The Cruelest Sport » Featured 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 The Violent Men: Lamont Peterson vs Lucas Matthysse Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/17/the-violent-men-lamont-peterson-vs-lucas-matthysse-preview/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/17/the-violent-men-lamont-peterson-vs-lucas-matthysse-preview/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 17:08:22 +0000 Jimmy Tobin http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5553 **** “So it has come, the day of testing…and he is in the middle of it.” – J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace A room full of monkeys plunking away on typewriters would struggle to script a scenario where Amir Khan is anointed the grand prize of a junior welterweight tournament. Yet this is what Golden Boy Promotions [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/17/the-violent-men-lamont-peterson-vs-lucas-matthysse-preview/feed/ 0 Win a LG Electronics 42-Inch LED TV from The Cruelest Sport http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/15/win-a-lg-electronics-42-inch-led-tv-from-the-cruelest-sport/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/15/win-a-lg-electronics-42-inch-led-tv-from-the-cruelest-sport/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 18:30:51 +0000 FanSided http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/15/win-a-lg-electronics-42-inch-led-tv-from-the-cruelest-sport/ Last month, we gave away a $300 worth of Sports Memorabilia…This month, FanSided and The Cruelest Sport have teamed up with Deals2Buy.com to give away a LG Electronics 42-Inch LED TV!!! This LG Electronics 42-Inch LED TV is provided by Deals2Buy, a leading website for deals, discounts and close-out inventory offers. Focused on delivering best-of-web [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/15/win-a-lg-electronics-42-inch-led-tv-from-the-cruelest-sport/feed/ 0 The Ugly American: Floyd Mayweather, Jr., and the Absence of Presence http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/13/the-ugly-american-floyd-mayweather-jr-and-the-absence-of-presence/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/13/the-ugly-american-floyd-mayweather-jr-and-the-absence-of-presence/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 19:29:19 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5549 **** Most companies are image-conscious and would never associate so closely with a character as unsavory as Mayweather. Infidelity was enough for Tiger Woods to lose multiple sponsors, and marijuana (now legal in some states) jettisoned Olympian Mark Michael Phelps from cereal boxes. Even a rapper—Lil Wayne—recently lost an endorsement deal with Mountain Dew for [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/13/the-ugly-american-floyd-mayweather-jr-and-the-absence-of-presence/feed/ 0 HARD TIMES: The Mystery of the Jack Dempsey-Jess Willard Fight http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/07/hard-times-the-mystery-of-the-jack-dempsey-jess-willard-fight/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/07/hard-times-the-mystery-of-the-jack-dempsey-jess-willard-fight/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 23:29:20 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5543 **** It is, for boxing, as enduring a mystery as the Bermuda Triangle or the identity of the Man in the Iron Mask. On July 4, 1919, in Toledo, Ohio, Jack Dempsey ushered in the Golden Age of Sports with a splatter by massacring defending champion Jess Willard in three of the most bloodcurdling—and one-sided—rounds [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/07/hard-times-the-mystery-of-the-jack-dempsey-jess-willard-fight/feed/ 0 Unanswered Prayers: Floyd Mayweather Jr. W12 Robert Guerrero http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/05/unanswered-prayers-floyd-mayweather-jr-w12-robert-guerrero/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/05/unanswered-prayers-floyd-mayweather-jr-w12-robert-guerrero/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 01:06:11 +0000 Jimmy Tobin http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5539 **** It was a fight short on drama, one that prompted a smattering of boos among the throng gathered at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. And yet, there is a compliment buried in this criticism. For in so easily dismantling Robert Guerrero over twelve one-sided rounds on Saturday night, Floyd Mayweather, [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/05/unanswered-prayers-floyd-mayweather-jr-w12-robert-guerrero/feed/ 0 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 [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/02/screen-time-floyd-mayweather-jr-robert-guerrero-preview/feed/ 0 Storm Rider: Danny Garcia W12 Zab Judah http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/28/storm-rider-danny-garcia-w12-zab-judah/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/28/storm-rider-danny-garcia-w12-zab-judah/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:45:15 +0000 Jimmy Tobin http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5533 **** “You are fuckin’ something, man!” His arms draped across the fighter’s shoulders, looking reverently at, and beyond, the disfigured face, referee Steve Smoger offered this raw encomium. He did not address it to the victor, however—who was milling around the ring, lost in celebratory whoops and embraces—but to the loser. Nestled amongst his supporters, [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/28/storm-rider-danny-garcia-w12-zab-judah/feed/ 0 Losing Steps: Sergio Martinez W12 Martin Murray http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/28/lost-steps-sergio-martinez-w12-martin-murray/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/28/lost-steps-sergio-martinez-w12-martin-murray/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:07:11 +0000 Andrew Fruman http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5531 **** Sergio Martinez got the job done, but just barely. On a rainy night in Buenos Aries, the middleweight champion escaped a strong challenge from Martin Murray, surviving a trip to the canvas and a cut over his left eye to win by scores of 115-112 across the board. Martinez, fighting in front of his [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/28/lost-steps-sergio-martinez-w12-martin-murray/feed/ 0 Cinders And Smoke: Danny Garcia-Zab Judah Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/25/cinders-and-smoke-danny-garcia-zab-judah-preview/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/25/cinders-and-smoke-danny-garcia-zab-judah-preview/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:28:58 +0000 Jimmy Tobin http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5529 **** You can roll your eyes at the redemptive narrative of Zab Judah, but the fact that he has clung to relevance over seventeen years is no meager accomplishment. Despite the worst intentions of men like Kostya Tszyu, Miguel Cotto, and Floyd Mayweather, Jr., and a history of self-sabotage that runs the length of the [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/25/cinders-and-smoke-danny-garcia-zab-judah-preview/feed/ 0 RED ARROW: The Mysterious Death of Sonny Liston http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/23/red-arrow-the-mysterious-death-of-sonny-liston/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/23/red-arrow-the-mysterious-death-of-sonny-liston/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:40:09 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5520 **** “You should remember that you were born to die.” Blind Willie McTell **** Las Vegas, Nevada, 1970. His life was a firetrap; his days were dry tinder. A small spark here or there—some ash from a cigarette, perhaps—and the whole ramshackle hovel would go up in roaring flames. You could shovel all the sand [...]

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