Barely two weeks ago, Floyd Mayweather posted a victory for the sweet science over a much younger and larger opponent, who was also aided by astonishing powers of rehydraytion. It was a victory of skill over bulk, old school weight making (actually weighing the weight of your division on the night of the fight) over the wonderful benefits of re-hydrating 10 to 20 plus pounds, … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2013
What Junior Wants, Junior Gets; Magno’s Monday Rant
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., second generation star and prize-fighting diva, had no greater enabler Saturday night than the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC). In a bout where he clearly struggled against a smaller, infinitely less-talented Brian Vera, two of the ringside judges (Gwen Adair and Marty Denkin) scored Chavez as a decisive winner by scores of 98-92 and … [Read more...]
Chavez Jr. – Coddled And Protected? “Superman” Stevenson’s Super Performance: The Sunday Brunch
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to a Guajillo chili, Oaxaca cheese and Abuelita chocolate milk flavored edition of your Sunday Brunch. Boxing’s number one mid-Sunday afternoon, loosely food themed, quasi-comical pugilistic paper on the sport’s most relevant and newsworthy figures and events. We are the most educational, informative and important boxing column that you will ever … [Read more...]
Boxing Fans Treated To An Exciting Show At The Camden Centre
London boxing fans were treated to another entertaining boxing show last night (Friday 27 September) with Mickey Helliet’s ’Too Fast, Too furious’ card, at the Camden Centre, Kings Cross, in London. This is about the fifth show to be staged by Helliet at the Camden Centre this year, and the venue is fast becoming a favourite for the fans. The ’Too Fast, Too Furious’ card did … [Read more...]
Chavez takes controversial decision, Stevenson stops Cloud in sweet and sour HBO doubleheader
StubHub Center, Carson, California-- From the moment this bout was signed, the objective was to get Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (47-1-1, 32 KOs) back on the winning track and nothing was going to get in the way--- not Chavez's inability to make any of the contracted weights, not his refusal to take opponent Brian Vera (23-7, 14 KOs) seriously, and not even the actual fight, … [Read more...]