Terence Crawford, Jerry Odom And The Rest Of The Week’s Boxing Schedule

0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/21/2016

A saying around my first newsroom was, “Puppies sell papers.” Perhaps, also, “Terence Crawford sells papers?” The week has already brought us a hanfdful of noteworthy bouts, some more meaningful than others: Flyweight Kazuto Ioka beat Keyvin Lara and junior featherweight Jonathan Guzman beat Shingo Wake; heavyweight Joseph Parker took out Solomon Haumono. But these are […]

Manny Pacquiao, Tim Bradley, Anthony Joshua And The Rest Of The Week’s Boxing Schedule

0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/5/2016

Four months into the year and we’re starting to get some decent fights. Sure, there’s only two cards of note this weekend, but they’re both intriguing in different ways. First up, chronologically speaking, is a clash of heavyweight up-and-comers Anthony Joshua (pictured, in cringeworthy tattoo form) and Charles Martin on Showtime. Then, later the same day, […]

The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Felix Verdejo, Nonito Donaire And Omar Figueroa

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 12/9/2015

Boxing! It’s been round for a long time, so there are lots of good archival photos I can find to put on my weekly boxing schedules. This one comes from the Library of Congress: it shows French boxer Charles “Little Apache” Ledoux demonstrating the devastating “punch ’em and kick ’em in the shin at the same […]

Oscar Valdez Steps Up, Stops Chris Avalos

0 comments by Tim Starks on 9/11/2015

Oscar Valdez probably got an HBO date prematurely in his last bout, where he was less-than-stellar as a much-ballyhooed prospect against unheralded Ruben Tamayo. (Maybe Tamayo was better than his resume, too.) Chris Avalos? He was a busted prospect but still pretty experienced, arguably a junior featherweight contender. Friday on truTV, on the smaller network […]

The Floyd Mayweather Vs Andre Berto Undercard, Previewed (And The Rest Of The Week’s Boxing Schedule)

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 9/8/2015

Like Andre Berto’s weird muscle gut, the week’s boxing schedule is bloated. And not only because of Berto’s fight with boxing’s biggest star, Floyd Mayweather on Showtime Pay-Per-View Saturday. As is often the case in the week of a big fight (if you can call Mayweather/Berto a big fight), there are plenty of other cards on as […]

Young Boxers Potentially On The Rise: The 2015 List

0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/19/2015

(LAS VEGAS — Deontay Wilder poses by his corner after going 12 rounds with Bermane Stiverne during their fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Jan. 17 [Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty Images]) With Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao right around the corner, there’s already been speculation about who, if anyone, is “next” in boxing, […]

2014 Boxing Awards Pu Pu Platter, Part I [UPDATED]

0 comments by Tim Starks on 1/1/2015

Sick of the drip-drip-drip of year end boxing awards yet? Hard to blame you, hard to blame you. So we’ll bring out two enormous platters to conclude our 2014 awards. In the first installment, that flavor is heavy and serious. In the second one, that flavor is light and fluffy. Just add “of the year” […]

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