"I give myself a B. I'm a competitor and I love to get my hand raised..." - Andre Ward Hola familia y amigos, welcome to a disappointing and utterly one-dimensional episode of Central America's highest rated, most money-spinning weekly proper pugilistic paper, The Sunday Brunch - We are coming off of a two year hiatus to face the brutalized and bifurcated corpse of the … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2015
Historical Fight Night: Marvin Hagler vs. Bernard Hopkins, Thomas Hearns vs. Emile Griffith
by Fox Doucette Ask most folks who the greatest middleweights of all time were, and their top four, in some order, will include Carlos Monzon, Sugar Ray Robinson, Harry Greb, and Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Sure, some folks might throw Dick Tiger in there, and the true old-timers might give the nod to Mickey Walker, but Hagler is undoubtedly one of the greatest middleweights of … [Read more...]
What If: One Champ Per Weight, Part 4: Day of the Red Snow
by Fox Doucette October 4, 1977, CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia Sometimes old scores get settled in new ways. A week previous, on September 29, Muhammad Ali went the 15-round distance with Earnie Shavers, which in turn meant that Ali had gone 45 rounds in the space of a year, his power quite possibly left in the jungles of Manila two years prior. Sure, Ali had knocked … [Read more...]
This Week in Boxing History: June 15th – June 21st
June 15 1891: Ormonde Club, Walworth, London, England. Alf Gunning D 25 Ted Gamble. Catchweight contest. 1903: Ginnett’s Circus, Newcastle, England. Billed for world welterweight 140lbs title. Spike Sullivan D 20 Jack Nelson. 1914: Butte Montana. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Jack Dillon W 12 Bob Moha. Retains title. 1937: Curtis Cokes born in Dallas, … [Read more...]
Six Crucial Questions For Premier Boxing Champions; Magno’s Monday Rant
No matter what you hear via media speculation, nobody outside of Haymon Boxing and their direct business contacts knows the long-term strategy of the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) project. Could they be angling for an exclusive network deal? Maybe the goal is a dedicated 24-7 cable network with weekly high-end live fights. Maybe the naysayers and dedicated critics are right … [Read more...]