by Fox Doucette Sugar Ray Leonard is a tale of two fighters in his career. As a young man fighting at welterweight, his hand speed, power for his size, and ability to use the ring with his footwork was second to none. The later, older Sugar Ray, however, had lost those gifts, and much like other slick boxers, once it starts to go, it goes big time. Still, that older Leonard … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2016
June 25th Thurman Vs Porter Undercard Announced
The field is abuzz with the announcement of the highly anticipated Keith Thurman VS. Shawn Porter stacked undercard, something that has the online boxing odds flying all over the place. If recent reports are to be believed, then it will feature heavyweight Adam Kownacki and Jesse Barboza, the popular Brooklyn fighters doing battle against one another in a hard-hitting … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Keith Thurman vs. Ike Quartey
by Fox Doucette It's another Old Vs. New Night here at the Historical Fight Night Arena in San Dimas, as Keith “One Time” Thurman, awaiting Shawn Porter in our prime timeline, takes a moment for a blast from the past (temporal shenanigans, grandfather paradoxes, it's complicated) against Ike Quartey. Meanwhile, we've got another special involving a fighter from the 1990s, as … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Roberto Duran
by Fox Doucette The best part about a De La Hoya-Duran matchup is that both guys could come into the fight just about anywhere on the scale, from lightweight to middleweight, and if you did the fight three times, you might well get three different results. Indeed, consider this the opening act for a trilogy between the two men; we're starting at 135, and future installments … [Read more...]
Muhammad Ali
When I went to my staff Friday night in search of someone to write the Muhammad Ali obit, staff writer Amy Green answered, "I'm under qualified....just couldn't do it justice." Amy writes very well and can hold her own with anyone in terms of boxing knowledge, but she was right. She was right about all of us. How could any of us do the life of Muhammad Ali justice? Who out … [Read more...]