by Fox Doucette “If everyone is special, then nobody is special,” the saying goes, and by that metric, Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KOs) and Austin Trout (25-0, 14 KOs) are fighting for the right to be complete nobodies Saturday night, December 1, at Madison Square Garden. The WBA World Championship is at stake at junior middleweight, which brings up all kinds of existential … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2012
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
The IBF female super flyweight title was up for grabs this weekend; undefeated Debora Anahi Dionicius (11-0, 4 KO’s) and Michelle Preston (7-7-1, 2 KO’s) met for the vacant title in Entre Rios, Argentina Saturday night. For Preston, this was her first scheduled 10 rounder in the last three years and although she has held lesser regional titles in the past, her last three … [Read more...]
PEDs, Mayweather, and the business of rumor-mongering; Magno’s Monday Rant
On May 19, 2012, a rumor filtered through the toy collector community that Thomas Hauser had dressed like Optimus Prime on three occasions and had filmed Transformer porn for release in Eastern Europe. See how easy that was? In a recent article for Max Boxing, Thomas Hauser, a well-regarded member of the boxing media and former grand poobah of the Boxing Writers … [Read more...]
Overrated, underrated and phone booth fighting: This is The Sunday Brunch
First off, I would like to say that there is in fact, only one Ricky Hatton. Before I get emails saying that he's washed up, he was always overrated, this that or the other, name one fighter...As a matter of fact, name one entertainer who was so wildly popular that they could travel overseas to perform and 30,000 adoring fans would follow suit. I didn't think so. You have … [Read more...]
Guerrero Decisions Berto in Fight of the Year Candidate; Thurman Stops Quintana
Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, California-- HBO Boxing produced yet another Fight of the Year candidate with Robert Guerrero taking a twelve round unanimous decision (31-1-1, 18 KOs) over former two-time world champ, Andre Berto (28-2, 22 KOs). Looking like a blow-out in the making with Berto suffering one knockdown in each of the first two rounds, the former world … [Read more...]