You know you have a boxing addiction when you're scouring the internet on a Friday afternoon for a copy of the Lenny Zappivigna-Ameth Diaz fight from earlier in the morning. But like a dealer who keeps changing his address, boxing's power brokers are making it hard to indulge my habit, turning a fully exploitable addiction into something akin to a mild case of the … [Read more...]
10 Attention-Worthy Fights in the Second Half of 2011
by Tim Harrison As we head into a weekend devoid of a marquee fight on HBO or Showtime, boxing fans in the states will be left to make do with only 3 televised cards this weekend: ESPN’s Friday Night Fights, Telefutura’s Solo Boxeo, and Saturday’s Top Rank Live on Fox Sports. In the spirit of spending the weekend looking for hidden internet streams of foreign fights, I’ve … [Read more...]
Agbeko – Mares Rescheduled for August 13
The finals of Showtime's bantamweight tournament between Joseph Agbeko (28-2, 22 KOs) and Abner Mares (21-0-1, 13 KOs) have been officially rescheduled for August 13 at a venue to be determined. The bout was originally scheduled to take place in April, but had to postponed after Agbeko suffered a back injury. In Agbeko's last fight, the tournament semi-finals, the native … [Read more...]
Mares-Agbeko is Off
The finals of Showtime's mini-tournament in the bantamweight division pitting Abner Mares against Joseph Agbeko have been called off due to medical reasons. Preliminary stories range from Agbeko collapsing in training Monday night to a bout with Sciatica, a nerve disorder that causes pain and/or numbness along the lower back and, often, in the extremities. No word yet on … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2010
2010, in a lot of ways, was a frustrating test of patience for boxing fans. With large periods of time where, literally, no significant fight action took place and with stars who have taken to just fighting once or twice a year, boxing surely seemed on the ropes. Not helping matters any was the general disgust created when the sport's two biggest draws, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd … [Read more...]