It ain’t easy being an opposition leader in the turbulent Ukraine. Even when you try to make peace, even when you’re a fearsome heavyweight boxer named Vitali Klitschko, you might get a face full of fire extinguisher. (via) Besides that, and besides the subjects in the headline, this edition of Quick Jabs will round up […]

(Gavin Rees, left, faces off with Gary Buckland) Professional boxing promoters — alchemists that endeavour to weave plot lines into the business of prize fighting — employ a number of well-worn scripts. One of the more bankable in terms of generating high drama — dog-eared from its ubiquity in fact — involves the casting of […]

[Brooklyn, NY; Victor Ortiz (White/Red trunks) falls to the canvas after a right hook from Luis Collazo (Tan/Blue/Red trunks) during their bout at Barclays Center. Collazo won via 2nd round KO. Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports] As comeback fights go, they don't get much more dangerous than Victor Ortiz vs. Luis Collazo. But who predicted […]

(Pedlar “Box O’ Tricks” Palmer; via) The creation of a rivalry — or even a fistic foil character — begins somewhere, and often the beginning doesn’t capture the overall result of the series. Roberto Duran being knocked down and decisioned by Esteban De Jesus was shocking, maybe even overshadowing the fact that he was stopped […]

It was Australia Day on the weekend, so it’s fitting that there are a lot of Australian boxers fighting this week. Above is a member of our federal parliament skolling a can of beer upside down at an Australia day party, so yeah, beat that. It’s a quantity, rather than quality kind of week, but […]

Sergey Kovalev steals the show everywhere he goes, even from the audience. First he beat up that mini speed bag last year every time the camera focused on him in the crowd; this weekend, he upstaged tepid action on HBO with that goofy smile and big block letter t-shirt. Is there anyone in boxing right […]

[Jun. 9, 2012; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Timothy Bradley Jr (left) punches Manny Pacquiao during the 2nd round of a welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports] Late last week, Top Rank and HBO finalized the next fight for their biggest (yet very possibly dimming) pay-per-view star, Manny […]

(What this week’s episode of TQBR Radio might be like, if anyone on the show were dapper; via) This week’s episode is actually just “Return of the Men.” But if nothing else, it will mark the first guest of 2014, following the first bigger fight weekend of the year, too. If you’ve been listening to […]

[New York, NY; Mikey Garcia (blue/silver trunks) and Juan Carlos Burgos (red/white/green trunks) box during their  junior lightweight bout at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports] Mikey Garcia and Bryant Jennings went to New York City and earned quality wins Saturday night on HBO, but if the show was a […]

(Lamont Peterson connects with a right on Dierry Jean; credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lamont Peterson insisted all through the build-up to his 140-pound tilt with Dierry Jean that he was just fine from the knockout loss to Lucas Matthysse, and he fought like it Saturday night on Showtime — wading through power […]

(credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) WASHINGTON, D.C. — There was a cool efficiency to what Jermell Charlo did to Gabriel Rosado on Showtime Saturday, but it was no slick fencing match: Charlo delivered some real hurting with his punches between all the fancy movement and defense. It was good for a unanimous decision that gave Charlo […]

(Robert Easter, Jr. celebrates knocking down Daniel Attah; photo credit: R. McCarson) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It's a cold Saturday night in the nation's capital, and the atmosphere is cool in the D.C. Armory while the sparse fans await local hero Lamont Peterson in the main event. We'll find out through the course of the evening […]

After getting the opportunity to jump into the main event of the Friday Night Fights show at Little Creek Casino in Shelton, Washington, when a broken hand caused Javier Molina to pull out of his fight with Kendall Holt, light heavyweights Thomas Williams, Jr. and Cornelius “Da Beast” White did not disappoint. In all, the […]

As mysteries go, Lamont Peterson vs. Dierry Jean on Showtime Saturday night is a simple one. Each junior welterweight has one question for which the answers will unlock what kind of fight we're likely to get, two total questions that will slide the pin tumblers into place. For Peterson, that question is: After a knockout loss to Lucas Matthysse, […]