Hello Earthlings and welcome to another episode of boxing's Sunday Brunch show! This week was jam-packed with fights so let's skip the usual formalities and jump right into the action...Grab your spaghetti squash and bust out the chimichurri sauce, this one is going to be delicious. With that being said, I gave you your instructions in the dressing room, what I say you must … [Read more...]
Bradley and Provodnikov – A retrospective, insights and random musings
Hello family! Welcome to this week's Sunday Brunch (Yes, I know it's Monday), this week we look at what will surely be a fight of the year candidate when Timothy Bradley took on ESPN Friday Night Fights alumni, Ruslan Provodnikov. It was a helluva fight and I've broken it down into easy to chew dinosaur-shaped pieces for you to nibble on. As usual, it will be heavy with … [Read more...]
Selling Nonito Donaire; Magno’s Monday Rant
I want to like Nonito Donaire, I really do. The guy is extremely good. He's charismatic, likable enough, and he has finally put together a year of solid performances against world class opposition. Hell, the guy might even get my vote for Fighter of the Year in this year's upcoming Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards. But there's just something about "The Filipino Flash" that … [Read more...]
The Next Big Thing Until The Next Big Thing; Magno’s Monday Rant
If you write about boxing for a living-- or a semi-living-- you're going to be guilty of barking up wrong trees and/or occasionally looking like a straight-up idiot. It's part of the business when you actually care to go out on limbs and speak your mind. Awhile back I predicted that Shane Mosley would shock the world and knock Manny Pacquiao out. After Mosley's pat-a-cake … [Read more...]
The Dichotomy of Jim Lampley and The Occupy Boxing Movement (Video)
HBO Boxing commentator, Jim Lampley, gave an impassioned speech at the end of his The Fight Game program following Saturday night's boxing telecast. In the closing segment of a show dedicated to the controversial Pacquiao-Bradley decision from the previous Saturday, Lampley ran through the sport's organizational problems and went so far as to encourage the frustrated fan base … [Read more...]