The TQBR Hall of Excuses for Losses has had some hallowed entrants in recent years. We got “The cameraman knocked me out” (Travis Kauffman). There is “I had diarrhea” (Joshua Clottey, and, now, Ray Nahr). And then there’s the reigning best excuse, “My dad told me he loved me” (David Tua). Today, we have another […]

After the lackluster Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley main event on Saturday (man, who ever thought “lackluster” would ever be an adjective preceding Manny Pacquiao’s name), boxing has faced its latest round of widespread criticism. Which is a shame, since April was such an incredibly exciting month for the sport. However, despite the fact that many of […]

Like some madcap boxing version of “The Cannonball Run,” Showtime’s Super Six began as a daring experiment featuring contestants with a wide variety of styles, and along the way there were a whole bunch of crazy schemes and roadblocks in a very long journey. Some of the original cast even got bumped off the road. […]

We’ve already had a spirited discussion about the likelihood of an ugly third Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez bout happening in the fall, but there’s an ugly element of it that we didn’t discuss because it’s really kind of a fruitless asterisk: that Golden Boy Promotions is trying to block the fight. This effort […]

(Juan Manuel Marquez on the deck against Manny Pacquiao in Pacquiao-Marquez I) Remember when Floyd Mayweather, a smallish welterweight, faced lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez in 2009 at a catchweight of 144 pounds, and everyone mocked him for picking on a little guy? Rabid fans of Manny Pacquiao (and I count myself among them) led […]

One of the weekend’s winners was Bella Gonzalez, Shane Mosley’s girlfriend, what with her trending on Twitter and getting a lot of “Mosley lost to Manny Pacquiao, but hey, look what he’s going home to!” remarks. And with that picture, you can very nearly see her insides. I automatically am not interested in the appearance […]

(Shane Mosley tries to get away from Manny Pacquiao; photo courtesy Showtime) With so many eyes on boxing Saturday night — some of them maybe new ones, given how the biggest American network, CBS, lent a hand in the hype — Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley didn’t turn out how anybody could have wanted inside […]

Don’t follow boxing very often, but you want to know the gist of Saturday’s mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley? Follow boxing all the time, and want one place that rounds up all the links about the welterweight showdown you could ever want? This Ultimate Guide to the May 7 pay-per-view bout is for […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2011, Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley on May 7. Previously: the stakes of the bout; a Pacquiao vs. Mosley-themed Open Thread; keys to the fight, part I and II; the final preview and prediction. Next: the ultimate guide. Good day, sirs and ladies, and welcome […]