LAS VEGAS — Nonito Donaire cemented his spot at the top of some pound for pound lists by completely starching fellow P4Per Fernando Montiel in two rounds in Las Vegas Saturday night. Donaire (26-1-0) dominated the 1st round with his range and power, but seemed to be losing the 2nd when he floored Montiel (44-3-2) […]

For six rounds Saturday, it looked like middleweight Felix Sturm hadn’t heard of a punch outside the jab. By my estimate, in his bout with Ron Hearns, he once went almost six minutes throwing nothing but jabs. And hey, it wins fights for him. But it’s annoying. It bores anyone who doesn’t live in Germany. […]

Middleweight Fernando Guerrero and welterweight Shawn Porter are two prospects who, up until Friday Night Fights on ESPN2 this week, had largely been willing to trade punches so long as they got theirs. This time out, both showed that they were determined to fight smarter, even if the consequence was that they were a bit […]

Has any boxer had a better Best Week Ever in recent memory than Manny Pacquiao’s Best Week Ever? There was the meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, then the meeting with President Obama. (They talked about basketball and reportedly the president said he’d buy the Shane Mosley pay-per-view AND root for Pacquiao). Then he […]

The Showtime bantamweight tournament featuring Joseph Agbeko, Vic Darchinyan, Abner Mares and Yonnhy Perez has placed a deserving spotlight on one of the deepest divisions in boxing. Some boxing media and fans think that tournament would have been even stronger if it adopted a Super Six-style format – adding Fernando Montiel and Nonito Donaire – […]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–The phenomenon that is Manny Pacquiao arrived on the Hill Tuesday morning, offering fight fans here hope our sport won’t linger on the fringes of the mainstream sports scene much longer. Even the security guards at the Capitol, by now used to witnessing all manners of celebs and foreign dignitaries traipsing through their halls, were […]

Marco Antonio Barrera looked semi-decent in stopping Jose Arias in the 2nd round of their junior welterweight encounter in Guadalajara, Mexico on Saturday night. Unfortunately for Barrera, most boxers are not 43-year-olds with padded Costa Rican records. The outcome of the fight was never in doubt, with Barrera (67-7, 44 KOs) putting Arias (15-2, 9 […]

Technique was the deciding factor in Liverpool this evening — the main difference between Anthony Crolla achieving his boyhood dream and John Watson being left crumpled on the canvas with an oxygen mask strapped to his face. In terms of effort, drive, heart and grit, neither man was left wanting in a high octane battle […]

Here’s how it went down Saturday in Germany: The idea for Arthur Abraham was to tune-up after two consecutive losses before going into the semifinals of Showtime’s super middleweight tournament, and as such this outcome had to be a let down. Stjepan Bozic injured his hand when he threw a punch that connected on Abraham’s […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Made the trek from Northern N.J. to glorious Atlantic City, home of Nucky Thompson, for The New Generation, ShoBox, from Bally’s Casino. That meant plenty of trophy girls at ringside. One of the better prospects in the sport, super bantamweight Rico Ramos, took another step forward, defeating Alejandro Valdez over 10 […]

You’ll get a more detailed post from Mike Coppinger on the ShoBox card Friday soon enough, and he was ringside in Atlantic City so his account will be better than mine. But for now here’s what went down broadly on both ShoBox and Friday Night Fights: In the ESPN2 headliner in Montreal, welterweight Antonin Decarie […]

Never thought I’d see those two with their arms around each other. (Jamie Foxx is a throw-in on the deal; he serenaded them with some Marvin Gaye, some Luther Vandross and a little Anita. The idea was to set the party off right.) By all accounts the reunion of Bob Arum and the boxer he […]