In these dark, vulgar pages of the Monday Rant, we've gone after everyone from boxing's promoters, matchmakers, and governing bodies right down to the infected segments of the boxing media...and we have the battle scars to prove it. But it's not just the creeps who are keeping things like honesty and fair play from the sport of boxing. For every douche bag with an eye on … [Read more...]
The Moralists, The Swine, and You; Magno’s Monday Rant
"Quid leges sine moribus vanae proficiunt" "Of what avail empty laws without [good] morals?" -- Horace Boxing's current set-up makes it the shell game of modern sports. It's a hustle. Sleight of hand. Watch the ball, watch the ball, where's the ball? Only a true insider knows that the ball isn't under any of the shells. Rigged to only pay off for the hustler, the shell … [Read more...]
What’s Wrong With Boxing, And Can It Be Put Right?
2013 has been a good year for boxing so far due to the fact, that in the first few months of the year, we have already been treated to some glimpses of what boxing can produce on a good night. We have seen Rios vs. Alvarez 2 and Bradley vs. Provodnikov… two all action fights, which served to remind us of how exciting boxing can be at its best. We also had Rigondeaux vs. Donaire … [Read more...]
The Truth About Reform in Boxing: Magno’s Monday Rant
I always find it quaint when I come across a newbie boxing writer who has suddenly become aware of the fact that boxing's underlying structure is as rotten and diseased as the couch cushion in a Tijuana whore house. Invariably, these guys attempt to rally the "troops" for support and they go through painstaking efforts to identify and then eliminate the scoundrels. And what … [Read more...]
Maybe if we would treat boxing like a real sport….
Believe it or not, boxing is a sport. And, yeah, there are still some of us who insist on treating it like a full-fledged sport and not as a series of randomly put-together exhibitions. What this means is that I demand logic in terms of matchmaking and title structure, but who the hell am I, anyway? Who the hell are any of us? Because nobody with any power or influence … [Read more...]