By Fox Doucette Sadistic (adj.) - deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from extreme cruelty. (via dictionary.com) I don't know about sexual gratification (that's a little too weird even for me), but if ever an opportunity existed for deriving pleasure from extreme cruelty, the Cotto-Margarito rematch certainly qualifies. In most walks of life, hoping that an act of … [Read more...]
Pyrrhic Victory for Demetrius Andrade: FNF Recap
Sometimes you go out with a bang. Other times you go out with a whimper. And still other times, you do both. ESPN2's Friday Night Fights series gave us a tremendous knockout in the co-feature...and the most boring, cure-for-insomnia main event since Julio-Adjaho in May. In the main event, Demetrius Andrade (14-0, 9 KOs) did what he was supposed to do. For ten rounds he stayed … [Read more...]
Andrade-Brewer, Diaz-Lundy In Season Finale: FNF Preview
By Fox Doucette What has arguably been the best year in the 13-year history of ESPN's Friday Night Fights series wraps up this week with an overhyped prospect meeting his first true test as a professional and a genuine prospect trying to show the world he's ready for a title shot as Demetrius Andrade (13-0, 9 KOs) faces Grady Brewer (28-12, 16 KOs) at junior middleweight and … [Read more...]
Arreola Blasts Abell, Hirales Bests Huerta; The Rest of Friday’s Action
Pechanga Resort in Temecula, CA-- "The Nightmare" Chris Arreola (30-2, 26 KOs) made quick work of southpaw, Joey Abell (27-5, 26 KOs) on Friday night. After a half-round of feeling out, a huge right hand from Arreola staggered Abell and caused the referee to step in and stop the contest, but not before Arreola delivered a good-bye kiss to Abell's cheek. The Boxing … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune’s World Rankings: A Look at the Lightweights
As detailed earlier, The Boxing Tribune World Rankings offer a fair and accurate look at each of boxing's seventeen weight classes. Using a unique formulaic criteria based on activity and level of opposition within a fighter's own division, The Boxing Tribune stands firmly behind it's world rankings and hopes that others will use them as a standard of fairness in the … [Read more...]