On May 19, 2012, a rumor filtered through the toy collector community that Thomas Hauser had dressed like Optimus Prime on three occasions and had filmed Transformer porn for release in Eastern Europe. See how easy that was? In a recent article for Max Boxing, Thomas Hauser, a well-regarded member of the boxing media and former grand poobah of the Boxing Writers … [Read more...]
Paul’s Bulging Mail Sack; Magno’s Monday Rant
On a fairly slow news week, let's see what comes out of my trembling, bulging mail sack... "Bradley-Guerrero-Mayweather?" Hey Paul.. My question is regarding the rumored fight between Tim Bradley and Gilroy's Robert Guererro. Do you think that if the fight were to happen, is it too far-fetched to say the winner gets Mayweather? I think Guerrero gets Bradley … [Read more...]
Pacquiao-Mayweather Settle Defamation Court Battle
Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather may not be any closer to meeting in the ring, but there's at least one less obstacle standing in the way of everyone's favorite fictitious showdown. Today, it was announced that the feuding cash cows had reached a confidential agreement in their defamation case. Pacquiao filed the lawsuit in December of 2009, claiming that Mayweather, … [Read more...]
Castles Made of Sand: Pacquiao’s Indecision Causes Panic Amongst His Team
The first time I saw Manny Pacquiao fight live on television could have been possibly more than ten years ago on the undercard of an HBO PPV broadcast, possibly featuring the Lewis-Tyson mega fight or an Oscar De La Hoya fight. Aside from the fact that the commentary crew butchered his name by making it sound like they were dropping F-bombs any time they said his name, … [Read more...]
“To Hell With Professional Objectivity”: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette Last year, I took a slow news week to examine the fighters who, even though my job requires me to be objective and stick to covering the facts of the matter in a fight, are the ones I enjoy watching the most (see “Of Course I'm Biased, I'm a Fan”, Southpaw #11). In the piece, I lavished fawning praise on Lucian Bute, said nice things about current Olympic … [Read more...]