by Fox Doucette Earlier today, our esteemed Editor-In-Chief wrote an incisive piece about Bob Arum's takeover of the who's who between 140 and 154, using Manny Pacquiao as his bargaining chip to corner the market. Further back than that, Don King pioneered the idea of widely-distributed pay-per-view as a boxing revenue model, moving championship fights off of Wide World of … [Read more...]
The Fighter: Movie Review From a Hardcore Fan’s Perspective
by Nazarioz What makes a man go back to the brutal punishment of the ring despite the odds tilted against success? Perhaps the fact that when a poor, underprivileged man can overcome obstacles and beat the odds, it inspirits his fellows hopes, feeding the possibility to dream and strike for the "impossible". One could argue that boxing has been a perennial constant over the … [Read more...]