It has long been The Boxing Tribune's policy to not pander or shill for specific promoters, managers, or fighters. As a result, interviews have been extremely hard to come by. When we get the chance to conduct them, we are fair and, I believe, entertaining (Click HERE for some examples)...However, it is not in our editorial disposition to jump through hoops or beg for the … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2010
Manny Pacquiao’s Next Opponent: 5 Realistic Choices
by Madcow Manny Pacquiao and I have one big thing in common-- and it's not our ongoing love of sex with young Filipino women. No, the boxing deity and I share a love of damaged goods. Manny loves fighting damaged fighters and I prowl dive bars looking for damaged ladies for an easy romp in my bovine headquarters. After he does away with The Tijuana Burrito Fart, … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Heavyweight, Travis Kauffman
by Jim McGrady I recently had the opportunity to speak with Travis Kauffman. Travis is a 20-1 (16 KO’s) heavyweight from Reading, Pennsylvania and he’s been seen on Showbox. He’s currently in training for a bout on November 27 and he’s also the father of four, so we appreciate him taking the time from his busy schedule to speak with The Boxing Tribune. The Boxing … [Read more...]
Klitschko-Briggs: Another Example of Matchmaking Gone Wrong
by Green Machine Shannon Briggs shouldn’t have been in Intensive Care. In fact, he shouldn’t have been in the ring against Vitali Klitschko at all this past weekend. Blame his corner, blame the ref, but most of all blame the blood suckers that put this bout together because they could have cost Briggs his life. Briggs has been around a long time, he’s a big and imposing … [Read more...]
Dafs’ Debut Monday Rant (10/18/10)
Paul's on vacation, so I'm going to vent my frustration and burn some bridges as he takes a chill pill. Rant #1: Herman Caicedo, Shannon Briggs' trainer, and Ian John-Lewis, the referee, must have been watching a completely different fight to what I was watching. Briggs was brave, sure, but the amount of power punches he took in the latter third of the fight just confirms … [Read more...]