0 comments by Patrick Connor on 11/16/2012
Exactly how greatness is quantified in boxing today is at times difficult to define. Absent a system where the best are forced to fight the best, and often, we often find ourselves gawking at athleticism in place of actual boxing skills, and mistaking strategic matchmaking for more significant accomplishments. On paper, lists of quintuple and […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
Now you do. (h/t friend of the site Kevin) Here are some other things you'll know about at the end of this edition of Round And Round: the comings and goings of not only the people in the headline, but also Devon Alexander, Juan Manuel Lopez, Mikkel Kessler and a bunch of other boxers whose […]
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One day, maybe, Gary Russell, Jr. will stop talking about facing top featherweights like Daniel Ponce De Leon, Yuriorkis Gamboa and Chris John, and actually fight them. Until then, we have to live with teases like the latest sensational Russell knockout of a lesser opponent, like that one from the past weekend. As we head […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/15/2012
Some hardcore fans would say HBO's 24/7 boxing series has jumped the shark. Some would say the idea of Manny Pacquiao fighting Juan Manuel Marquez again has jumped the shark. Even some of the participants in both seem well aware of how repetitive all of it has become. Early in the debut episode of "24/7 […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
All of Adrien Broner's preening with brushes, all of his talking in the third person, all of his weight-missing antics and Twinkie diet boasts, all of his stunts like in-ring faux marriage proposals — it's all amusing enough, or magnetically enraging enough, or both, and it's all a part of who he is, and it's […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 11/14/2012
Trolls trolling trolls. That's the kind of poetic justice that more than a few boxing fans would like to see from this weekend's biggest bout, featuring lightweights Adrien Broner and Antonio DeMarco. Many would like to see Broner, who failed to make weight for his last bout after admitting to a diet of Twinkies, […]
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(Anthony Mundine, left, faces off with Daniel Geale, right; photo: Alex McClintock) Daniel Geale will fight Anthony Mundine for the IBF middleweight title on Wednesday January 30 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. At Tuesday's press conference Mundine dodged questions about retirement plans and accused the IBF and fight judges of favouring Geale. “I'm gonna beat […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/11/2012
(Photo via HBO's Facebook page) Junior middleweights Erislandy Lara and Vanes Martirosyan fought to a technical draw in Las Vegas Saturday on HBO, in an ugly fight marred by dirty tactics. The fight was stopped in the 9th round after a head clash between Martirosyan and the Cuban southpaw opened up a cut over the […]
0 comments by Patrick Connor
(Abner Mares connects on Anselmo Moreno; photo credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) LOS ANGELES – Before an unknown number of fans at the Staples Center, a series of solid, entertaining bouts sent sweat flying and the sound of leather ringing through the rafters. Some of the excitement was anticipated, some not. And some of it was […]
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LOS ANGELES — Bantamweight Isaac Torres of Texas battled to a 4 round draw with David Reyes of nearby Montebello. Reyes moved a fair amount, but stopped a few times a round to flurry with heavy shots, usually to the body of Torres. Torres, in stalking mode and slightly underproductive, landed more telling blows between […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/10/2012
Lupe Contreras is all set for "Skyfall." The veteran ring announcer, whose query of “Quien es el mas macho?” is responded to by enthusiastic fans and eager fighters on a nearly weekly basis, considers 007 the embodiment of his inquiry. But he hasn’t ruled out "Twilight" fans as worthy competitors. Contreras became a staple for […]
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0 comments by Tim Starks
It's too bad that there are just a handful of fights each year as true and right as Abner Mares vs. Anselmo Moreno, due on Showtime Saturday after a prolonged tease that never looked like it would come to climax. And if not for a needless, endless war between promoters Golden Boy and Top Rank, […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/5/2012
We might have a clubhouse leader for Fight of the Year — Brandon Rios vs. Mike Alvarado — but we lack a frontrunner for a variety of other boxing awards nearing the end of 2012. Into the Knockout of the Year breach steps this contender from the past weekend, featuring bantamweight Shinsuke Yamanaka landing two […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock
Boxing is back on premium cable, jump in! It's a hell of a week, and you'll need all the help you can get deciding what to watch. There are Saturday night shows on both U,S. premium boxing networks, Vanes Martirosyan vs. Erislandy Lara on HBO and Abner Mares vs. Anselmo Moreno on Showtime. The undercards […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/4/2012
Denis Grachev dragged Lucian Bute into exactly the kind of war that has sunk him in the past, but Saturday night on Wealth TV the popular Canadian transplant stayed afloat, winning an entertaining unanimous decision. There are clearly a lot of leaks in the hull, though, and as a fight meant to shake off the […]
