In their efforts to build Saul "Canelo" Alvarez into a true crossover superstar, Golden Boy Promotions has inadvertently done just about everything possible to destroy the young fighter's appeal within his own community. From matching him against a long line of undersized and/or faded opposition to somehow getting him a junior middleweight world title bout against a … [Read more...]
Glen Tapia And The Boardwalk Hall Death March; Magno’s Monday Rant
The unfortunate truth is that, sometimes, death and injury happen in boxing and there's nothing anyone can do. Even under the best of circumstances, injury happens in combat sports. To ignore this fact is to ignore the nature of the business. However, most deaths and permanent injuries do leave a trail of incompetence and/or intentional disregard behind them. Somewhere, … [Read more...]
The Truth About Saturday’s Major Players: This Is The Sunday Brunch
Hello friends and family, I’d like to first thank Al Haymon for this Sunday Brunch, with him all things are possible. Welcome back to big fat New York-style, oil down to your elbows, always folded in half - proper pizza edition of boxing’s number one Sunday food themed pugilistic publication. This week we’re going to be taking a look at the origins of the Teenage Mutant Ninja … [Read more...]
Rigondeaux shuts out Agbeko in masterful performance; Kirkland and Macklin also win on HBO
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey – Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux turned in another sublime performance in defense of his WBA and WBO super bantamweight titles, turning away the challenge of Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko (29-5, 22 KOs) over twelve masterful rounds. Unfortunately, Rigondeaux’s performance played out in front of a sparse crowd, as many ringside seats … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2012
In a lot of ways, 2012 was the best of times and the worst of times for fight fans. Competition for the eyeballs of fight fans created at least the hint of an effort to deliver good fights to the public and, although Golden Boy and Top Rank still insist on playing promotional turf war, both companies did a decent job of making some of the best fights within their power to make. … [Read more...]