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No Access, No Favors, No Problem: Mayweather vs. Cotto on the Big Screen
The Boxing Tribune’s Tim Harrison takes you, the reader, along for a day in the life of a writer who prefers the couch to press row, as he covers Mayweather vs. Cotto on the big screen.
Miguel Cotto: King of the Hill?
Miguel Cotto has the chance to reach the top of the sport with a win Saturday over Floyd Mayweather.
Floyd Mayweather’s Shelter from the Storm
Floyd Mayweather’s next challenge, in the form of an 87-day jail sentence, will come less than one month after he takes on Miguel Cotto this Saturday, yet he’s still as cool as the other side of the pillow. Why has boxing always been Mayweather’s shelter from the storm?
Romney Tabs Mexican Middleweight for VP: The Southpaw
What’s this about Marco Rubio potentially being vice president? Fox Doucette sizes up El Veneno’s candidacy for America’s second-highest office.
Information Saturation: The Agonizing Redundance of the Multi-City Press Tour
News or Promotion? Does boxing really need these fake press conferences and pointless media days?
Manny Pacquiao and the Human Interest Story: The Southpaw
Fox Doucette has Manny Pacquiao ranked fifth on his pound-for-pound list. Find out why so low in this week’s edition of The Southpaw.
Think For Yourself
Kelsey McCarson rants on group-think in the sport of boxing.
Saul Alvarez vs. Shane Mosley Set for May 5th Mayweather-Cotto Undercard
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (39-0, 29 KOs) and “Sugar” Shane Mosley (46-7-1, 39 KOs) will meet on Saturday, May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada as the co-featured fight on the PPV card headlined by Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto.
Buck-buck-BRAWWK! II (Duck and Cover!): The Southpaw
By Fox Doucette How fitting that your friendly neighborhood commentator gets to run this on Groundhog Day. Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott couldn’t come up with a better analogy for the week’s boxing news if they tried. You’ve got a fighter pulling out of a rematch against a guy he lost to, citing [...]
Mayweather-Cotto: Not Terrible, Not Great
One of the unfortunate truths about boxing is that a match-up between two great fighters does not always make a great fight. The May 5th bout in Las Vegas between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Miguel Cotto is a perfect example of why not. It would be hard to deny either of these two men the [...]
Mayweather selects Cotto as May 5 opponent at the MGM Grand
WBC welterweight champion, Floyd Mayweather Jr., has selected WBA jr. middleweight champion Miguel Cotto as his opponent for May 5 at the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather made the announcement at his licensing hearing earlier today. Cotto, who became a promotional free agent on December 31, had entered into negotiations with WBO welterweight [...]
McCarson’s Heavyweight Notebook – On Boystov/Chagaev Card, Vitali/Wlad vs Manny/Floyd and More
If you believe the heavyweight division is dead, then you haven’t been paying attention. Here’s news, notes and updates from around the division courtesy of The Boxing Tribune’s self-proclaimed heavyweight guru, Kelsey McCarson. Boystov, Chagaev Headline Boxing Card in Germany Former WBA heavyweight titleholder Ruslan Chagaev (27-2-1, 17 KOs) returns to the ring this Saturday, [...]
Miguel Cotto in the Middle of Mayweather and Pacquiao: Harrison’s Monday Rant
Miguel Cotto has spent that last two years as the forgotten man at Top Rank; the Sherman Williams to Manny Pacquiao’s Emmitt Smith. Since he re-signed with Top Rank in June of 2009, Cotto has been sent to slaughter, handcuffed and weight drained, against Manny Pacquiao. He’s been offered up as opponents to rising stars, [...]
The Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Saga: May 26 Offer A Smokescreen?
Don’t hold your breath in hopes of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao happening next. The Boxing Tribune’s Tim Harrison explains why the latest offer may not be an offer.
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