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Mayweather Vs. Maidana: Keys To The Fight

0 comments by 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 […]

Floyd Mayweather Vs. Marcos Maidana Undercard, Previewed (And The Rest Of The Week’s Boxing Schedule)

0 comments by on 4/29/2014

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. Next: keys to the fight. Damn son, that koala looks as high as a Mayweather Promotions fighter. Is that a low blow? I’m […]

Floyd Mayweather Vs. Marcos Maidana: Opening Bell

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So begins our marathon coverage of one of the biggest bouts of 2014, Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana, on May 3 on Showtime Pay-Per-View. Next: the undercard, previewed. This Saturday, the sport’s most recognizable name and its finest practitioner, Floyd Mayweather, is set to take on perhaps his most obscure opponent since his rise to enormous […]

Pound-For-Pound Top 20 Boxers Update, 4/14

0 comments by on 4/27/2014

(Manny Pacquiao is not receiving oral pleasure after beating Timothy Bradley; Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports) If you’re looking for another measurement of how dismally boxing’s 2014 has kicked off — as if anyone needed any more evidence; put down that stupid giant magnifying glass, Sherlock Holmes — it took all the way until April […]

Paulie Malignaggi; credit: Tom Casino, Showtime

Weekend Afterthoughts On Bernard Hopkins’ Achievements, Floyd Mayweather Buying Stuff And More

0 comments by on 4/22/2014

Are there even enough words, enough “elephantiasis of the balls”-style puns? Or does one shake his head and offer none? If Paulie Malignaggi’s loss this past weekend leads to his retirement, as he has said he might, we can count on a lot fewer of these kind of stunts to brighten/sully/whatever the sport. It’s just […]

Weekend Afterthoughts On Pacquiao Bradley 2, Next For Raymundo Beltran, More

0 comments by on 4/15/2014

Manny Pacquiao’s mom loves Jesus, but maybe she has a little bit of that Santeria in her. This is not a full-fledged Weekend Afterthoughts, really, because I’m in Indonesia for a spell (no pun intended) and some fights from the past weekend have been difficult for me to track down. So we’ll confine ourselves mainly […]

Timothy Bradley, standing at right, Manny Pacquiao, sitting

A Primer On Timothy Bradley Vs. Manny Pacquiao II

0 comments by on 4/7/2014

So begins our marathon coverage of one of the biggest bouts of 2014, Timothy Bradley vs. Manny Pacquiao II, on April 12 on HBO Pay-Per-View. Next: Keys to the fight. How fitting it is that in this dreadful, murky year for boxing so far, in which the sport has sunken down into a depressing morass, […]

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