(From 7/18/2011) In my ten plus years in Mexico, I’ve learned lots of useful things like how to rid my house of scorpions, black widow spiders, and lizards; how to deal with cartel thugs; and how to chase away ladies of ill-repute who want US papers. Rats, though, are another story. Earlier this week, I had one in my kitchen, looking for a place to nest. As a practicing … [Read more...]
Arum Blames Media For…Listening To Him? Magno’s Monday Rant
Promoter Bob Arum is quick to point the finger at the incompetent boxing media as the villains in this five-year Mayweather-Pacquiao fight-stalling fiasco. Of course, he's pointing the finger now and not before the official mega-fight signing when members of his own Top Rank team, and even his own son-in-law, were puzzled by his extreme belligerence in actually putting this … [Read more...]
The Wild, Wild World of Zeferino Jackson; Magno’s Monday Rant
The biggest boxing story of the last century was overlooked in 2010 when intrepid writer Zeferino Jackson revealed the connection between former world champ Israel Vazquez, NFL quarterback Michael Vick, and a mystical Aztec bestiality sex farm in Mexico that gave athletes the ultimate performance enhancer. "If you want to be fast and strong, you must dominate the horse," … [Read more...]
Arum: Cock-Block King; Magno’s Monday Rant
For the first time since I've been covering the sport, the media-- kinda, sorta-- has worked as it's supposed to work. Not entirely, though, but just enough to corral some of the bullshit and isolate it into just one particular, albeit still way too large, section of the internet. I'm referring to the recent goings on in the Mayweather-Pacquiao drama and how just a little … [Read more...]
Is there a new trend in boxing writing?
"The first ground rule ought to be a certain degree of cynicism. You're often going to be lied to. It's important not only to understand where the truth lies, but the motivation of the person or persons who created the fabricated view."—George Kimball “George Kimball…knew how to trace the devious paths taken behind the scenes by the money and interests that rule boxing. His … [Read more...]