Some boxers have a funny way of falling down or getting rocked, like Zab Judah, say. Another is a second boxer from this past weekend, the breakdancing Austin Trout. He should swerve into it: Drop the "No Doubt" nickname that people were making fun of Saturday as the Erislandy Lara bout slipped out of control […]

(Those gluttons strewn about as Dante and Virgil continue their stroll are us boxing fans; via) Just like our instinctive holiday gluttony this time of year, we’ve feasted on so much late-year boxing that there’s barely any room for more. Over the weekend, we had Paulie Malignaggi winning a decision from Zab Judah, Guillermo Rigondeaux […]

(Guillermo Rigondeaux, center, stands victorious and untouched; photo credit: Chris Farina/Top Rank) All “names” prevailed on the final HBO boxing card of 2013, ending a very strong late year run for the network on a lower note than perhaps was intended when put together. At the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Guillermo Rigondeaux left no […]

(Paulie Malignaggi, left, lands a right hand on Zab Judah; photo credit: Showtime/Golden Boy Promotions) Paulie Malignaggi was excellent Saturday night on Showtime and Zab Judah was shit. In the battle of Brooklyn, Malignaggi made Judah resemble the Nets. It was a card where the opening bout, the draw between Sakio Bika and Anthony Dirrell, […]

(Felix Sturm stands over a discombobulated Darren Barker, left; photo credit: AP) The grim prospect of facing Gennady Golovkin – Kazakhstan’s modern-day take on Grendel’s mother – is one that influences his middleweight contemporaries in myriad ways. Faced with the ultimatum of either boxing Golovkin or finding himself an alternative 160 lb. world titlist by […]

(J'Leon Love uppercuts Lajuan Simon; credit: Stephanie Trapp, Showtime) Floyd Mayweather-promoted fighters got showcases Friday on ShoBox, a Showtime show once meant to show how ready prospects were for the bigtime. This is the price a network pays for tying their fortunes too directly to one boxer's earning appeal and Q Score. Each "TMT" (ugh) […]

(left to right: Giacobbe Fragomeni, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Andrzej Fonfara, Samuel Miller; courtesy 8 Count Productions/Warriors Boxing) Cruiserweight Krzysztof Wlodarczyk and light heavyweight Andrzej Fonfara did Warsaw proud Saturday in showcase fights in the unofficial Polish capital of the United States, Chicago. Both scored knockouts in bouts that streamed on ESPN3, although it must be noted […]

RIP, Nelson Mandela, world leader and pugilist/boxing aficionado. (per Deadspin). In a long overdue combined edition of Quick Jabs/Round And Round, we contemplate the Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios pay-per-view numbers, a provocative interview or two, what's next for Carl Froch and some other news items/fights in the works. Quick Jabs There are any number […]

“Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Y’all cats know how I do my thing. Brooklyn King that’ll snatch your bling…” So said the Masta Killa in 2006, a year in which Zab Judah knocked down Floyd Mayweather (check YouTube if you don’t believe me) and Paulie Malignaggi won the hearts of the boxing world against a […]

(Julio Gonzalez, shortly after winning his first belt from Dariusz Michaelczewski in 2003; via) Just because a fight doesn’t take home all sorts of awards, honors and palpable recognition, doesn’t mean it wasn’t good or even great. On odds alone, it’s probable that there are untelevised matches all over the world that would overwhelm the system […]

As the sport of boxing becomes more digitized along with society at large, fight fans and even fighters themselves constantly seek to cherish snapshots of a career — frozen moments perhaps closer to what we’d prefer than the present. In that sense, not only are fighters from the past revered in some apparent ageist conspiracy, […]

(Queensberry Rules Radio staff can’t be sure, but we think Sergey Kovalev may have landed another punch at the site above; via) If you have a boxing itch that needs scratching, it’s possible that Adonis Stevenson and Sergey Kovalev’s respective disembowelments of Tony Bellew and Ismayl Sillakh didn’t do it for you. Hey, some people […]

(Manny Pacquiao arrives at the Venetian Macau; via) When it comes to sports fans, boxing spectators are among the most vociferous and voracious. Part of that are the pitched battles and high stakes in the ring. There’s more on the line than in any other contest. Men have lost their lives. The fear of that […]