It's hardly Golden Boy Promotions' fault that Lucas Matthysse took a full ten-count on his knee last Saturday night against Viktor Postol at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Nor is it their fault that Matthysse had to take a difficult styles match-up in Postol in order to compete for the vacant WBC belt. But the whole sad sack affair, right down to Matthysse's … [Read more...]
The Nobility of Boxing: Part Eleven
Outrageous comments and events continue to be the norm in the abnormally sleazy world of boxing. ************** Kellie Maloney: "Do I fancy men or women or what? So, look, I am a heterosexual woman. There. I've said it and that's the first time I have said it to anyone: I am a heterosexual woman. That's the final step isn't it?" Kellie: "If I met Frank Maloney now, I'd … [Read more...]
“Final Fight” – Five For Floyd: The Sunday Brunch
Hola familia y amigos, welcome to a 16-bit flavored edition of Panama City's highest rated, most money-squandering proper pugilistic paper, The Sunday Brunch - We're more filling than a Julio Cesar Chavez Jr's post-victory Applebee's celebration dinner. This week we are bringing you five of your favorite boxers and in plain English, we're breaking down whether or not you will … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Sugar Ray Leonard
by Fox Doucette Oscar De La Hoya, in his absolute prime and still undefeated, stepped up to welterweight for the first time in 1997 and solved quite possibly the greatest defensive fighter of all time in Pernell Whitaker en route to a unanimous decision. Sugar Ray Leonard, over eight rounds in November of 1980, not only avenged the only loss of his “real” career (let us never … [Read more...]
The Nobility of Boxing: Part One
"Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me."— --appeared in The Christian Recorder of March 1862, a publication of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, where it is presented as an "old adage" Lately, those associated with the business of boxing have taken things seemingly to an absurd level never before reached. Maybe it’s the speed with which … [Read more...]