You seen that one before? Maybe even in this space? Memory does not serve. It's from "Dancers Among Us," a series of photographs by Jordan Matter, recently the subject of a sequel, "Athletes Among Us." Both are beautiful. No word on whether there's a boxer in the "Athletes Among Us," but I'm guessing not, because […]

Put up your tentacles! It's time for a rumble at the bottom of the sea, cephalopods and crustaceans. (via) We've got some catching up to do in Quickjabstown. Some of it will revisit the weekend prior to last, some of it will be about Floyd Mayweather hanging out with other celebrities, some of it will […]

There is a phrase the Japanese use to describe their most powerful works of art, an essence that seems to flow through certain prominent postwar novels and films, and is epitomised in nature by the cherry blossom that blooms so spectacularly for a just few short days a year. Mono no aware, roughly translated as […]

Usually we start the week’s boxing schedule off with a random, non-boxing piece of media from the Internet (via), but the above Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling program was too cool not to feature. I guess that means we can jump right into the week’s fights, since we’re already talking boxing. The main event is […]

(When Miguel Cotto stopped Delvin Rodriguez, the above Mark Morrison tune may or may not have become TQBR Radio’s official anthem) Miguel Cotto is a mack, in every sense of the word. We think. But it’s possible we here at TQBR don’t really understand the hip lingo today’s kids are using. So we’ll just say […]

Did you see heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko Saturday? Then you very well might have been bored! Maybe you saw lightweight Terence Crawford, and were more bored by him instead. Maybe you were bored by neither. All of these outcomes are possible. That's because not all "boring" fighters are created equal. And not all viewers perceive […]

(Miguel Cotto, standing, Delvin Rodriguez, falling; photo credit: Chris Farina, Top Rank) Miguel Cotto salvaged an action-free HBO card in the main event Saturday with a throwback performance against Delvin Rodriguez, electrifying the audience in Orlando, Fla. via the kind of bodypunching that drew cringes of sympathy and via the kind of aggression that left […]

(Wladimir Klitschko, left; Alexander Povetkin, right) There have been back alley assaults outside West Virginia taverns cleaner than what Wladimir Klitschko did to Alexander Povetkin Saturday in Russia on HBO en route to a 119-104 unanimous decision across the board. There have been more credible performances by WWE referees, too, than the officiating Luis Pabon […]

We're in something akin to a fall sweeps period for HBO boxing, with this weekend and last spotlighting various titans of TV ratings in the sport. Up last Saturday was Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., and he reportedly delivered the biggest cable boxing ratings of the year so far. Up this coming Saturday are Miguel Cotto […]

(Dennis Andries, left, slams a jab toward Jeff Harding in their first bout; via) At the time this fight was made, nobody really knew that putting WBC light heavyweight titlist Dennis Andries in with Jeff Harding would be like aiming two high-powered jackhammers at each other. But the punches rarely stopped, and they carried punishment […]

All the scuttlebutt in recent days points at pound-for-pound and pay-per-view boxing king Floyd Mayweather's next fight coming in May against Amir Khan, the leopard-quick Pakistani Brit with a China chin, a penchant for in-ring dramatics and a knack for outside-the-ring celebreality posturing (along with the kind of "love to hate" relationship with the public […]

I know everyone’s really sick of Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., but would you look at that photo? He wasn’t always such a big fat piece of shit — though he did always look creepy. In any case, cast Junior from your mind and let’s concentrate on what’s quite a good week of boxing, with a […]

(TQBR Radio: So good, it even makes Miguel Cotto smile; photo credit: Action Images) Queensberry Rules Radio is back. Really back. Really, really back, even. And the kind of stuff the last part of the year is bringing may just be enough to choke the Strait of Gibraltar with fistic goodness. Never mind that whole […]

Carla Caiz, no, look at Brian Vera throwing a punch, not at whatever the hell is over there! (