While my "colleagues" were wetting their Jack Dempsey Underoos last year at the idea of boxing's expansion into China, I was concerned about the possible shenanigans of a poorly-regulated sport diving into a completely unregulated gaming black hole like Macau. To me, it seemed as though a move into anything-goes waters, far from the prying eyes of a three-quarters asleep … [Read more...]
Broken News: Merchant retires, a King (Khan) returns, and Dana White’s wisdom
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...]
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...]
Nonito Donaire – Getting Flashier or just a Flash in the pan? Also – P.E.D. talk: This is your Sunday Brunch
"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...]
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. TKO 7 Andy Lee: Boxing is Saved!
(Editor's Note: The following piece was written as satire, mean and nasty satire, and should not be confused with the general boxing douchebaggery that actually does happen) by Charlie R. Horgan "Tonight is not another black eye for boxing" ~Larry Merchant, following Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.'s TKO of Andy Lee June 16, 2012. El Paso, Texas. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. … [Read more...]