\ by Fox Doucette We've got mighty mites in the arena tonight, as Ricardo Lopez, perhaps the greatest minimumweight/strawweight/call it what you will at 105 pounds fighter of all time, gets into the time machine to take on Ivan Calderon, and as a bit of a sop to Calderon's lack of punching power, this fight is at a 107-pound catchweight mainly so we can grab him from the … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2015
The Nobility of Boxing: Part Nine
Led by delusional incongruities from motor-mouth Amir Khan, insults, contradictions, cocky and moronic comments, and even fawning continue to jolt our intelligence and take the bar lower and lower. ************** Sugar Shane Mosley: “Guess who’s mad? All the doubters. Cause my fight is trending right now. I’m a ninja. This gonna be the realist fight all year … [Read more...]
This Week in Boxing History: August 17th – August 23rd
August 17 1914: Ramona, Colorado. Jack Dempsey pro debut. Jack Dempsey D 6 Young Herman. 1938: New York City, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Henry Armstrong W 15 Lou. Wins title. 1951: Alan Minter born in Crawley, England . 1960: Johnny Bumphus born in Tacoma, Washington. 1960: San Francisco, CA. World Junior Lightweight Championship. Flash Elorde KO 1 Harold Gomes. … [Read more...]
The Worst of Magno’s Monday Rant
I have to apologize, folks. Taking advantage of a slow news cycle, I decided to rearrange my stacks of Rant cash and, well, one of those 50 lb. sacks of filthy lucre fell right on top of me. To make a long story short, I broke my back. My back is broken. Spinal. So, while I explore options for my upcoming backiotomy, here's a random sampling of stuff I wish you had read the … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Joe Frazier vs. Larry Holmes
by Fox Doucette It's Here's To The Losers Week on Historical Fight Night, as we turn the normal formula around and instead of turning on the time machine and going back to our combatants at a moment of great triumph, we have four heavyweights pulled from moments where they suffered devastating losses from which their careers never recovered. In the main event, Joe Frazier … [Read more...]