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DISHING IT OUT: On Bradley-Peterson, Berto-Guerrero, Broner-DeMarco, Khan-Molina, and Orlando Cruz

**** Undisputed odd man out Timothy Bradley has nearly scuttled his December 15th rematch with Lamont Peterson. A Peterson fight on HBO is the best case scenario for Bradley, who has seen any momentum…Read More

The Uncertainty Principle: Nonito Donaire Squares off Against Toshiaki Nishioka

**** 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…Read More

AFTERMATH: Darchinyan-Del Valle, Rodriguez-Escalera, Decarie-Perez, Povetkin-Rahman

**** Promoter Lou DiBella’s triple-header from the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort at Mashantucket, Connecticut, Saturday night put some unfamiliar names on perhaps the sport’s most recognizable…Read More

Only the Lonely: Tim Bradley Without Manny Pacquiao

**** With yesterday’s press conference announcing the final chapter in the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez quadrilogy, December 8th should find this rivalry renewed under the lights of the MGM Grand…Read More

LA MORDIDA: Sergio Martinez W12 Julio César Chávez Jr.

**** For eleven rounds, Julio César Chávez, Jr., resembled Jackie Bibby, the Fort Worth, Texas, man who holds the world record for lying in a tub full of rattlesnakes. Except, for Chávez, the snakes…Read More

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The Julio César Chávez Jr. Case Files

**** An overview-through links and excerpts-of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. culled from the files of TCS.…Read More

Easy Living: Andre Ward TKO10 Chad Dawson

**** **** Enthusiasm, as defined by Voltaire in his “Philosophical Dictionary” is a “disturbance…Read More

DISHING IT OUT: On Klitschko-Charr, James Kirkland, Amir Khan, and Alexander-Bailey

**** It’s fitting that junior-middleweight roughneck James Kirkland has accused trainers Ann Wolfe…Read More

One Long Season In Hell: Michael Dokes 1958-2012

**** How he always believed—what madness— that cheat who said: “Tomorrow. You have plenty of…Read More

Going To The Dogs: Danny Garcia TKO4 Amir Khan

**** Danny “Swift” Garcia hit the jackpot in Las Vegas last night when he overcame a few rough patches…Read More

Straw Boss: David Haye TKO5 Dereck Chisora

**** An absence of class precipitated the heavyweight tilt staged between David Haye and Dereck Chisora…Read More

AFTERMATH: Nonito Donaire-Jeffrey Mathebula, Kell Brook-Carson Jones, Wladimir Klitschko-Tony Thompson

**** Nonito Donaire etched another win over tough opposition at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California…Read More

SUPERUNKNOWN: Nonito Donaire-Jeffrey Mathebula Preview

**** Dynamic Nonito Donaire faces a Mary Celeste-like mystery in the ring tomorrow night when he faces…Read More

Mañana en la batalla: Victor Ortiz vs. Josesito López.

**** Sólo temo una cosa: no ser digno de mis sufrimientos. Fiodor Dostoievski Este sábado 23 de junio…Read More

Bottom Dogs: Josesito Lopez TKO 9 Victor Ortiz, Lucas Matthysse TKO 5 Humberto Soto

**** For Victor Ortiz, winning was supposed to be a mere formality, as it usually is in a sport where…Read More

Carts Before Horses: On Victor Ortiz, Saul Alvarez, and Josesito Lopez

**** The carts brought the horses before us last week, when Golden Boy Promotions announced that Victor…Read More

You Got to Work to Get Your Pay: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr-Andy Lee Preview

**** Who can forget the days when Emanuel Steward used to hype Andy Lee as a future heavyweight champion?…Read More

Caminos sin ley: Antonio Margarito.

**** Uno podría parafrasear a Conrad y decir: Toda América participó de su educación. Ciertamente…Read More

THE UGLY AMERICAN: Junior & Maravilla

**** I have a regular column, “The Ugly American” featured in ESQUINA, a new boxing magazine…Read More

Introducing Esquina

**** A magazine is born. Is it crazy that in this digital world we are launching a printed magazine…Read More