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Suffering Hour: On Adrien Broner, Gavin Rees, & HBO
**** In a main event that might qualify as a violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Adrien Broner returns to HBO against British and European lightweight champion Gavin Rees at Boardwalk…Read More
The Turnaround: Ken Hershman Takes Over HBO Sports
**** Ken Hershman, executive VP and general manager of Showtime Sports since 2003, has now been called upon by HBO to resuscitate its deteriorating boxing franchise. Hershman was named the new president…Read More
ON PIER 6: Bradley Nears Pacquiao, DiBella & the Maravilla Mess, Cortez Bounced, JM Lopez Returns
***** Timothy Bradley has signed with Top Rank and will be fighting on the Pacquiao-Marquez III undercard, no doubt with an eye to matching “Desert Storm” with Pacquiao in 2012. TCS speculated about…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
Why Against Why: Andre Berto-Victor Ortiz Preview
***** “Watchman Falls Victim to His Devotion to Duty.” Andre Breton Two of the biggest enigmas in boxing—Andre Berto and Victor Ortiz—face off on Saturday night at Foxwoods Resort Casino…Read More
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Sound & Fury: Chavez Jr-Zbik, Donaire & P-4-P Lists, Mike Jones, & RingTV Exceeds Low Expectations
***** (Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips…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 Getaway: Andre Dirrell & The Super Six
The Cruelest Sport almost always gives the benefit of the doubt to fighters who claim injury. Boxing…Read More
Sound & Fury: Mayweather Madness, Pacquiao Cleared, Klitschko-Peter, Hapless David Haye
(Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips clichés.…Read More
Sound & Fury: Jacobs Jacked, The Madness of Marquez, GBP Junk Shops
(Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips clichés.…Read More
Milksops: Manny Pacquiao & The Promoters Who Weep Over Him
One interesting byproduct of the infamous midnight press conference last week was the explosion of…Read More
This Way To Nowhere: The Pacquiao-Mayweather Mess
When Bob Arum arranged a 3:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time conference call on Saturday to announce that…Read More
Sound & Fury: Pacquiao-Mayweather, Sanchez II, Liars, Duddy, Chavez Jr. & More
(Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips cliches.…Read More
The Big Nothing! In Search of Another Victim For Vitali Klitschko
(Welcome to another edition of The Big Nothing!, news from the heavyweight wasteland.) Now that David…Read More
SOUND & FURY: Khan Kayoed by Cup, Froch Keeps Kvetching, Andre Berto Buzz Boggles, & Cotto-Foreman Ratings Fudged
When Sky Sports passed on broadcasting the Amir Khan-Joel Casamayor mismatch because it conflicted…Read More
Another Tomorrow: Miguel Cotto TKO9 Yuri Foreman
Miguel Cotto returned to the win column and put himself back in the present tense after scoring a strange…Read More
Sound & Fury: The Amir Khan Caravan, Donaire Disappointed, The Klitschko Conundrum, Alexander-Bradley Waste Spittle, Vengeful Promoters & Why Websites Kowtow to Them
Nice to see that the road to superstardom Amir Khan is traveling on will be paved with gold flagstones…Read More
Those Bad Bad Bernie Blues: Can Bernabe Concepcion Jinx Juan Manuel Lopez?
***** “Ohhh good morning Blues, Blues I wonder, what are you doing here so soon? Ohhh, good…Read More
Prefab Stardom: Is Amir Khan Ready for America?
Over the last few years, and perhaps since network TV drew the curtains on boxing, HBO has proactively…Read More
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