Floyd Mayweather Jr., the highest paid athlete in professional sports for the 2012 reporting year, according to Forbes magazine, has signed a 6-fight pay-per-view deal with Showtime Networks Inc. and its parent company, CBS Corporation, leaving behind HBO Sports, his home for the last decade. The deal allows for Mayweather to fight 6 times over a period of 30 months. … [Read more...]
The Problem with the Adrien Broner bandwagon: Harrison’s Monday Rant
by Tim Harrison Pound-for-pound king is a mythical title that is thrown around in describing the best fighters in the sport. The torch is passed from fighter to fighter and from generation to generation. The current pound-for-pound king, Floyd Mayweather Jr., turns 36 next Sunday and he’s started showing signs of aging, however so slightly. He won’t be around forever, and … [Read more...]
Modern media and the evolving art of negotiation: Harrison’s Monday Rant
by Tim Harrison Don't adjust your dials, Boxing Tribune Editor-in-Chief is away on vacation for the next two weeks. Magno's Monday Rant will return to its regularly scheduled time on the 25th, but you're stuck with me until then. The 24-hour news cycle changed the sport of boxing, some might say for the worse, while some might say for the better. Information is made … [Read more...]
Broken News: Alexander-Brook postponed, Mike Lee’s big moment, and Muhammad Ali
by Tim Harrison It’s a new year, and more than likely, a new you. No doubt you’ve been working off the holiday pounds in the gym, and the fresh smell of the new Nike Dri-Fit apparel you bought on clearance on December 26 has faded away, giving way to the light, pungent aroma of sweat and stale Axe body spray. I know we’re a month into the new year and you’ve no doubt been … [Read more...]
Boxing Power Rankings Jr.: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette Last week, Salvador Sanchez II made one of the weakest cases for talent being hereditary, as he dropped his record to 30-5 (18 KOs) at the hands of undefeated Jayson Velez, who got a name opponent in name only onto his record himself. The third-round KO of the guy with the Juan Epstein hairdo and the Dirk Diggler boxing trunks reminded absolutely nobody of … [Read more...]