In their efforts to build Saul "Canelo" Alvarez into a true crossover superstar, Golden Boy Promotions has inadvertently done just about everything possible to destroy the young fighter's appeal within his own community. From matching him against a long line of undersized and/or faded opposition to somehow getting him a junior middleweight world title bout against a … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2013
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...]
The Truth About Saturday’s Major Players: This Is The Sunday Brunch
Hello friends and family, I’d like to first thank Al Haymon for this Sunday Brunch, with him all things are possible. Welcome back to big fat New York-style, oil down to your elbows, always folded in half - proper pizza edition of boxing’s number one Sunday food themed pugilistic publication. This week we’re going to be taking a look at the origins of the Teenage Mutant Ninja … [Read more...]
Sleepy Time in Brooklyn as Malignaggi Win Caps Off Dreary Barclays Card
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York-- Capping off an absolutely dreadful and dreary Showtime quadruple-header, Paulie Malignaggi (33-5, 7 KOs) scored a unanimous decision over Zab Judah (42-9, 29 KOs) by scores of 116-111, 117-110, and 117-110. The Boxing Tribune scored the contest 117-110, also in favor of Malignaggi. Using little more than a chicken-peck jab and some solid … [Read more...]
Judah & Malignaggi headline 4-fight card at Barclay’s Center this Saturday, December 7
by Tim Harrison Showtime and HBO are set to do battle for viewers again this Saturday, December 7, when they televise four quality fights. The Main event will be the 12-round welterweight bout between Brooklynites Zab “Super” Judah (42-8, 29 KOs) and Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi (32-5, 7 KOs). Devon “The Great” Alexander’s (25-1, 14 KOs) IBF welterweight title defense against … [Read more...]