There were a lot of bright, glowing moments in 2013 for long-suffering hardcore boxing fans. A return to stacked (or semi-stacked) undercards saw some solid PPV co-features as well as some genuinely entertaining triple and quadruple-headers on HBO/Showtime. The cold war between Top Rank-Golden Boy and HBO-Showtime, instead of "ruining" the sport, actually saw all parties … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2013
The Best December Fights Ever!: This Is The Sunday Brunch
Hello team and welcome to a holly jolly, cinnamon broom scented edition of boxing’s number one holiday-themed mid-Sunday afternoon pugilistic paper; we are the Dustin Hoffman’s character from Rain Man of boxing columns. Today we take a look at Decembers past at some of the biggest, most influential and impactful fights that took place in this auspicious month. So, grab on to … [Read more...]
Jack Johnson Shook Up The World
When Jack Johnson won the world Heavyweight championship from Tommy Burns 105 years ago today, his victory sent shockwaves far beyond the boxing world. Johnson became the first African-American to wear the most coveted title in all sports. The World Heavyweight champion was recognised even by those who did not follow boxing, as the most powerful man on Earth, and when Johnson … [Read more...]
Maidana, MMA, and the Heavyweight Title: McGrady’s Monday Rant
by Jim McGrady With our two headlining players unavailable for the holidays, The Boxing Tribune digs deep into it’s double A farm system for the best, semi-reliable, middle reliever available (yours truly), to hold things over until our star closer returns next week to close out the year. Seriously, it’s cool to sit at the head of table even if the slow fight week brings … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines – December 20th- 21st, 2013
12/20 – Kevin Johnson (29-4-1, 14 KO’s) vs. Christian Hammer (15-3, 10 KO’s) - Hamburg, Germany The “Kingpin” hasn’t made much noise since losing to Vitali Klitschko in 2009; a few wins over lower level opposition, and a trip to the finals of the U.K.’s Prizefighter tournament, where he lost to Tor Hamer. He followed that with a loss to Tyson Fury before managing a win over … [Read more...]