by Johnny Walker It's not even fun anymore for the rest of us, watching American boxing fans squirm, make excuses for and even downright give up on what used to be called the sport's "glamor division." While many American boxing fans (and/or fans of American boxers) blame the Klitschko brothers for taking away what used to belong almost exclusively to them, the problem … [Read more...]
Heat Treatment: Heavyweight Division Sizzles With Title Eliminators and Other Treats for 2014
by Johnny Walker If boxing's heavyweight division was, as this writer has contended, underrated in the value it provided in 2011 and 2012, there's no getting around the fact that in 2013 it did kind of suck. When even Klitschko fans can't really defend an aesthetic disaster like the world champion Wladimir 's Povetkin fight, you know times are tough. Actually, even the … [Read more...]
The Bronze Bomber Movin’ On Up: Deontay Wilder To Fight Malik Scott
by Johnny Walker He's got a bronze medal from the Olympics, and he's got 30 knockouts in his 30 professional boxing matches to date. What he doesn't have a lot of, so far, is respect. "Caddies, cabbies, ex-basketball players and bartenders" are often some of the terms used to describe the quality of rising, 6' 7" American heavyweight Deontay Wilder's opposition (and … [Read more...]
Chisora Back With A Controversial Bang
Dereck ’Del Boy’ Chisora 17-4 (11kos)-4 got his career back on track on Saturday, when he ended the unbeaten record of American Malik Scott 35-1-1(12kos), at London’s Wembley Arena, but his victory was overshadowed by a controversial ending to what had been building into a absorbing contest. ‘Del Boy’seems to travel about with a cloud of controversy never far away from him, but … [Read more...]
Dereck Chisora beat Malik Scott? Floyd Mayweather signs Pacquiao? This is the Sunday Brunch
Hello team and welcome to a bite-sized, easy-to swallow dinosaur shaped episode of Boxing’s Sunday Brunch. This week we are going to be delving into some of the hot topics swirling around the sport’s landscape, notably Floyd Mayweather offering to sign Manny Pacquiao to TMT promotions in exchange for rights to several of Pacquiao’s future bouts. We’ll also be taking a glimpse … [Read more...]