Top Rank Promotions has just announced that former eight-division world champ and current WBO welterweight champ, Manny Pacquiao, will be defending his belt against Australian Jeff Horn on ESPN. The Pacquiao-Horn bout has been slammed by critics since the very moment it was announced, but the fact that the bout is on basic cable TV rather than pay-per-view, does change … [Read more...]
MGM Grand: The Domain of True Warriors
With another chapter in the history of the venue surely looming large on the horizon, there can be no better time to look back at some of the greatest fights ever to take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Many purists will argue that the MGM Grand’s first real ‘superfight’, a spectacle that draws paying television audiences from every continent, was the fight simply … [Read more...]
Terence Crawford Faces Diaz, Dreaming Pacquiao.
Terence Crawford has waited around long enough for a big fight to fall on his lap, and he’s more than deserving for it, but Crawford finds himself once again facing off an opponent that nobody wants any business with while big paydays continue to feast on soft touches. Not that there is anything wrong with Crawford fighting Felix Diaz this weekend, but the prospects for … [Read more...]
What Can Save HBO Boxing Now?
We need to take a second here and just be totally honest with ourselves: HBO Boxing is no longer deserving of the distinction of being the “Network of Champions,” but more so “Relic of Yesteryear.” This isn’t coming as a delayed reaction to yet another underperforming pay-per-view, the second starring both Gennady Golovkin and Roman Gonzalez, nor is it because they are on … [Read more...]
Five Big Fights That Were Killed By Upsets
Usually in the business of boxing if a fight is big enough, it’ll happen no matter what it takes to get it. That means there might be dodgy decisions, questionable call outs and some promotional finagling to make sure the big one goes off without a hitch. The only thing that can stop that momentum is a devastating loss, especially in a fight that almost everybody thought was a … [Read more...]