There were a lot of bright, glowing moments in 2013 for long-suffering hardcore boxing fans. A return to stacked (or semi-stacked) undercards saw some solid PPV co-features as well as some genuinely entertaining triple and quadruple-headers on HBO/Showtime. The cold war between Top Rank-Golden Boy and HBO-Showtime, instead of "ruining" the sport, actually saw all parties … [Read more...]
Come You Masters of War; Magno’s Monday Rant
Violence is the byproduct of desperation, when necessity meets uncertainty and fear. Fine-tuned rage is the currency of boxing; brutality puts asses in seats. These are two facts that even the highest of the high-minded can't bury beneath reams of flowery boxing prose and college boy philosophy. While technical mastery and clinical dissertations in ring defense leave some … [Read more...]
Gennady Golovkin Wants The Big Fights After Dispatching Curtis Stevens
Kazakhstan born iron man Gennady Golovkin 28-0 (25kos) took another step towards boxing superstardom in America last night (Saturday Nov 2nd), with a workman-like, yet destructive, performance in turning back the challenge of Curtis Stevens 25-4 (18kos) at the Madison Square Garden Theatre, New York. This was a fight that had been hotly anticipated by both the fans and … [Read more...]
Golovkin Outclasses, Stops Stevens in Eight; Perez Decisions ‘Mago’
Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, New York-- The result was never in doubt-- some may say from the very moment the bout was signed-- it was just a matter of when and how badly Gennady Golovkin (28-0, 25 KOs) would stop the hard-punching, but overmatched Curtis Stevens (25-4, 18 KOs) on HBO Saturday night. As it turned out, the defending WBA middleweight champ from … [Read more...]
Gennady Golovkin vs Curtis Stevens: Middleweight Explosion…
When Gennady Golovkin 27-0 (24kos) faces Curtis Stevens 25-3 (18kos) at Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, this Saturday, it promises to be an explosive confrontation. This will be Golovkin’s eighth defense of his WBA world middleweight title, since he won that belt in Dec 2010. In the three years since winning his title, the Kazakhstan born champion has steadily built up … [Read more...]