I missed catching De La Hoya’s high profile sparring session Saturday night as I had more exciting things to view, like paint drying.¬† Of course my addiction to all things boxing caused me to view the replay Sunday morning and while I have no regrets on missing it live there were some things that held […]

We’ve had more than our fair share here in the last week or so of the stuff in the headline (just scroll down the screen to read the fall-out, and see the post that started it all here). But if you want a different take on things, head over to this entry on BadLeftHook.com from […]

One view coming into Oscar De La Hoya-Steve Forbes was that it was a sparring session in preparation for De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather, Jr. II. Another view coming in was that it was supposed to build interest in De La Hoya-Mayweather II. De La Hoya, I think, had both ideas in mind. His wide defeat […]

Somebody needs to throw Andre Dirrell into 18-foot rings every time out, because then he doesn’t even have the option of doing all that skipping around. Anthony Hanshaw made him fight, and probably regretted it, because he got knocked out in the fifth — but we finally got to see Dirrell, a super middleweight (168 […]

Stamps, statues, mermen, skippers, job opportunities and more all await “below the fold.”

This Saturday, the most recognizable boxer on planet Earth begins his career’s farewell tour. After Saturday, Oscar De La Hoya only plans to fight twice more, both mega-fights, against Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Miguel Cotto. There’s just one little problem between now and then: Steve Forbes. I say “little” because Forbes — as a guy […]

Lost amongst the considerable hype surrounding this Saturday’s Oscar De La Hoya “tune up” with Steve Forbes is a pretty intriguing match-up tonight.¬† Tonight ESPN’s Wednesday Night Fights card from Vancouver, B.C. will be headlined by Joel Julio doing battle against Ishe Smith at the junior¬†middleweight limit of 154 lbs.¬†

If you stumbled onto this blog in the past couple of days and read the comments on Tim’s latest posts then you can tell we have another infestation of Pacquiao zealots.¬† The influx of comments appeared after Tim dared to place Manny Pacquiao at #3 on his Pound-For-Pound list.¬†¬†Such a travesty obviously could not go […]

Here’s what I’ve been called in the past two days by some Filipino fans of Manny Pacquiao for daring to bump him to #3 on the list of best fighters on the planet, something other writers, like ESPN’s Dan Rafael, have already done: gay; racist; retarded; dumb; an idiot; blind; deaf; brain-damaged; gay; a woman; […]

So far in 2008, six of my top-10 pound-for-pound fighters — that is, the best fighters today, regardless of what weight class they’re fighting in — have fought each other. Another top-10 pound-for-pounder went up against his top challenger, a guy many, myself included, considered a top-20 pound-for-pounder. One took an easy fight after a […]

So I jump on the Steve Forbes conference call and what do I get?  More of the same?  Nope, Forbes actually managed to keep my interest, unlike “The Golden Boy”. Nothing really to share that you have not already heard in the news or on HBO’s Countdown special.  Still below are some observations: – Already I’m […]

So I’m sitting here on the Oscar De La Hoya conference call and I have to tell you, it’s f**king killing me softly with boredom.  De La Hoya has the personality of a vanilla milkshake but I don’t blame him.  These things usually are tedious but unlike a Bernard Hopkins, De La Hoya comes off […]

My partner in crime Tim summed up Joe Calzaghe’s victory over Bernard Hopkins in the previous two posts but I wanted to share some thoughts on the fight as well as some other fistic offerings this weekend. Calzaghe Un-masks The Executioner You knew that Calzaghe was the favorite to win but you have to admit […]

Plenty of fallout to discuss from Saturday’s big fight: press conference smack talk, future match-ups in the works, Ray-J singing our national anthem and more.

Back in December, Bernard Hopkins said in a face-off against Joe Calzaghe, “I will never lose to a white boy.” Calzaghe said in return: “If you fight me, you will lose.” Calzaghe was right. In a match-up of two of the five best fighters in the world, it was Calzaghe who triumphed, however narrowly, both […]