"And to our left you can see a perfectly capable fighter picking on another perfectly incapable fighter." How impressed am I supposed to be that Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire knocked out old spindly-legged Jorge Arce in three lop-sided rounds? In the year-end awards should I create new categories to somehow express the absolute awe I have for the WBO super bantamweight … [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 Come Not To Bury Manny Pacquiao… Magno’s Monday Rant
I come not to bury Manny Pacquiao, but to honor boxing. On Saturday night and all through Sunday, there were a lot of boxing fans on social media sites and on boxing forums counting Juan Manuel Marquez's perfectly-timed fight-ending overhand right hand as a blow for "real" boxing. For them, the face-first, unconscious Manny Pacquiao symbolized a return to sanity. Seems … [Read more...]
Jacked up, Knocked out and the Mayweather Curse debunked: This is the Sunday Brunch
In yet another addition to the slew of upsets registered so far this year (I know who's really upset...Lookin' at you, Pacland), Juan Manuel Marquez administered a hellacious right hand bomb straight from the heart of Distrito Federal, Mexico, that rendered the former 25 division champion de la casa brain dead for several minutes following the home-run shot that ended matters … [Read more...]
Last Night’s Winner: Manny Pacquiao Haters
by Fox Doucette Your columnist has, more than once, been accused of being a “Pacquiao hater”. I've also been accused of various gay sex acts with Floyd Mayweather, all of them involving me in the submissive position. While professionalism is called for when I'm writing pieces of journalism like “The Only Preview You Need” (and not for nothing does the editor of this fine … [Read more...]