There were a lot of bright, glowing moments in 2013 for long-suffering hardcore boxing fans. A return to stacked (or semi-stacked) undercards saw some solid PPV co-features as well as some genuinely entertaining triple and quadruple-headers on HBO/Showtime. The cold war between Top Rank-Golden Boy and HBO-Showtime, instead of "ruining" the sport, actually saw all parties … [Read more...]
Glen Tapia And The Boardwalk Hall Death March; Magno’s Monday Rant
The unfortunate truth is that, sometimes, death and injury happen in boxing and there's nothing anyone can do. Even under the best of circumstances, injury happens in combat sports. To ignore this fact is to ignore the nature of the business. However, most deaths and permanent injuries do leave a trail of incompetence and/or intentional disregard behind them. Somewhere, … [Read more...]