The boxing world awaits this Saturday's big heavyweight rematch between WBC heavyweight kingpin "The Bronze Bomber" Deontay Wilder and lineal champ "Gypsy King" Tyson Fury at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It's rare that a grudge-heavy heavyweight title fight is so evenly-matched and hard to predict, but fans should reap the benefit of this uncertainty as the combat entertainment … [Read more...]
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: The Career Postmortem
"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...]
Saul Alvarez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: The Boxing Tribune Preview
The last time Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. fought on the same day, at the same time, over 70% of the Mexican TV viewing public tuned in to boxing. This time, with Mexico's two biggest stars matched directly against one another, that number could climb up to 75 or 80%, maybe even higher. To say that Canelo-Chavez has captured the hearts and minds of … [Read more...]
Is boxing handling PEDs testing all wrong? An expert’s take
[Editor's Note: This was originally published on the Yahoo! Boxing page in 2013, before the issue of real PEDs testing had been bastardized for the sake of showy appeasement (i.e. :"voluntary" testing) and before said appeasement had been facilitated by media whores looking for cash-outs via a "cause." Unfortunately, Yahoo, in their infinite wisdom, decided to erase all … [Read more...]
No Country for Old Men: Part Five
"He's like a little girl, I'm going to teach her how to really hit…"I'm a man going up against a woman. But this Mexican, I'm going to hit him very hard." Ricardo Mayorga Say it’s not so, but rumors abound that former WBC/WBA world welterweight champion and 43-year-old Ricardo Mayorga (32-9-1) is coming back. The carefree Mayorga stopped hapless Mexican Juadiel Zepeda in the … [Read more...]