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In the Shadows: Abner Mares, Anselmo Moreno, and Nonito Donaire
**** With Nonito Donaire out of the picture because of the monkeyshines played by fight game overlords—promoters and networks—Abner Mares and Anselmo Moreno face off tomorrow night at the Staples…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 and “Pops” Billingsley of giving him two black pills that left him in a stupor prior to his disqualification…Read More
Good-Bye to All That: Golden Boy Promotions Takes The Ring South (Updated & Corrected)
**** UPDATE: This article misstates the role of Doug Fischer in the future of The Ring. A correction is forthcoming. CORRECTION: According to a reliable source, Michael Rosenthal will be taking over…Read More
With Squalor, Mostly: Ross Greenburg Departs HBO
***** After more than a decade as president of HBO Sports, embattled Ross Greenburg, a Brown University graduate who started at the network as a production assistant in 1978, is finally moving on. Under…Read More
10 & Counting: Trash TV, Pacquiao-Jones, Alexander-Matthysse, Saul Alvarez, Adrien Broner & More
**** “Top Rank Live” has apparently decided to go into the same business—procuring anatomical specimens—as Solo Boxeo and Fight Night Club. Last week, Zanfer Promotions dug up Eddy Zuniga,…Read More
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AFTERMATH: Maidana-Morales, Ishida-Kirkland, Guerrero-Katsidis, Justifying Sadism, & Weekend “Upsets”
***** Erik Morales, who shocked just about everybody by pushing Marcos Maidana to the edge in losing…Read More
Sound & Fury: Mayweather Maybes, “Action Zeroes,” Alvarez-Rhodes, Chavez Jr.-Zbik, Marquez-Concepcion
***** (Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips…Read More
Sound & Fury: Donaire Departs Top Rank, Sergio Martinez & Co., Cotto-Margarito, Klitschko-Solis
(Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips clichés.…Read More
10 & Counting: Hopkins & HBO, Saul Alvarez, Donaire-Moreno, Bam Bam Rios, The Mexican-Filipino “Rivalry”
**** HBO gets pummeled often, and rightly so, but reports that the beleaguered network is looking to…Read More
Sound & Fury: Donaire-Montiel, Lopez-Salido, Morales-Maidana PPV Sludge, & the Sanctioning Body Cliché Blues
***** (Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips…Read More
WIZARDS OF GORE: TV Boxing That Drips Blood!
***** Set-ups–dangerous and grotesquely obvious mismatches–used to be the dark secret of…Read More
Sound & Fury: Berto-Ortiz & Pacquiao, GBP Strikes Again, Bradley-Alexander & More
***** (Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips…Read More
Boxing Needs You, Baby! On Arum, Pacquiao, & Mosley
“In every crowd there is a silver lining.” P.T. Barnum Professional logicians would go…Read More
The Vanishing! Article Regarding Golden Boy & Options Disappears (UPDATED)
The article on BoxingScene.com that led to a post on The Cruelest Sport speculating about Golden Boy…Read More
Golden Boy Promotions and The Muhammad Ali Act….Again?
**** An interesting tidbit appeared in BoxingScene.com recently (imagine that!) concerning the forthcoming…Read More
Sound & Fury: Pacquiao In Pain, Audley Awry, No-No Rigondeaux, etc.
(Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips clichés.…Read More
Something Wicked: Amir Khan Finally Meets Marcos Maidana
Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana, two of the top junior welterweights in the world, finally meet in a potentially…Read More
Sound & Fury: The Mosley-Mora PPV Migraine, Williams-Martinez II Signed, The Morality Squad Vanishes
(Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips clichés.…Read More
Sound & Fury: The Margarito-Panama Lewis Connection, Maidana Struggles, Segura Sizzles, GBP, As Usual, Fizzles
(Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips clichés.…Read More
Undercards & Their Dark Secrets
With the recent announcement that Golden Boy Promotions will be sandbagging its Shane Mosley-Sergio…Read More
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