by Paul Magno(Also Published on Eastsideboxing.com)It was hard to believe, but I actually had butterflies in my stomach as the familiar Friday Night Fights intro kicked in.I was anticipating the Cloud-Woods, Urango-Bailey championship double header all week and had even finished up my work a bit earlier to make sure I could be front and center with nothing on my mind other than … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2009
Bring Back Boxing On BBC
by dafs117After the recent collapse of Setanta, British fans have struggled to find an affordable channel that shows live world class boxing. With ITV refusing to broadcast any live boxing on ITV1, has boxing disappeared off mainstream television for good?Over the last two years, Britain’s main channel, BBC, hasn’t broadcasted any boxing live bar the Olympics. No Hatton. No … [Read more...]
Mayweather vs. Marquez – Coming To a Theatre Near You?
by Dafs117Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez have most probably never dreamt of the opportunity to be on a big screen.Their plan is to bring boxing back to the purists. With PPV prices soaring up in recent years, Richard Schaefer announced a unique opportunity to watch a fight of the year contender on high definition. At least 170 theatres in 78 major markets will be … [Read more...]
Houston, We have rip-off
by dafs117Earlier in the week, Paulie Malignaggi wasn’t happy. He had a gut feeling that he was going to be on the bad end of a poor decision against hometown favourite Juan Diaz. What he didn’t know was how much controversy was going to follow the fight.Middleweight prospect Daniel Jacobs stated his claim as a contender with a comfortable unanimous decision over Ishe Smith. … [Read more...]
The BTBC Spotlight
118-110 for Juan Diaz? Really? Gale Van Hoy is a fine judge...until he's asked to judge Golden Boy fighters in his own home state of Texas. Then, Van Hoy becomes a bumbling fool who gives the appearance of not even watching the bouts in the ring.Before this latest debacle, Van Hoy scored Chris John-Rocky Juarez 114-114 in a bout that should've been a clear win for John. … [Read more...]