Has the end come for Examiner.com's stranglehold on content farm journalism and professional pandering? In a recent article by The Boxing Tribune's Tim Harrison, it was revealed that several writers engaged in pay-to-play practices with the mega-powerful and mega-visited Pacland news aggregator (now located at PinoyGreats.com), handing over a percentage of their earnings to … [Read more...]
Pacland and its pay-to-play culture
Future hall of famer Manny Pacquiao is truly worthy of his eventual place in Canastota. His accomplishments in the ring prior to his lightning-fast rise up from junior lightweight all the way up to junior middleweight – well, almost all the way up to junior middleweight – were probably enough to save his place in the hall. It is his fights dating back to his nine-round … [Read more...]
The Pacquiao Press Corps Wants Your Loose Change; Magno’s Monday Rant
Welcome to Magno's Monday Rant, the nasty, floating turd in the mainstream boxing media's punchbowl. There are two sure things in the world of big-time boxing reporting-- Daily mustard stains on Dan Rafael's Triple XL blazer and the perpetual tin can rattling of the Pacquiao Press Corps. In case you're blind, deaf, or have a low IQ blocker installed on your internet … [Read more...]
Paul Magno’s Monday Rant
Great weekend of fight action, the kind of stuff we'd get every week if fans really insisted on it. Unfortunately, too many of us are too willing to accept what the promoters hurl at us. Anyway, let's get down to business: Rant #1: Showtime should start making a back-up plan right now. My educated guess is that there's very little chance of Arthur Abraham continuing on in … [Read more...]
Paul Magno’s Monday Rant
Howdy Folks...Let's just get right into it, okay? Rant #1: Thank God we had a nice, definitive win on Saturday. Sergio Martinez and Paul Williams are both credits to the sport and deserve bigger followings than what they get. Hopefully, with the HBO Free Preview Weekend and the replay of Pacquiao-Margarito, a massive audience got exposed to one of the sport's classiest … [Read more...]