Boxing is first and foremost a sport but there is something primordial about two individuals standing toe-to-toe in the quest for physical dominance. In the sweet science the object is to hit and not get hit but punishment is guaranteed to any person brave enough to step into the squared circle. Inevitably one’s body will […]

It’s a dreary day here in the Lone Star State and with that I have been surfing the net in the hope that something grabs my attention.  Below are a few links to some interesting stuff.  Hope you enjoy. Here is a great story on a local promoter in Newark NJ by The Star-Ledger’s Steve […]

Boxing returned to prominent, public glory in 2007. Major fights happened between all the best boxers, and almost all of them lived up to the hype. With the year’s most important and promising battles having already transpired in in 2007, we turn our attention at Ring Report to our year-end awards. All week long, we’ll […]

Well the dust has settled on what was a surprisingly good show between Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather last Saturday. For those living under a rock, Mayweather knocked out the Manchester Mauler in 10 rounds with a clean counter left hook to the chin. With the win Mayweather solidifies his claim as the best in […]

Before we move on to other things — like Ring Report’s annual awards, coming all this week — I wanted to stop and ruminate on what turned out to be a great night for boxing Saturday when Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. put on a good show before an audience of millions. Hatton says […]

I was wrong to doubt it. But I was right to think that that best possible outcome was Ricky Hatton forcing Floyd Mayweather to fight. I thought it was back and forth until around the seventh, when Mayweather cranked up some of his vintage self — the one willing to take risks, the one concentrating […]

All right. The moment’s arrived. Three substandard undercard fights — Mayweather-Hatton better be good. I’m already sick to death of the “There’s only one Ricky Hatton” song. Liveblogging in the comments section below.

All right. Comcast forced me to miss the first three rounds of Cherry-Ferguson, but I’m up now. Have I mentioned www.comcastmustdie.com? Commentary in the comments section to follow.

My esteemed colleague Tim provided an excellent collection of links regarding tonight’s Mayweather/Hatton showdown.  As the fight draws near I too wanted to share a few links I stumbled across recently. If you want to get my prediction for this fight you can go here.  Additionally my editor at FightHype has solicited fight predictions from […]

I’ve said all I have time to say before Saturday night’s blockbuster fight between Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Ricky Hatton. The fight is nigh. At long last. So I’m wrapping it all up here in a package of links, plus links to the writing of others that, I think, will give everyone all the major […]

While the main focus of this blog is boxing in the professional ranks I want to take a moment provide some information on the Texas State Silver Gloves Tournament which begins today. For the past couple of years Barney Flores of Barney & Me Boxing Club has hosted the annual event at his gym and […]

Despite my confessed doubts about whether the monumental welterweight (147 lbs.) showdown between Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Ricky Hatton will live up to its colossal hype, I’m getting that familiar little tingle of excitement and anticipation. There’s no way I’ll ever be as giddy as Hatton’s British fans, who, I expect, come Saturday night will […]

Two fights this weekend that are heavily overshadowed — to say the least — by Floyd Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton… plus a few other thoughts floating around the blogosphere about things over the horizon… have me rolling out, for the first time at MVN.com… my own collection of ramblings. I’ve openly coveted Sean’s cleverly-named “Punch […]

“75” rows=”20″ style=”width:100%; height:550px;” class=”mceEditor”>“Well, first of all, Jeff deserves to be on top once again.  For certain reasons we don’t know, only Jeff knows he was derailed.  He was derailed by a great champion and we all know that Calzaghe’s a tremendous champion.” – Oscar De Lay Hoya It has been well over a […]

Puerto Rican news site PrimeraHora.com is reporting that welterweight contender Carlos Quintana has agreed to fight Paul Williams on Feb. 2. Quintana would be a substitute for Kermit Cintron, who prior to his hand injury was slated to face Williams as the headlining HBO telecast from San Lucia. MVN contacted Northeast Promotions, who promote Quintana, […]