We All Float Down Here: Kell Brook Boldly Goes Where Canelo Will Not

0 comments by Lou Catalano on 8/13/2016

When I was a kid, I was terrified of my parent’s basement. It was dark. There were weird noises. But the main reason I turned into Usain Bolt when the lights went off was very simple — I’d read Stephen King’s Novel “IT” when I was way, way too young. Most kids were scared of […]

Rearviewmirror: A Look Back At Boxing In 2015

0 comments by Lou Catalano on 1/1/2016

2015 was a strange year for boxing. Like “Charles In Charge,” we took a lot of “bad” to go with the “good.” We got huge fights like Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao, free fights like Keith Thurman vs Robert Guerrero, and no fights like Showtime. New stars emerged, while some faded away before our eyes. Lineal […]

2015 Round Of The Year Nominees

0 comments by Tim Starks on 12/28/2015

Welcome to The Queensberry Rules’ annual year-end boxing awards, continuing this week. Here’s how we do it around these parts: The major categories are Knockout of the Year, Round of the Year, Fight of the Year and Fighter of the Year. The final leg, which will finish after, is a pu-pu platter of awards ranging from […]

Daniel Jacobs Makes Short Work Of Peter Quillin

0 comments by Tim Starks on 12/5/2015

The Battle for Brooklyn ended up looking more like the invasion of Grenada. Mild underdog Daniel Jacobs took out the top-ranked middleweight not named Gennady Golovkin Saturday night on Showtime. Peter Quillin never got started, despite being viewed as the more powerful boxer and in the ring against a guy who not that long ago […]

The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Daniel Jacobs And Peter Quillin

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 12/1/2015

Godzilla, eat your heart out — badly Photoshopped Danny Jacobs and Peter Quillin are trashing New York! Oh God, the humanity! Apart the really bad poster, Jacobs vs Quillin on Showtime is an intriguing fight, and the best offering of the week. The undercard could be fun too. There are also various, less exciting cards […]

The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Danny Garcia, Daniel Jacobs And Rau’shee Warren

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 7/28/2015

You know, some people say the title belts are silly. But the TQBR “Worst Dressed Man In Boxing” Title is no joke, and it’s on the line this weekend, with Danny Garcia taking on former titleholder Paulie Malignaggi in Brooklyn. Apart from that exciting match-up [read: not that exciting] there’s plenty of other stuff on, including […]

Weekend Afterthoughts: Fight Of The Year Candidate(s); Defending Garcia-Salka; More

0 comments by Tim Starks on 8/11/2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-vV0iqOtRk The above fight is one of two to get Fight of the Year buzz from this past weekend, buzz that was overshadowed by the absolute disgrace that was the Showtime tripleheader headlined by Danny Garcia vs. Rod Salka. For my money, the video of Francisco Rodriguez, Jr. vs. Katsunari Takayama doesn’t really start taking […]

The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Danny Garcia, Lamont Peterson And Vyacheslav Glazkov

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 8/6/2014

That cat is disappointed, and why wouldn’t he be? This could have been such a good weekend of boxing, but instead of the first two men in the headline fighting each other, they’re fighting two completely unqualified no-hopers on Showtime. There’s a little bit of boxing around apart from that, including junior middleweight Willie Nelson […]

Quick Jabs: Hopkins Vs. Kovalev Ramifications, Arum’s Orgy, Conte’s Trustworthiness

0 comments by Tim Starks on 8/4/2014

That Vice Sports interview between Carmelo Anthony and Daniel Jacobs doesn’t really get going until about five minutes in, but it’s good after that. We won’t take five minutes getting into a juicy Quick Jabs, which delves into the topics in the headline, the popularity (or lack thereof) of Gennady Golovkin, some wacky business involving […]

Danny Garcia And Lamont Peterson Won’t Fight Each Other On The Worst Card Of The Year

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 6/24/2014

“Showtime continues to deliver the deepest fight cards in boxing.” Showtime’s Stephen Espinoza is a funny man on Twitter, but he really outdid himself in Tuesday’s press release announcing the worst premium cable card in recent memory. The Aug. 9 Showtime/Golden Boy Barclay’s Center tripleheader will feature top junior welterweights Danny Garcia and Lamont Peterson, […]

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