By Fox Doucette It's a slow news week in the fight game. The sport's gone into one of its inter-event hibernations---indeed, even the hardcore fan is very hard-pressed to find something worth the discussion this week. Which is why, thanks to my DVR, I cued up the fight on ESPN between Delvin Rodriguez and Pawel Wolak, still my choice for Fight of the Year, when they scrapped … [Read more...]
4-Round Boxing News Brief (The Latest on Amir Khan, Wolak-Rodriguez II, Chris Arreola, More)
-- WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion, Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KOs), will defend his titles against The Boxing Tribune's #4 ranked 140-pounder, Lamont Peterson (29-1-1, 15 KOs), on December 10 in Peterson's own home town of Washington DC. -- Pawel Wolak (29-1-1, 19 Kos) and Delvin Rodriguez (25-5-3, 14 KOs) will meet in a rematch of their July Fight of the Year candidate war … [Read more...]
Workday’s In The Job Description: The Southpaw
True story: I had a final exam scheduled for 5:30 PM on May 6th in my tax accounting class. I leaned on the professor to let me reschedule due to a pre-existing conflict and said “Let me put it this way: the words 'Friday Night' appear in my job description.” Incredulous, the professor wanted some measure of proof and I said “You've got a computer. Go to theboxingtribune.com … [Read more...]
Wolak-Rodriguez to Headline New York Card: FNF Preview
by Fox Doucette Free association time again, kids. If Sebastian Zbik was the middleweight champion of the world, and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. beat Sebastian Zbik, and Chavez was afraid to fight Pawel Wolak, then what does that say about the Polish fighter? We will find out on Friday as ESPN2 Friday Night Fights comes to the Roseland Ballroom in New York City for a main event … [Read more...]