My God! What a packed week of boxing. I haven’t seen anything like this since at least… July. Some of this stuff is even happening later today. So you don’t even have to wait ’til the weekend for slightly obscure fight action, streaming from around the globe. You certainly don’t have to wait for lots […]

People are still talking about the explosive, disturbing meltdown between Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Floyd Mayweather, Sr. in the debut episode of 24/7 Mayweather-Ortiz. Some are so turned off by it they said they now would not purchase the pay-per-view for Mayweather’s welterweight bout against Victor Ortiz, and with children crying in the background as […]

Anyone who regularly watches boxing has probably picked up on an alarming trend of the past few years. I’m not talking about the Golden Boy/Top Rank rivalry or the disappearance of proper under cards from big fights. I’m talking about the most important aspect of promotion for a big fight: the name and the poster. […]

When it comes to the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time) in boxing, there is no meaningful argument. Sugar Ray Robinson was, is, and almost undoubtedly always will be the man. Like Babe Ruth in baseball, he was a trailblazer who ignited a path so bright and deep that the sport has followed ever since. His […]

Couple things: 1. I’ve been quiet this week because I apparently broke a bone in my wrist. (No, I didn’t punch anyone. I just fell off a bicycle. When I got up, a fellow approached me and advised me, “Hey, man, you gotta stay up on that bike.” Just a terrific bit of wisdom to […]

Has it really been almost a year since TQBR combined the fight scribe’s laziest tool with some statistical analysis in order to celebrate boxing’s deadliest knockout artists? And that isn’t a reference to Odlanier Solis or Gary Shaw, people. Oh no. The tool in question is another of those dreaded top 10 listings. Unlike the […]

Mexico is boxing’s promised land. The streets are empty whenever Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Saul Alvarez are fighting. Thousands of moustachioed men flood the streets to celebrate their victories. Little Mexican niños are given boxing gloves for their third birthday and are expected to not take them off until they turn pro at age […]

Thursday marked the beginning of a new era in mixed martial arts. Zuffa, LLC (The UFC’s parent company) and FOX Sports Media Group inked a multimedia-rights deal to air material on three of the network giant’s channels. The agreement includes: Four live events in a primetime/late-night slot on FOX starting November 12; weigh-in specials and […]

Keeping with the recent run of photos of lovely women in boxing gear, there’s silent film star Clara Bow. Trust me, for that era, that picture’s nearly as scandalous as the one in the blog entry below this one. I mean, just LOOK at all that ankle! (via, h/t Jim) Demetrius Andrade-Grady Brewer/Hank Lundy-David Diaz, […]

Pandering is bad for the soul. But don’t count the attractive woman to your right as pandering. Hear me out! Since the last Round And Round column, light heavyweight Edison Miranda issued a trash-talking news release demanding a rematch with Yordanis Despaigne. One of the insults was giving him a “best actress” Oscar for pretending […]