, of Mexico, hits Daniel Jacobs during a middleweight title boxing match Saturday, May 4, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Canelo Vs. Jacobs: After Action Report And Round Table Discussion

0 comments by Matthew Swain on 5/6/2019

The TQBR boys have gathered yet again to discuss the goings on of a fairly busy boxing weekend. This week, Maestro Hedtke asked us the questions, and we dutifully answered. Langendorf even managed to rub our noses in the fact that he’s a functioning adult with people that love him. What an asshole. 1.What was […]

Canelo Alvarez Sneaks Middleweight Championship From Daniel Jacobs

0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/4/2019

It wasn’t easy. But Canelo Alvarez, the middleweight champion, outboxed Daniel Jacobs Saturday night on DAZN and won a unanimous decision to keep his undisputed status. Your scribe thought it could’ve gone either way but Canelo won ultimately. We had a slick v slick performance and Canelo edged it. It was so difficult to assess […]

PowerPoints And Panda Suits: Canelo Alvarez Vs Danny Jacobs Preview And Prediction

0 comments by Jason Langendorf on 5/3/2019

Let’s get the cancer out of the way up front. It’s gratuitous. More than a little gross. As unceasing as the open hi-hat in a pre-teen punk band. The lather the boxing media works itself into before, during and immediately after every fight involving DANIEL JACOBS, CANCER SURVIVOR is as frothy and unseemly as a […]

Right Here, Right Now: Regis Prograis Dominates Kiryl Relikh

0 comments by Brent Hedtke on 4/28/2019

The elastic promise of future potential will always outweigh the concrete truths of our present. In life, and most certainly in boxing, we spend so much time wondering what will be that we forget to appreciate what is. This guy could be a contender. He might be a champion. Possibly even a pound for pound […]

Don’t Stop Believin’: Nonito Donaire Puts Stephon Young To Sleep

0 comments by Brent Hedtke

They say the punching power is the last thing to go. For the eternally youthful yet somehow 36(!) year old Nonito Donaire (40-5, 26 KO) this certainly holds true, though I’d argue his hairline may outlast his near mythically heavy hands. For all the effects that asshole father time has had on the aging Donaire’s […]

Baffler: Juan Francisco Estrada Tops Srisaket Sor Rungvisai In Rematch

0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/26/2019

The rematch between Juan Francisco Estrada and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on DAZN Saturday was a good one, but more than anything, it was just sort of… curious. Let’s not bury a key fact here: Estrada took the junior bantamweight crown by scores of 116-112 and 115-113 twice. And yet, it didn’t need to be that […]

Terence Crawford Vs Amir Khan After “Action” Report And Round Table Discussion

0 comments by Matthew Swain on 4/21/2019

In the spirit of family, togetherness, and however many holidays are being celebrated this weekend, the TQBR team has come together again. Typically we do these puppies before a big fight, but last night wasn’t really all that important, and our business is diagnosis, not prognosis. So, Brent and I have crawled out from under […]