(Sep 14, 2013; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Floyd Mayweather Jr. [blue gloves] and Canelo Alvarez battle at their junior middleweight fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports) We understand to a point, from watching Floyd Mayweather, that he is a true great. But too often, he's not given us the evidence […]

(Danny Garcia, right, Lucas Matthysse, left; credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) Few expected Danny Garcia to sign a fight with Lucas Matthysse, one of the hardest punchers in all of boxing. Fewer expected him to win. But Saturday on Showtime pay-per-view, on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez, Garcia defused Matthysse completely, taking a unanimous decision […]

(Carlos Molina, left, Ishe Smith, right; photo credit: Tom Hogan, Golden Boy) These are the results for the two main undercard fights to support the main event of Floyd Mayweather and Saul Alvarez and Lucas Matthysse vs. Danny Garcia: Pablo Cesar Cano knocked off Ashley Theophane by split decision, with one judge somehow scoring it […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez on Showtime pay-per-view on Sept. 14. Previously: the meaning of Mayweather-Alvarez; a special edition of TQBR Radio; the undercard and week’s schedule, previewed; keys to the fight parts I and II; how good Mayweather-Alvarez could be; a […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez on Showtime pay-per-view on Sept. 14. Previously: the meaning of Mayweather-Alvarez; a special edition of TQBR Radio; the undercard and week’s schedule, previewed; keys to the fight parts I and II; how good Mayweather-Alvarez could be; a […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez on Showtime pay-per-view on Sept. 14. Previously: the meaning of Mayweather-Alvarez; a special edition of TQBR Radio; the undercard and week's schedule, previewed; keys to the fight parts I and II; how good Mayweather-Alvarez could be; a […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez on Showtime pay-per-view on Sept. 14. Previously: the meaning of Mayweather-Alvarez; a special edition of TQBR Radio; the undercard and week's schedule, previewed; keys to the fight parts I and II; how good Mayweather-Alvarez could be. Next: […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez on Showtime pay-per-view on Sept. 14. Previously: the meaning of Mayweather-Alvarez; a special edition of TQBR Radio; the undercard and week’s schedule, previewed; keys to the fight part I. Next: keys to the fight part II. Even […]

British boxing’s keenest rivalry remains, for now, unrequited: Bury stylist Scott Quigg and Belfast’s Carl Frampton are yet to spin the penny on their potential junior featherweight jackpot. Rather than holding, though, hoping for the reels to get hot, the duo are bidding to acquire world title belts in order to maximise their winnings: converting […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez on Showtime pay-per-view on Sept. 14. Previously: the meaning of Mayweather-Alvarez; a special edition of TQBR Radio. Next: keys to the fight. Wladimir Klitschko isn’t fighting this week (there are rather more important fights on), but how […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez on Showtime pay-per-view on Sept. 14. Previously: the meaning of Mayweather-Alvarez. Next: the undercard and the rest of the week’s schedule, previewed. (Left to right: Tim Starks, Patrick Connor, James Foley, Scott Christ and Jimmy Tobin, probably; source) Once every […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez on Showtime pay-per-view on Sept. 14. Previously: the meaning of Mayweather-Alvarez; a special edition of TQBR Radio; the undercard and week's schedule, previewed; keys to the fight part I; how good Mayweather-Alvarez could be. Next: preview and […]