by Fox Doucette One of the most-wanted fights by fans in the late Seventies was Carlos Palomino vs. Pipino Cuevas; one held the WBC belt, the other the WBA, but there was never a unification fight to bring the two titles together. The Temporal Commission, with a time machine and the ability to threaten to send a guy back to the Roman Empire with a cross around his neck if he … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Tony Zale vs. Gene Fullmer
by Fox Doucette The oldest one in the book in boxing is “styles make fights”, so what happens when you take an old-school guy who lunged and leaped and generally had no concept of positioning if it meant delivering a power shot and put him in against one of the most fundamentally sound straight-up boxers of all time? We find out tonight with a middleweight contest, as Tony … [Read more...]
Puerto Rico’s Rich Boxing Lineage: Part Two
There are so many to list that it’s precarious to try to list them all for fear of excluding some. But here in Part Two are some others who have carried on the rich tradition of boxing in Puerto Rico. Juan Laporte Arguably, Juan Laporte may have fought the toughest opposition of any boxer in history and arguably, he may have the best chin of any boxer. Indeed, he went up … [Read more...]
The Best December Fights Ever!: This Is The Sunday Brunch
Hello team and welcome to a holly jolly, cinnamon broom scented edition of boxing’s number one holiday-themed mid-Sunday afternoon pugilistic paper; we are the Dustin Hoffman’s character from Rain Man of boxing columns. Today we take a look at Decembers past at some of the biggest, most influential and impactful fights that took place in this auspicious month. So, grab on to … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune interviews former amateur standout, Prichard Colon
The Boxing Tribune caught up with welterweight prospect, Prichard Colon (1 -0, 1KO) ahead of his second professional fight. The Puerto Rican's roots run deep in the sport and he brings an impressive amateur record with him (170 - 15) when he faces Patrick Thomas (debut) at the Bahia Shrine Temple in Orlando, Florida on March the 23rd. Colon comes across as very affable and had … [Read more...]