WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s good to be back home. After a crazy week away — 13 fights, three cities, 20 blog entries, one promoter insulting me, several lost items, six Internet friends met in person and countless dollars spent Saturday night on drinks and… let’s just call them “entertainers” — there’s nothing like your own […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Middleweight Paul Williams came out ahead of Sergio Martinez in a ridiculously entertaining war Saturday night that was marked by two 1st round knockdowns, wild swings in momentum and one horrible scorecard. Martinez proved he’d be as tough an opponent as most thought he would despite being a 4-1 underdog, and […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — We’re moments away from starting our live blog for the main event and main undercard. The event is in a room that looks almost exactly like a high school gymnasium. Jim Lampley and the rest of the HBO crew are near me, and in recording a segment, Harold Lederman shouted so […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — We’re live ringside for the HBO double-header between middleweights Paul Williams and Sergio Martinez and heavyweights Chris Arreola and Brian Minto. Two rules: 1. I’ll be giving posting the results of each round, and my score, upon each round’s completion. Until then, I’ll be observing the fight, so if that doesn’t […]

(Credit for blurry photos to come shortly: Tim Starks) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Oh Chris. Why do you do this? Two days ago, Arreola told me he weighed 257 pounds. Today he weighs 263, higher than he ever has prior to stepping into the ring. Let’s set aside one theory for how that happened — […]

You want to question whether somebody’s on performance-enhancing drugs? Evidently, plenty of people in boxing do, based on numerous unfounded allegations against the best boxer in the sport. But how’s this for eyebrow-raising material: Super middleweight Andre Ward and heavyweight Eddie Chambers are both clients of Victor Conte, the BALCO founder who claims he’s gone […]

It must be “Bad Decision Week” in boxing. (Suggested rejoinder for the cynical commenter: “When ISN’T it ‘Bad Decision Week’ in boxing?”) Two judges awarded a decision to Tim Coleman over Mike Arnaoutis in a junior welterweight fight I scored 116-112 for Arnaoutis on Versus Thursday night, less than a week over one of the […]

Today and tomorrow, I’ll have previews of the two biggest fights of the weekend: Amir Khan-Dmitriy Salita (junior welterweight) and Paul Williams-Sergio Martinez (middleweight), both Saturday. I’ve also already previewed the Williams-Martinez undercard. But there’s a boxing card tonight and a few other tidbits worth mentioning, so mention them I shall. Versus card, New York […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — I knew I’d be posing a somewhat confrontational question at today’s “media roundtable”: “Why isn’t Paul Williams a bigger star?” But then, maybe I also could have approached it better, too. I asked it of Dan Goossen, who, as Williams’ promoter, has it in his job description to make Williams as big […]