by Fox Doucette (author's note: I know I said I was doing a May-Pac parody with Rocky Marciano and Ezzard Charles as the players in the tale---trouble was, the jokes, which were film noir inspired, just weren't working, and the fight action itself...well, I've done that twice before. So, on short notice, you get a much shorter and less historical edition of this column---on the … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2015
Ring Muggings: Part 25
Amir Khan vs. Breidis Prescott (2008) "It has made me realise you can't get away with mistakes and it has given me a kick up the arse. Hopefully my next fight will be totally different. Maybe it was just meant to happen.'–Amir Khan Sometimes you run across the perfect ring mugging and if ever there was perfection, it was when dangerous Colombian bomber Breidis Prescott … [Read more...]
Mayweather-Pacquiao: Is The Fix In? Magno’s Monday Rant
Back when George Foreman was making his infamous comeback, a teenage me approached my boxing mentor after hearing that some of Big George's early opponents had been accused of taking a dive. "I don't see it," said a wide-eyed me. "There's too much money involved to have these fights fixed." The response I got stuck with me. "There's too much money in play for them NOT … [Read more...]
Jack Upsets Listless Dirrell, Jacobs Stops Truax in Twelve
UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois-- In a major upset, Mayweather Promotions' Badou Jack (19-1-1, 12 KOs) beat heavily-favored Anthony Dirrell (27-1-1, 22 KOs) to take the WBC super middleweight title Friday night via majority decision on Spike TV. The bout started out as expected, with defending champ Dirrell proving himself too quick and talented for the crude and … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: April 22nd – 25th, 2015
4/22 – Juan Carlos Reveco (35-2, 19 KO’s) vs. Kazuto Ioka (17-1, 10 KO’s) - Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka, Japan Defending the WBA flyweight title for the ninth time, Reveco fights for the second time in Japan. The two division world champ hasn’t lost since 2007 and has won 12 world title bouts since then. Ioka is a former minimum-weight and light flyweight champ … [Read more...]