0 comments by Matthew Swain on 3/9/2018
How do you say, “Hadouken!” in Cat? Anyone know? At any rate, we find ourselves with a stacked weekend, and not for the first time this year. 2018 is turning out quite nicely thus far. Let’s hope it continues unabated. Julius Indongo vs Regis Prograis. Friday, Showtime, 10 p.m. EST, Deadwood, S.D. Indongo (22-1, 11 KO) […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/2/2016
As a set-up for a July 4 weekend card, you could do worse than Olympic Marine Jamel Herring. As a meaningful fight for the 30-year-old lightweight prospect, Denis Shafikov was as hard as you ought to even think about offering him. But if you wanted Herring to win to commemorate AMERICA, it was a bad […]
0 comments by Steve Zemach on 6/4/2016
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Lightweight Rances Barthelemy (25-0, 13 KOs) looks poised to step up in weight after his split decision victory over Mickey Bey (22-2-10, 10KOs). Two ringside judges turned in correct, respectable scorecards, 117-110 and 116-111. Judge Hilton Whitaker III turned in a bogus 117-110 scorecard for Mickey Bey. The cards were expected to […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 6/2/2016
If you’re a boxing fan you know where it’s at this weekend: Francisco Vargas vs Orlando Salido on HBO. Everything else seems a little underwhelming by comparison. Francisco Vargas vs Orlando Salido, Saturday, HBO, Carson Calif. In what seems to be a surefire fight of the year candidate, rugged Mexican junior lightweight Vargas takes on […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 12/14/2015
It’s a sneaky week of boxing, with quite a few decent scraps on. The most decent of all features Andy Lee and Billy Joe Saunders, which Showtime is very obligingly broadcasting from England, while HBO has an offering of their own, headlined by heavyweights Luis Ortiz and Bryant Jennings. There’s also a couple of other […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 6/21/2015
Sunday afternoon boxing on CBS delivered with its undercard fight, which was nice, because the main event was a one-sided fight that forecasted as such. Rances Barthelemy outclassed Antonio DeMarco in every round, only losing a point for low blows in the 9th round, drawing mysterious boos from the crowd, since he completely deserved it. […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 6/15/2015
I don’t want to be the guy to say it, but there’s almost too much boxing on this weekend. Most of it’s on Saturday night (damn it boxing, why can’t you just pace yourself), but there’s also a rare Sunday card. Let’s dive right in. (The picture, by the way, is a colorized shot of US […]
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” […]
0 comments by Patrick Connor on 10/7/2014
You children of the 80s will know exactly what that picture above is, and some of you might even know what the next line is, from there. If not, I’ll help you: “…the Nothing.” That’s more or less what we’ve been left with on our boxing schedules lately. At least as far as quality goes. […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/4/2014
(Rances Barthelemy, left, Fernando David Saucedo, right; Amanda Kwok, Showtime) It had a sad start, a surprisingly exciting middle and a sleepy main event, Saturday’s Showtime card. To wit, in reverse order: Rances Barthelemy had no trouble with Fernando David Saucedo. Vanes Martirosyan and Willie Nelson waged a mini-war, with Martirosyan coming out on top. […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 9/30/2014
Boxing is a great sport, but it can also be incredibly frustrating. Fights that should get made don’t, promoters squabble and fans get screwed. But jhust when you think you might pack it all in, something — or someone — like Knockout CP Freshmart draws you right back in. In what other sport could a man like Mr Freshmart (who fights for […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 8/19/2014
(Dec. 12, Seattle — Jay-Z speaks with an acquaintance before a press conference to introduce new Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano [not pictured] at Safeco Field. Credit: Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports) That’s not just a picture of Jay-Z for no reason(able doubt). The Jigga Man’s Roc Nation has rather quickly started making a splash […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/11/2014
It takes a rare kind of fight to make one pine for a boxer to be knocked out after the bell, but Rances Barthelemy-Argenis Mendez II Thursday on Fox Sports 1 stirred that odd sort of nostalgia. Barthelemy won clearly this time, and deserved to, but at least the first meeting had some fireworks and […]
0 comments by Matthew Paras on 7/9/2014
Erickson Lubin has come a long way from training in an Orlando garage. Back then, it was just Lubin, his “brother” — fellow boxer and co-training partner Dennis Galarza — and trainer Jason Galarza, Dennis’ father. For most of his amateur career, Lubin worked out of that two-car garage while piling up national accolades. Lubin, […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/2/2014
(Michael Farenas, left, Mark Davis, right; credit: Emily Harney, courtesy SMS Promotions) In a special Wednesday edition of ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights, the battle-hardened veteran Michael Farenas gave a painful lesson to unproven prospect Mark Davis about the kind of occasion in which experience trumps speed. That Farenas stopped him was not a shock — […]
