Sometimes a fighter’s shelf life is so short that we don’t really have enough time to appreciate how good they really were. Other times, they’ve been around so long that we have plenty of good and bad to choose from before rendering a final verdict. Then there are those times when we have a fighter (or five) that had their chance in the spotlight, but didn’t get the … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Antonio Tarver vs. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
by Fox Doucette What happens when you put Criminally Overrated in against Never Quite Good Enough? Antonio Tarver went through a career of scoring improbable knockouts in fights in which he was getting his ass kicked (the second Eric Harding fight, after Harding actually did kick Tarver's ass in their first go-round) and landing lucky shots (the second Roy Jones fight, one of … [Read more...]
The Nobility of Boxing: Part Four
From the sublime to the ridiculous, Bizarre Examples continue to insult our collective intelligence, taint modern boxing, and take things to a new low.. ************** Lucas Browne: “I thought this was a good place to think about Tyson Fury, sat on the toilet doing a sh**. Hi Tyson, how are you mate?” Peter Fury: “We asked about the possibility of Hughie fighting … [Read more...]
America’s Top 10 Heavyweights
You know tough times have hit the heavyweight division in the United States when a 40+ year old veteran road warrior with an up and down recent won-loss tally sits at the top of the rankings. Sadly, a shrinking fan base and several other factors have contributed to America's best big men choosing to make money in other sports. A glimmer of hope is on the horizon, though, … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2014 (Part Two)
Continuing from Monday's Part One, here's the second and final installment of The Boxing Tribune's look at 2014's Best, Worst, and Strangest in Boxing: Fighter of the Year: Terence Crawford There has been some late resistance in giving the quiet kid from Omaha the honor he deserves, mostly because of Sergey Kovalev's big win over Bernard Hopkins registering much higher on … [Read more...]