Danny Garcia vs. Amir Khan (July 2912) Danny Garcia vs. Rod Salka (August 2014) Garcia vs. Khan "I’m always going to have that chip on my shoulder,” he said. “It makes me run the extra mile. Keeps me disciplined. Makes me eat the right foods. It makes me run hills and eat rocks. It helps me stay disciplined and train hard." —Danny Garcia On 14 July 2012 in Las … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2015
An Ode to the End of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
It may seem as though Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was born a made man, but back in 2008, when fans in Hermosillo, Sonora pelted the ring with garbage and cups of beer in protest of his controversial split decision win over Minnesota’s Matt Vanda, he certainly didn’t seem to be living a charmed in-ring life. Jr. sat in his corner, dejected and deflated, protected from the debris … [Read more...]
The Mayweather-Pacquiao Blues; Magno’s Monday Rant
The big fight is less than two weeks away and the serially disgruntled are already well into fight week form. In some company, it's almost as though you risk being seen as a pacifier-sucking half-wit if you actually admit that you're looking forward to Mayweather-Pacquiao. They had been touting Provodnikov-Matthysse as the REAL fight to watch during this two-week stretch. … [Read more...]
Provodnikov, Matthysse And What’s Right With Boxing: The Sunday Brunch
Hola amigos y familia, welcome to a nationally charged edition of both Argentina's and Russia's number one, semi-satirical source for Hawaiian skin on skin street justice, The Sunday Brunch - We are the boxing column equivalent of Neil Degrasse Tyson's many different astronomy neckties. This week we're diving face first into the lacerated and mutilated eye of Ruslan … [Read more...]
The Knockout
When boxing fans think of the most spectacular knockout they have ever seen, the Vonda Ward vs. Ann Wolfe fight is likely to get mentioned most often. That fight occurred on May 8, 2004 in Biloxi, Miss. At stake were the vacant IBA female light heavyweight title and the Women’s International Boxing Association World light-heavyweight title. In short, it was an important … [Read more...]