0 comments by Tim Starks on 7/29/2016
We have another top-notch boxing match on Saturday! Who knew 2016 could treat us so nice? Earlier, 2016 was like, “Swear I done changed.” And nobody believed it, because 2016 had been a mean mistreater. But now, we believe it. We welcome you back into our crib, 2016, and cradle you in our arms. Leo […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 5/4/2016
Welcome to our first pound-for-pound list of 2016. If it seems overdue, it’s because the first couple months offered little prospect for movement. The two most recent? That’s been more productive for the best fighters in the world regardless of weight. Manny Pacquiao’s departure shakes thing up a little, and Takashi Uchiyama’s loss leaves another […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/30/2016
You just knew anything might happen when Andre Berto and Victor Ortiz got back into the ring together after their 2011 slugfest, with the intervening years marked primarily by losses. And we got a dramatic reversal on PBC on FOX Saturday — Berto suffered a knockdown in the 2nd, then scored the knockout in the […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 4/4/2015
A one-sided fight ended with a nasty exclamation point on “Premier Boxing Champions” Saturday afternoon, with Artur Beterbiev introducing the CBS wing of the series with a brutal knockout of Gabriel Campillo. This was not unexpected. Campillo was once a dangerous light heavyweight, but short of an upset win over prospect Thomas Williams, Jr., he hasn’t […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 12/26/2014
Welcome to The Queensberry Rules’ annual year-end awards, starting today and continuing into next 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 next week, is a pu-pu […]
0 comments by Matthew Paras on 12/13/2014
(Javier Gallo, right, Rau’Shee Warren, left; via Warriors Boxing) CHICAGO — As his opponent laid on the canvas in the 1st round, Rau’Shee Warren threw his mouthpiece to the ground out of frustration. It was clear Javier Gallo wasn’t getting up after a headbutt sent him to the canvas, suffering a cut above his left […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 8/1/2014
(Williams, left, Campillo, right; via Goossen Tutor) This was an unfortunate ending to what might’ve become a pretty good fight, if Thomas Williams, Jr. could’ve continued: Gabriel Campillo scored a technical knockout over his fellow light heavyweight via a cut. Williams — a prospect of some acclaim on the outer edge of contender status — […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 7/29/2014
I can’t tell you why I find that photo so amusing, I just do. It has absolutely nothing to do with the week’s boxing schedule (though there are fights in Wolverhampton, where that kid’s team is from, this week). There’s a split-site triple header on HBO, featuring Brandon Rios and Sergey Kovalev. At the time […]
