By Fox Doucette The fastest way to inspire a poor performance seems to be to say something nice about someone. Or so fans would be led to believe after all the glowing reviews of the 2011 Friday Night Fights season on ESPN2, where the matchmakers at the Worldwide Leader were rightly praised for putting on some tremendous fight cards, including the Fight of the Year between … [Read more...]
Just Sign Wolak-Rodriguez III Now: The Southpaw
By Fox Doucette It's a slow news week in the fight game. The sport's gone into one of its inter-event hibernations---indeed, even the hardcore fan is very hard-pressed to find something worth the discussion this week. Which is why, thanks to my DVR, I cued up the fight on ESPN between Delvin Rodriguez and Pawel Wolak, still my choice for Fight of the Year, when they scrapped … [Read more...]
Gatti was murdered– Experts rule out suicide in fighter’s death
According to a panel of forensic experts, former world champion, Arturo Gatti, was murdered two years ago in a Brazilian resort town and did not commit suicide, as the Brazilian authorities concluded. “This case must be reopened if authorities in Brazil have an iota of moral, ethical and legal concern for their reputation," said noted forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht. The … [Read more...]
Wasted Greatness: Floyd Mayweather Turns 34
by Paul Magno The one natural resource that can never be recovered is time. Time ticks away and can never be brought back. One can never get back those prime years or those moments when you could've, should've accomplished more. The saddest story is one of "what could've been." Floyd Mayweather Jr. turned 34 yesterday and, whether it was on his mind or not, the most … [Read more...]