0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/19/2014
Very sorry. Look, having pictures in articles is a good thing from the standpoint of bloggery best practices. There isn’t a lot photographically to show you right now, so you get a graphic glance (or stare, given your inclinations) at naked 49-year-old Bernard Hopkins, from ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue. This edition of Quick Jabs […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/17/2014
Old timey people were very much into animals boxing. There’s some appeal there, to be sure. (via) We’re heading toward the summer doldrums, which means not a lot of fights are being signed. A decent number are being discussed, though, and that’s good enough for Round And Round. Among the men discussed in this edition […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/12/2014
It was a very good fight with a genuinely close result, but the right man won: Mauricio Herrera topped Johan Perez by majority decision in a bout marked by numerous shifts in the dynamic. Fighting on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez-Erislandy Lara on Showtime pay-per-view, Herrera (above left) rebounded from a disputed loss to junior […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/29/2014
If you’re looking for a classy place to sign a contract with Al Haymon, one resplendent with gravitas, why not McDonalds? Lightweight Miguel Vazquez making the Haymon move means we can almost surely forget about starting a new championship lineage by fighting Terence Crawford, since Crawford is represented by Top Rank, which despises Haymon. It’s […]
0 comments by Patrick Connor on 6/16/2014
After a fight weekend, there’s bound to be an outcry over the things fight fans have been subjected to. There were quite a few upset people after this last weekend; the calls of “Man, that’s messed up!” still ring clean in the June air. And then those upset people remembered that that’s just how Adrien […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/16/2014
That’s boxer-lawyer Lovemore Ndou. We have various boxing-related legal matters to discuss in this edition of Quick Jabs, so he’s a fitting avatar. For instance: Jonathan Koh just published in the Southern California Law Review this paper on the regulatory and legal issues surrounding performance enhancing drugs in boxing. It’s very smart, and I don’t […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/6/2014
(May 3, 2014; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Marcos Maidana punches against Floyd Mayweather Jr. during their fight at MGM Grand. Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports) We came so very close to history Saturday night. Had Marcos Maidana defeated Floyd Mayweather on Showtime Pay-Per-View, it would have been the biggest upset in boxing at the […]
0 comments by Patrick Connor on 5/5/2014
“Okay. Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne and Floyd Mayweather walk into a dressing room doing a three-way hug…” Though that might seem like that’s the set up to one of the most mind- and/or gender-bending joke in the universe, it actually happened the other night. Let the reality of that sink in for a moment. Past […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/3/2014
(via @shosports) How in the world did a judge see Adrien Broner winning all 10 rounds vs. Carlos Molina Saturday night on the Showtime Pay-Per-View undercard of Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana? Broner clearly deserved the win, by seven rounds to three or eight to two, but 10 rounds? And there’s the rub. Broner, moving down to […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
There is your lunch of champions, namely that of Saturday night’s champ, Floyd Mayweather, while in jail. The most entertaining read of the week was Sports on Earth’s account of his time in prison, with gems like how the stay might “infect” his career, about him getting mysterious rib injuries while reaching over to grab […]
0 comments by Matthew Swain on 5/1/2014
Roberto Garcia has not had an easy road as a professional boxer. In his 13-year career he has frequently fought out of his normal weight class and on short notice. He did both of those things in February when he took a fight with Norberto Gonzalez on short notice and gutted out an entertaining decision. […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest bouts of 2014, Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana, on May 3 on Showtime Pay-Per-View. Previously: the basics of Mayweather-Maidana; TQBR Radio on Mayweather-Maidana; the undercard, previewed;keys to the fight; a staff roundtable. Next: the Ultimate Guide. In the days before Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana meet at center ring Saturday night, the […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock
So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest bouts of 2014, Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana, on May 3 on Showtime Pay-Per-View. Previously: the basics of Mayweather-Maidana; TQBR Radio on Mayweather-Maidana; the undercard, previewed; keys to the fight. Next: preview and prediction. Floyd Mayweather’s latest opponent is so well known that everyone knows how to spell his name. […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/30/2014
So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest bouts of 2014, Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana, on May 3 on Showtime Pay-Per-View. Previously: the basics of Mayweather-Maidana; TQBR Radio on Mayweather-Maidana; the undercard, previewed. Next: a staff roundtable. Mind. Matter. How do Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana stack up in those categories? Here, we examine both the more […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
As we hit midweek, what are you buzzing about most: Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana this coming Saturday, or Lucas Matthysse-John Molina (above, captured by Showtime’s Esther Lin) from last Saturday? I vote Matthysse-Molina, still. It’s the clubhouse leader for Fight of the Year, enhanced by the surprise of getting a brawl of a caliber we didn’t […]
