by Tim Harrison Welcome back to another edition of Broken News, the one column dedicated to gathering up some of the bigger news stories of the week and giving them to you all in one big dose, albeit with my own cynical take on them. So without further ado, here is this week’s news. Some of it might be new. Some of it might be old. But all of it is broken. Curtis … [Read more...]
The Rest of the Year-End Awards featuring Donaire, Khan, Tyson & more: The Sunday Brunch
I know, I know. You are still hungry due to the absence of last week's Sunday Brunch. It was an unavoidable non-appearance and I do apologize for leaving without providing something for you to nibble on. Today, we have a special treat. By now everyone has had their fill of the obligatory year-end awards. However, there are a few awards that were brushed over in lieu of … [Read more...]
Hatton, Senchenko & Ortiz. Plus The Living Fossil Record With Hasim Rahman; The Sunday Brunch
by Jesse Ian Lardies The Ghost of Hasim Rahman made his (hopefully) final appearance within the confines of a professional boxing ring this past Saturday against the undefeated Russian, Alexander Povetkin. Let's just say at age 39, The Rock hasn't aged as gracefully as some other fighters have. A painful loss was imminent and it was blatantly obvious from Rahman's abysmal … [Read more...]
Povetkin Smashes Rahman in Two Rounds, Pulev Stops Ustinov
Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany-- It was hard to tell if Alexander Povetkin (25-0, 17 KOs) was that good, Hasim Rahman (50-8-2, 41 KOs) was that bad, or if it was a combination of both, but the defending WBA "regular" heavyweight champ had no trouble walking through the 40-year-old former world titlist en route to his third defense of the WBA's paper title. Russia's … [Read more...]
Alexander Povetkin: Between a Rahman and a hard place
Technically, Alexander Povetkin (24-0, 16 KOs) has a world title and, technically, he'll be defending that title against Hasim Rahman (50-7-2, 41 KOs) this Saturday in Germany. But Povetkin-Rahman is really more of a quick trip to the go-nowhere blankness of heavyweight purgatory than a title fight-- Two fighters with nowhere to go, for very different reasons, fighting to stay … [Read more...]