by Ted Sares "Where else is there to go? I’ve gotten myself into the best shape in a long time. If I don’t get it done now, I’m never going to get it done." —Antwun Echols "It’s just a fact I enjoy fighting and since the age of eight it has been a part of me. I don’t know anything else" —Danny Williams My favorite type of fight is when the frontrunner is beating his … [Read more...]
Garcia Defends? Wilder KOs? Dan Rafael Eats? This Is Your Sunday Brunch
Hola friends and family, welcome to Kerplackastan’s highest rated (non-militant) weekly boxing exercise, The Sunday Brunch – We are to RPG wielding terrorists what Dan Rafael is to unlimited Golden Boy-sponsored steak dinners. We’re going to try to not fall to the canvas unexpectedly when we chop up what happened in Puerto Rico this Saturday at the packed Coliseo Ruben … [Read more...]
Nonito Donaire, Victor Conte and PEDs in boxing – the weekend wrap-up plus Mayweather news: The Sunday Brunch
There were many good fights on this weekend, some upsets, a lot of rumors and even more bullshit mongering; let's skip the formalities and introductions to your Sunday Brunch this week and hop right into the Fray. Floyd Mayweather finally announced that he will indeed be facing Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero on May 4 as was widely speculated. The "Money" man also inked a … [Read more...]
Notes From the Underground; Magno’s Monday Rant
Welcome to another Monday Rant, boxing's Happiest Place on Earth! Another amazing weekend of boxing...it's just a damn shame that, relatively speaking, not that many people really saw it. Wouldn't it be great if the larger audiences were exposed to the good stuff as opposed to the mismatches that somehow find their way to mainstream PPV shows? Sadly, the same 1.5 million … [Read more...]
Morales-Maidana and Boxing Darwinism; Magno’s Monday Rant
Welcome to the Monday Rant, the boxing column that packs more punch than a Giovani Segura gut-shot... I don't have any problem whatsoever with this coming Saturday's Erik Morales-Marcos Maidana bout. Since this fight was first signed, I've had people soliciting me to join the growing group of fight fans outraged by the apparent mismatch. And there is no doubt that this … [Read more...]