by Fox Doucette Well, the initial fight card for Al Haymon's Premier Boxing Champions has come and gone, and...meh. Sure, it drew three million viewers, but then again, it was advertised to hell and back---even the local Top 40 station here in Seattle ran ads for it during the break in its drive-time show in the morning. You could get 3.4 million people to watch just about … [Read more...]
James DeGale sends message to Andre Dirrell after Eddie Hearn loses purse bid
Matchroom Sports had designs on a triple-header bill at the 02 Arena in South London, England, on April 25, with British favorites Anthony Joshua, Lee Selby and James DeGale all featuring prominently on the card. Due to box Andre Dirrell for the IBF super middleweight world title, DeGale and promoter Eddie Hearn lost out on home-town advantage as the latter's $2,105,000 … [Read more...]
Premier Angst Over Premier Boxing Champions; Magno’s Monday Rant
If there was ever one thing all of us in the boxing "media" agreed upon, it was that we ALL wanted the sport we love back on free network TV. It was a must-- said everyone-- if we're ever to grow out of the niche sport category. Now, our dreams are reality-- and some of us are bitching? Excuse me if I flash my WTF face at the dusty, grungy laptop screen. I know, I … [Read more...]
Is unbeaten Haymon fighter really the next Golovkin?
The middleweight division has long been one of boxing's most resplendent. From the foray of double-hard blacksmith Bob Fitzsimmons in 1891 to the Africanized honey bee-like barrage of punches that Harry Greb was able to dispatch a hat-trick of decades later. From the irrepressible reign of consensus don Sugar Ray Robinson to the teak tough Tony Zale, the deadly dandy Carlos … [Read more...]
Boxing’s End Is Really The Beginning; Magno’s Monday Rant
Is Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao the last dying gasp of an increasingly irrelevant sport or is it the billboard advertising greater things to come? Well, that all depends on who you ask. Much of the frat boy, man-boy culture that drives modern mainstream sports reporting views boxing as a thing of the past-- but only because it's not part of their own personal world. … [Read more...]