2014 is three-quarters finished and, in many ways, it has been every bit as disappointing as 2013 was exhilarating. However, even though there are just about three months left in the year, hope is not lost for a year-saving finish. Beginning with the heavyweights, here's a look at the key remaining fights of 2014 within each weight class. (All of this, of course, is … [Read more...]
Boxing’s Best Memes: Volume One
Meme noun - An element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by non-genetic means, especially imitation. - A humorous image, video, piece of text, etc. that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users. Often times in today's media savvy culture, professional boxers are at the whim of bored fans with … [Read more...]
Boxing’s Biggest Villains (A Personal List)
by Eric "Sugar Foot" Duran In all sports, in eras both present and past, there always seems to be those individuals whose popularity isn't based solely on their respected stats alone. Baseball had Pete Rose and Barry Bonds, now Alex Rodriguez Basketball had the Detroit Bad Boyz and Rasheed Wallace, now Demarcus Cousins Football had Lawrence Taylor and Michael Irvin, … [Read more...]
10 Hopeless Boxing Renovation Projects
Who doesn't love the career comeback? Every once in awhile a world class fighter, through sheer will to win, turns around a career headed for the boxing trash bin and pushes his way to a ring rebirth. More common, though, is the once-main stage fighter who refuses to accept the fact that, well, it's over. Once a fighter's time is done, they can take a break, change trainers, … [Read more...]
10 Mind-Blowing Boxing Conspiracy Theories
By Alphonso Costello™ "The term “conspiracy theorist” is a label used by the establishment to dismiss the idea that powerful people might get together and actually plan anything." -George Carlin Conspiracies are perceived to be convoluted mind-numbing clustermucks of misinformation disseminated by paranoid aluminum-foil hat wearing kooks. Skeptics like to say people … [Read more...]