If 2013 was considered a fan's year in terms of matchmaking and entertainment, 2014 has to be seen as a frustrating disappointment in those same areas. Although we did get served a nice portion of quality action over the course of the year, 2014 will go down as the year many of boxing's top stars decided to forego large chunks of career in exchange for more favorable business … [Read more...]
Boxing’s Best Christmas Wish List!: The Sunday Brunch
Hola amigos y familia, welcome to a balmy, 84 degree candy cane scented edition of Panama City's highest grossing, most money spinning proper pugilistic paper, The Sunday Brunch - We are the boxing equivalent of Die Hard 1, Gremlins, Home Alone and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation all rolled up into one easy-to-digest fruitcake flavored mid-day snick snack. This week's … [Read more...]
Bernard Hopkins Ponders “Farewell Fight”, Targets Golovkin
It's hard to convince a fighter to make a graceful exit when there is still the slightest possibility of hanging on to the spotlight for just a bit longer. It's the curse of fighters, both big and small, but the call of the ring is hard to resist and even legends are not exempt from this reluctance to drift off into retirement. Even Bernard Hopkins, after 26 years of … [Read more...]
Kovalev-Hopkins Ratings Hit, Delivers Strong Live Viewership Numbers
The Sergey Kovalev vs. Bernard Hopkins light heavyweight title unification bout on Saturday night was a ratings success and, actually, the second highest-rated premium cable show of the year (Behind Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Bryan Vera). According to Nielsen Media Research, the Kovalev-Hopkins main event on HBO drew an average of 1.328 million live viewers for the premium … [Read more...]
Hopkins, Kovalev, and The Natural Order of Things; Magno’s Monday Rant
I've used this slightly adjusted Bill Clinton quote a couple of times in the past to explain boxing and how it can get back on the right path, and I think it still applies: "There is nothing wrong with boxing that cannot be cured by what is right with boxing." Our sport is facing a lot of issues and, historically, we've been unable and mostly unwilling to even address … [Read more...]