by Fox Doucette Over at The Sweet Science, Michael Woods is reporting that Al Haymon's attempt to corner the boxing television market may claim a casualty near and dear to your columnist's heart. ESPN may sign a deal with Haymon wherein the “adviser” (read: racketeer who has exempted himself from the Muhammad Ali Act by claiming to be neither a manager nor a promoter while in … [Read more...]
CBS Joins in Haymon Boxing Plan with Multi-Year Commitment
CBS, in conjunction with Showtime, has announced a multi-year commitment to boxing that will see the network broadcast as many as eight boxing cards this year in a Saturday afternoon series. As of right now, the plans are to feature the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) product established by powerful adviser, Al Haymon, who will also have his PBC product placed on NBC, NBC … [Read more...]
Now, It’s Haymon’s Turn; Magno’s Monday Rant
When people talk about reform in boxing, I'm usually of the "let's do it-- burn it all down and rebuild from ashes" mindset. After all, there's little that can be done to further hurt a sport that has already been pillaged by its old guard approach to doing business. Forget national commissions and all the fantasy league bullshit dreamed up by most boxing do-gooders. The … [Read more...]
2015 and Boxing’s Road to Redemption; Magno’s Monday Rant
I take a lot of swipes at the bad guys of the sport in the Monday Rant and, really, that's pretty much the reason the Rant exists at all. Consider it a change of pace from some of the usual opinion columns out there where grown men who know better pretend to be covering a sport like any other, where X's and O's always determine the winner and an entire subculture of hustlers … [Read more...]
Santa Cruz continues to stay busy, takes on Ruiz Saturday night
WBC junior featherweight champion Leo “Teremoto” Santa Cruz (28-0-1, 16 KOs) will put his belt on the line against unheralded Jesus Ruiz (33-5-5, 22 KOs) on the undercard of Bimerne Stiverne’s WBC heavyweight title defense against Deontay Wilder, this Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Set to air live on Showtime, the fights are to begin at 10 PM ET/7 … [Read more...]