As the dust settles on this weekend's melee in Munich, the morality police in the sports media have already more or less picked clean the bones of David Haye and Dereck Chisora. Fair enough I suppose, as it's not every day you see grown men smashing Corona bottles over each others' heads and publicly threatening to find somebody on the streets of London and shoot them. Before … [Read more...]
Pacquiao-Bradley Nothing to Complain About
By Sean Morehouse On June 9th in Las Vegas, two of the ten best fighters in the world pound-for-pound will square off in a welterweight title fight. One of them, pride of the Philippines Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KOs), is one of the sport's true international superstars. The other, American Timothy Bradley (28-0-0, 12 KOs), is an undefeated young champion looking to … [Read more...]
Mayweather-Cotto: Not Terrible, Not Great
One of the unfortunate truths about boxing is that a match-up between two great fighters does not always make a great fight. The May 5th bout in Las Vegas between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Miguel Cotto is a perfect example of why not. It would be hard to deny either of these two men the "great fighter" label . Mayweather (42-0-0, 26 KOs) of course has the undefeated record … [Read more...]
Rigondeaux a Shining Example of “You play to win the game!”
Last weekend Cuban boxing star Guillermo Rigondeaux turned his undefeated opponent Rico Ramos into the proverbial deer in the headlights. El Chacal did a pretty spot-on Floyd Mayweather impression, completely dominating without being forced to take many risks. A masterful performance like the one we saw from Rigondeaux, now with nine victories in as many professional fights, … [Read more...]
Guillermo Rigondeaux: Not Your Average Fighter
It is not everyday that a boxer's ninth professional fight is the main event on one of the major American premium cable networks. It's just as rare that a fighter's ninth bout is to be his second time out as a world titlist. Of course when that fighter is two-time Olympic gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux, a normal professional learning curve isn't all that … [Read more...]