This video from the London Olympics is pretty big time right now, and with good reason. Japanese bantamweight Satoshi Shimizu (above) was knocking down Azerbaijani Magomed Abdulhamidov all over the place in the 3rd round Wednesday, and the referee treated it like nothing was happening. Rightfully, the result has been overturned and the referee suspended. […]

Rarely is the intersection of boxing and religion so unintentionally hilarious. (h/t TQBR unofficial visual consultant Che) Hey, howsabout 50 Cent’s TMT Promotions, huh? Starting with a stable of Yuriorkis Gamboa, Andre Dirrell, Andre Berto, Celestino Caballero, Zab Judah and Billy Dib — with the possibility of Floyd Mayweather, too — would give them a […]

After just four days of men’s boxing at London 2012, the size of the field has been cut nearly in half. Unlike the round of 32, which wound down yesterday, the top seeds in every division will be boxing. There are no byes. We already covered the heavyweights and super heavyweights in the preview of […]

(Photo via Showtime) When boxing promotional juggernaut Golden Boy Promotions announced their most recent run of major fights, most experts thought if one of the house fighters was going to lose, Gilroy, Calif.’s Robert Guerrero felt the part. Instead, Golden Boy lost Victor Ortiz to a broken jaw—as well the projected Saul Alvarez pay-per-view showdown […]

If I feared watching a ton of Olympic boxing as part of this Guardian deal could be a maddening chore because of the pitty-pat punching and scoring outrages — OK, I did — then day one of the London 2012 Games gave me courage. Day one on Saturday featured excellent action, very few questionable decisions […]

(Robert Guerrero, left, lands a punch on the inside; photo via: Showtime) SAN JOSE, Calif. — Though the Olympics officially kicked off in London Friday with the opening ceremony, Gilory, Calif.’s Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero earned gold for the United States Saturday on Showtime as he outpointed Turkey’s Selcuk Aydin by unanimous decision in their […]

(Shawn Porter, left, connects on Alfonso Gomez; photo via Showtime) SAN JOSE, Calif. — Shawn Porter of Cleveland, Ohio had to work through some difficulties, including cuts near both eyes, in order to notch a unanimous decision Saturday on Showtime over former reality boxing star Alfonso Gomez of Guadalajara, Mexico in their 10 round welterweight […]

With the draw completed on Friday, the stage is set for Olympic boxing to begin in London. In our first preview and guide we’ll take a look at the first round of the men’s competition, beginning on Saturday afternoon, London time. It all starts out with a bantamweight match-up between Team USA’s Joseph Diaz, Jr. […]

It’s hard to see any bad in Robert Guerrero moving up two divisions to welterweight to take on hard-punching Selcuk Aydin Saturday on Showtime — it’s a daring bit of matchmaking for Guerrero and his promoter, Golden Boy, to get him into the Floyd Mayweather sweepstakes, and stacks up as a pretty decent action fight […]

With the London Olympics opening ceremony kicking off Friday, Alex McClintock has written a couple advance items on the boxing picture already for TQBR, but we’re just getting started: We’ll have coverage of Olympic boxing all throughout the Games, from features on the ladies to some historical look backs and more and more and more, […]

(Robert Guerrero threw out the first pitch of an Oakland A’s game Sunday; photo credit: Stephanie Trapp, TrappFotos) It has been more than a year and a half since a major fight took place in northern California. The region is home to arguably three of the sport’s best fighters in the world, with Oakland’s Andre […]

There’s going to be a lot of boxing to watch at the Olympics. With 32 fighters in each of the 10 male weight brackets and 16 in the female divisions, there’ll be literally hundreds of fights. So unless you plan on neither sleeping nor bathing for the next two weeks, you’ll have to focus your […]