by Tim Harrison Despite the lack of in-ring action the weekend of July 20, plenty of dubious happenings outside of the ring have kept us busy, regardless of how fast a worthy scandal dies down. The most recent controversy from outside the ropes came in the form of self-professed reporter Gabriel Montoya and his secret involvement as a consultant to the PED testing protocols … [Read more...]
Broken News: Curtis Woodhouse, Klitschko-Povetkin, and Rumor-mongering media whores
by Tim Harrison Welcome back to another edition of Broken News, the one column dedicated to gathering up some of the bigger news stories of the week and giving them to you all in one big dose, albeit with my own cynical take on them. So without further ado, here is this week’s news. Some of it might be new. Some of it might be old. But all of it is broken. Curtis … [Read more...]
Broken News: Pacquiao vs. Photo Shop Heroes, Donaire-Arce, and Abraham-Bouadla
Being a member of the independent media isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Sure, like most of the skulking, twitter-addicted, media-day-dwelling shills out there, we here at the Tribune can’t go out in public without having to fight adoring readers off with a tennis racket. But without the steady influx of revenue from the very subjects we’re expected to objectively cover, day … [Read more...]
I Will Knock Out Gabe Montoya: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette Earlier this week, via Twitter, boxing “writer” (and I use the term loosely, the same way I would call a toddler transcribing his ABCs a “writer”) Gabe Montoya of Max Boxing called out Mark Ortega, who unlike Montoya can actually string words together into sentences that people whose brains are not comprised entirely of tau proteins would want to read. He … [Read more...]