by Fox Doucette The day after Christmas is known throughout the British Commonwealth as “Boxing Day”, but just try to find a good fight on December 26th---there ain't one. Nobody schedules big fight events for right around Christmas, even though the audience is there, the rest of the sporting calendar relatively barren, and the scene usually set by the fight game's busy fall … [Read more...]
Boxing Shoots Itself in the NFL-Loving Foot: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette Are you ready for some football? Last night, the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys kicked off the NFL season in the United States with a contest on prime time television for a cheering nationwide throng who, unless they're truly rabid baseball fans, were starved for sports ever since the NBA Finals wrapped up two months ago. Meanwhile, one of the golden … [Read more...]