by Jesse Ian Lardies Holy familia y amigos, welcome back to a gut-wrenching, brain-rattling, easy to swallow dinosaur shaped edition of Mogadishu's 15th most popular weekly boxing column, The Sunday Brunch - We are the number one source for number one sources. We're chopping up all sorts of knockouts, upsets and told-ya-so moments this week. First on tap we discuss the pros … [Read more...]
Donaire Beats Vetyeka, Takes WBA Belt in Controversial Finish
In what turned out to be a very odd four rounds of action, Fil-Am icon, Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire (33-2, 21 KOs) claimed the WBA super world featherweight strap from South African Chris John conqueror, Simpiwe Vetyeka (26-3, 16 KOs) via controversial RTD 4. The melee began honest enough with both men forgoing the feeling out process in order to crush each other's … [Read more...]
The Top 5 Fights Of 2014: This Is Boxing’s Sunday Brunch
Hola familia and welcome to a robust, artisanally-inspired edition of boxing’s number one source for number one sources. This week we’re taking a few peeps out of our boarded up windows to see if we can put together some potential 2014 matchups based on recent events. Once we gather up enough courage to step outside and face the night we’ll talk tips, tricks and codes for the … [Read more...]
Agreement Reached For Donaire-Vetyeka
A verbal agreement has been reached for former super-bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (32-2, 21 KOs) to challenge current WBA featherweight titlist Simpiwe Vetyeka (26-2, 16 KOs) on May 10 in Macau, China; according to Vetyeka’s manager Andile Sidinile. This will be Donaire’s second fight since losing his WBO 122-pound title to Guillermo Rigondeaux last April. After the … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2013
There were a lot of bright, glowing moments in 2013 for long-suffering hardcore boxing fans. A return to stacked (or semi-stacked) undercards saw some solid PPV co-features as well as some genuinely entertaining triple and quadruple-headers on HBO/Showtime. The cold war between Top Rank-Golden Boy and HBO-Showtime, instead of "ruining" the sport, actually saw all parties … [Read more...]