The Cruelest Sport » Michael Nelson http://thecruelestsport.com A Professional Boxing blog Fri, 17 May 2013 21:25:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 SCREEN TIME: Floyd Mayweather, Jr.-Robert Guerrero Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/02/screen-time-floyd-mayweather-jr-robert-guerrero-preview/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/02/screen-time-floyd-mayweather-jr-robert-guerrero-preview/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 00:05:58 +0000 Michael Nelson http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5538 **** Robert Guerrero is deemed by many to be a supporting character in the opening act of a six-fight, two-hundred-million-plus-dollar contract Floyd Mayweather recently inked with CBS/ Showtime. Buts Guerrero simply a footnote in what Mayweather hopes is a 30-month journey that will push him towards something resembling immortality? Six fights in 30 months is [...]

SCREEN TIME: Floyd Mayweather, Jr.-Robert Guerrero Preview - The Cruelest Sport - The Cruelest Sport - A Professional Boxing blog

]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/02/screen-time-floyd-mayweather-jr-robert-guerrero-preview/feed/ 0 REBOOT: Timothy Bradley-Ruslan Provodnikov Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/03/15/reboot-timothy-bradley-ruslan-provodnikov-preview/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/03/15/reboot-timothy-bradley-ruslan-provodnikov-preview/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:55:34 +0000 Michael Nelson http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5475 **** Timothy Bradley will enter the ring for only the second time in 15 months—and for the first time since his controversial win over Manny Pacquiao last June—when he faces Ruslan Provodnikov at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, on Saturday. Innocence lost from the Pacquiao backlash can be partially reclaimed by a dominant [...]

REBOOT: Timothy Bradley-Ruslan Provodnikov Preview - The Cruelest Sport - The Cruelest Sport - A Professional Boxing blog

]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/03/15/reboot-timothy-bradley-ruslan-provodnikov-preview/feed/ 0 The Underneath: Keith Thurman-Jan Zaveck http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/03/08/the-underneath-keith-thurman-jan-zaveck/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/03/08/the-underneath-keith-thurman-jan-zaveck/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:06:02 +0000 Michael Nelson http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5469 **** Not surprisingly, Keith Thurman thinks highly of himself. He also has a vainglorious view as to why he’s landing coveted HBO slots. “The reason I’m on HBO is because I have knockout potential,” he explained to Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated. “I’m here to give everybody a great, tremendous fight. I’m always trying to [...]

The Underneath: Keith Thurman-Jan Zaveck - The Cruelest Sport - The Cruelest Sport - A Professional Boxing blog

]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/03/08/the-underneath-keith-thurman-jan-zaveck/feed/ 0 SMALL TIME: Nonito Donaire-Jorge Arce Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/15/small-time-nonito-donaire-jorge-arce-preview/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/15/small-time-nonito-donaire-jorge-arce-preview/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2012 06:26:21 +0000 Michael Nelson http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5360 **** It has been a while since Nonito Donaire has done anything particularly thrilling in the ring. Specifically, it’s been 22 months, when he devastated Fernando Montiel with a counter left hook within two rounds. Saturday night, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, his friend Jorge Arce will serve as the perfect partner to [...]

SMALL TIME: Nonito Donaire-Jorge Arce Preview - The Cruelest Sport - The Cruelest Sport - A Professional Boxing blog

]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/15/small-time-nonito-donaire-jorge-arce-preview/feed/ 0 The Last Detail: Can Juan Manuel Marquez Defeat an Aging Manny Pacquiao? http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/07/the-last-detail-can-juan-manuel-marquez-defeat-an-aging-manny-pacquiao/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/07/the-last-detail-can-juan-manuel-marquez-defeat-an-aging-manny-pacquiao/#comments Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:00:57 +0000 Michael Nelson http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5305 **** The first two installments in the rivalry between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez-who will meet for the fourth time on December 8 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas-were marked by explosive surges intermittently disrupting steady craftsmanship. In 2004 Marquez climbed out of a three-knockdown deficit by stringing together stretches of dominance, only [...]

The Last Detail: Can Juan Manuel Marquez Defeat an Aging Manny Pacquiao? - The Cruelest Sport - The Cruelest Sport - A Professional Boxing blog

]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/12/07/the-last-detail-can-juan-manuel-marquez-defeat-an-aging-manny-pacquiao/feed/ 0 The Uncertainty Principle: Nonito Donaire Squares off Against Toshiaki Nishioka http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/10/12/the-uncertainty-principle-nonito-donaire-squares-off-against-toshiaki-nishioka/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/10/12/the-uncertainty-principle-nonito-donaire-squares-off-against-toshiaki-nishioka/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:40:33 +0000 Michael Nelson http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5172 **** When Nonito Donaire knocked out Fernando Montiel in the second round of their February 2011 bout, it appeared as if his potential met his preeminent talent and unquestioned dominance was in his immediate future. But over his next three fights, two of them in a new division, that dominance was put into question. Toshiaki [...]

The Uncertainty Principle: Nonito Donaire Squares off Against Toshiaki Nishioka - The Cruelest Sport - The Cruelest Sport - A Professional Boxing blog

]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/10/12/the-uncertainty-principle-nonito-donaire-squares-off-against-toshiaki-nishioka/feed/ 0 The Head-Scratcher: Selcuk Aydin-Robert Guerrero Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/07/27/the-head-scratcher-selcuk-aydin-robert-guerrero-preview/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/07/27/the-head-scratcher-selcuk-aydin-robert-guerrero-preview/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:45:27 +0000 Michael Nelson http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5129 **** In another twist in an odd career, Robert Guerrero will leapfrog a division to face hard-hitting Selcuk Aydin for the interim WBC welterweight (?) title Saturday night at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. It will be the first time Guerrero fought since April of last year. Over the last decade, Guerrero, 29-1, [...]

The Head-Scratcher: Selcuk Aydin-Robert Guerrero Preview - The Cruelest Sport - The Cruelest Sport - A Professional Boxing blog

]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/07/27/the-head-scratcher-selcuk-aydin-robert-guerrero-preview/feed/ 0 AFTERMATH: Nonito Donaire-Jeffrey Mathebula, Kell Brook-Carson Jones, Wladimir Klitschko-Tony Thompson http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/07/08/aftermath-nonito-donaire-jeffrey-mathebula-kell-brook-carson-jones-wladimir-klitschko-tony-thompson/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/07/08/aftermath-nonito-donaire-jeffrey-mathebula-kell-brook-carson-jones-wladimir-klitschko-tony-thompson/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 01:07:39 +0000 Michael Nelson http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5093 **** Nonito Donaire etched another win over tough opposition at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California Saturday night. But like his first foray into super bantamweight, against Wilfredo Vazquez, he had his struggles along the way. Donaire won a decision over South African Jeffrey Mathebula by scores of 119-108, 117-110, 118-109 in a bout [...]

AFTERMATH: Nonito Donaire-Jeffrey Mathebula, Kell Brook-Carson Jones, Wladimir Klitschko-Tony Thompson - The Cruelest Sport - The Cruelest Sport - A Professional Boxing blog

]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/07/08/aftermath-nonito-donaire-jeffrey-mathebula-kell-brook-carson-jones-wladimir-klitschko-tony-thompson/feed/ 6 STORMBRINGER: Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/06/07/stormbringer-manny-pacquiao-timothy-bradley-preview/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/06/07/stormbringer-manny-pacquiao-timothy-bradley-preview/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:10:14 +0000 Michael Nelson http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4976 **** The career arcs of Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley suggest that their meeting on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, may be more than routine star maintenance. Instead, the cocoon of Pacquiao’s iconic status might be ripe to burst from a budding force. Bradley, now 28-0 with 12 knockouts, looked [...]

STORMBRINGER: Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley Preview - The Cruelest Sport - The Cruelest Sport - A Professional Boxing blog

]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/06/07/stormbringer-manny-pacquiao-timothy-bradley-preview/feed/ 11 DOUBLE SHOT: Marquez Defeats Fedchenko to Keep Pacquiao in His Sights, Rios Slinks Past Abril http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/04/16/double-shot-marquez-defeats-fedchenko-to-keep-pacquiao-in-his-sights-rios-slinks-past-abril/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/04/16/double-shot-marquez-defeats-fedchenko-to-keep-pacquiao-in-his-sights-rios-slinks-past-abril/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:15:09 +0000 Michael Nelson http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4789 **** Fighting in Mexico City for the first time in nearly 18 years, Juan Manuel Marquez easily outpointed Serhiy Fedchenko Saturday night by the scores of 119-109, 118-110, 118-110 to win the interim WBO light welterweight title. That Fedchenko, now 30-2 with 13 KOs, is a competent, durable fighter with reluctant hands helped make this [...]

DOUBLE SHOT: Marquez Defeats Fedchenko to Keep Pacquiao in His Sights, Rios Slinks Past Abril - The Cruelest Sport - The Cruelest Sport - A Professional Boxing blog

]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/04/16/double-shot-marquez-defeats-fedchenko-to-keep-pacquiao-in-his-sights-rios-slinks-past-abril/feed/ 4