If there has been one central theme running through nearly five years of Monday Rants, it’s that when the chips are down and you need a heaping dose of truth in the bizarre world of big-time boxing, you can NOT depend on the boxing media to deliver. The truth of the situation is that many of these people who profess to be journalists covering our sport are actually in the … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2014
Fake Mayweather Story Fools The Pros
Last week, when the story spread about Floyd Mayweather challenging 50 Cent to a $12 million, winner-take-all boxing match, it seemed like the perfect end to a week-long social media feud initiated by Mayweather’s rapping former BFF. “Enough jokes @50Cent. ME and You. 12 Rounds. MGM Grand. Loser pays $12,000,000 CASH. Talk the talk, but walk the walk kiddo,” Mayweather … [Read more...]
Jermain Taylor: Into The Abyss
by Ted Sares “I think it is unconscionable that Jermain [Taylor] was relicensed. “It is not about whether his brain has healed or how he looked in the gym. “Jermain has shown a predisposition to cerebral haemorrhage, and irrespective of whether or not he bled, he has shown he cannot adequately handle a punch.”—Dr. Margaret Goodman, neurologist and former physician to the … [Read more...]
Brook v Khan – War of the Roses and Battle of the Personalities
During the 36 minutes that a boxer can spend inside the ring exposed to the incoming blows of his opponent, it must surely be the most individual of endeavours despite the close proximity of cornermen and the thousands of fans who surround the squared circle cheering, heckling, baying for violence. Yet despite that isolation that a boxer must experience as he goes mano a … [Read more...]
Rebuilding the Problem
by Danny Howard Ahead of his September 6 fight with Emmanuel Taylor, Adrien Broner is starting to sing a whole new tune. The former three-division world champion has been in a rebuilding phase since being beaten up and humiliated against Marcos Maidana last December, and up to this point, it wasn't looking like he was making a lot of progress. The brash and usually … [Read more...]