by Fox Doucette What a first couple of weeks of Friday Night Fights, huh? ESPN2's weekly boxing extravaganza has given us two weeks of good, solid boxing action, and if one can look past the hideous judging, a Fight of the Year candidate for the year-end FNF awards come August in Usmanee-Barthelemy. Last week's Molina-Williams tilt, while not exactly a very valid matchup in … [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...]
Pissing into the winds of change; PEDs rage proves to be toothless tiger
If you ever try pissing into the wind, you'll likely end up with little more than a face full of piss. The Spring of 2012 was characterized by a focus on performance enhancing drugs (PEDS) and their use in boxing. Supported by the emergence of the upstart Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA), fighters were suddenly feeling compelled to submit to testing above and beyond the … [Read more...]
Lamont Peterson Keeps IBF Title, Will Fight Zab Judah Next
by Fox Doucette Despite having copped to using performance-enhancing drugs when winning the 140-pound title from Amir Khan, IBF titlist Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KOs) was allowed to retain his title by that organization. Peterson will fight mandatory challenger Zab “Super” Judah (42-7, 29 KOs) at a venue and on a date to be determined later. The IBF's reasoning behind … [Read more...]
The Sexy and Irresponsible World of PEDs Whistle Blowing
PEDs busting is sexy. It's the quickest road to a feel good moment in boxing journalism-- It's also one of the easiest and safest roads to travel. But one has to ask whether any of this recent rash of whistle blowing does anything other than inflate egos and produce better paying gigs for the journalists who engage in it. When it comes to the actual "outing" of the fighters, … [Read more...]