[UPDATE: Get Predictions In Here!] The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Previews And Predictions For Timothy Bradley Vs. Luis Carlos Abregu, Fernando Guerrero Vs. Ishe Smith And More

[UPDATE: I’m bumping this post up in case people didn’t see that it was Prediction Game-applicable. First deadline begins at noon Friday! But don’t overlook Alex McClintock’s post, either.] This week’s schedule includes an HBO doubleheader that may not be too competitive and a ShoBox tripleheader that’s as competitive on paper as any I can […]

Of Golden Boy, Suspensions, The Ring And The Sweet Science [UPDATED]

Golden Boy Promotions is in a little bit of trouble in New York. Depending on who you ask, Oscar and Co. are either guilty of deliberately breaking the law or just forgetting some paperwork. I don’t aim to get to the bottom of the matter, but I’m going to put on my fawn cardigan again […]

The Rise And Fall Of Pinoy Boxing [UPDATED]

To look at Pacland over the weekend, you’d think apocalypse had been visited upon the Philippines. A series of boxing matches that very weekend prompted the dour mood. Featherweight Bernabe Concepcion and junior featherweight Eden Sonsona lost by knockout. Flyweight Brian Viloria won, but in a closer-than-expected decision over a journeyman. Only junior bantamweight Nonito […]

TQBR Prediction Game 3.0 Standings, Update #1

Here’s your first leaderboard for TQBR Prediction Game 3.0. But before we get into the standings, I have a question for the playas: What fights should we do next for the game? Take a look at the schedule — several “bigger” fights aren’t expected to be too competitive until about August 7, and several smaller […]

F–k The Promoters, Coming Straight From The Undercard

Warning: This is not a happy column. This is an angry rant. If you are offended by liberal use of profanity and seething, unrepressed rage, I suggest you stop reading now and check out one of the hundreds of intelligently considered, profanity-free posts that make up the vast majority of TQBR. I also suggest you […]

Juan Manuel Lopez Beats Bernabe Concepcion In A Brief Thriller, Nonito Donaire Toys With Hernan Marquez Then KOs Him

(Juan Manuel Lopez finishes Bernabe Concepcion. Photo credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) This was Juanma at his best and Juanma at his worst. On Showtime Saturday, featherweight Juan Manuel Lopez was on course for a destructive early knockout of Bernabe Concepcion in the 1st round after scoring an official knockdown and getting another that didn’t count, […]

Jimmy Lange, DeMarcus Corley Get Back To Their Winning Ways

(DeMarcus Corley, flamboyant as ever. Photo credit: nazarioz) FAIRFAX, Va. — I know everybody out there for the most part has the Showtime card on their minds, and I’ll get to that shortly. But I went to the Patriot Center for a live show with friend of the site nazarioz, since the last time it […]

Friday Results, Featuring Mike Jones’ Continual Tipping, John Molina’s Comeback And Antwone Smith’s Upset Loss To Lanardo Tyner

(Credit: Rich J. Hundley III, Showtime) There were at least three entertaining fights on television Friday night, and hear tell, four. Welterweight prospect Mike Jones showed me more than ever on ShoBox, although unfortunately his 5th round stoppage win came via a terrible call by referee Randy Neumann. Irving Garcia — who’d badly hurt and […]

Quick Jabs: Antonio Margarito Takes A Setback; The Klitschkos Take A Beating; BoxRec Takes A Risky Cyber Posture; More

There’s not much more than what’s in the headline, either. The rest: Roger Mayweather’s role in Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao; the deepening of the deep Juan Manuel Marquez-Juan Diaz II card; Steven Luevano left out in the cold; and Victor Conte’s pickup of another client. Quick Jabs Nevada State Athletic Commission, take a bow. The commission […]

The Rest Of The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Nonito Donaire, Mike Jones, Brian Viloria, Erislandy Lara, John Molina Jr. Vs. Hank Lundy And More [UPDATED]

(Nonito Donaire, right; stereotypically decent opponent Hernan Marquez, left. Credit: Showtime) Whatever you think of the Showtime main event Saturday evening, you aren’t without other boxing options this weekend, some of them promising. Especially on Friday. My DVR can’t handle a night like Friday. Nonito Donaire-Hernan Marquez, Saturday, Showtime, Puerto Rico. The undercard features Donaire […]

Role Model Boxers

Sadly, this post isn’t about the amusing 2008 movie starring Sean William Scott and Paul Rudd. It’s about well behaved boxers. I’ve always thought that the idea of sports stars being “role models” is slightly absurd. There’s no reason why someone who’s ridiculously good at throwing a ball around (or punching someone else in the […]

Open Thread, Overrated/Underrated Edition

Welcome to July’s Open Thread, late though it is. As usual, the idea is for you to make things happen, but I’ll get us started: Who’s underrated, and who’s overrated, in boxing these days? Discuss. You can go with boxers or commentators or writers or promoters or networks or whatever. Then, for funsies, let us […]

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