by Fox Doucette Your columnist is, for the moment, depressingly single. On the downside, this means a slew of interesting failed dates that would be better suited for Deadspin's Drunken Hookup Failure feature. On the upside, this means a similar bounty of new and interesting people to meet and get to know even if the result is a spectacular crash and burn in the romance … [Read more...]
Cornelius Bundrage and the World Non-Champions
by Fox Doucette Later this week, Cornelius Bundrage (31-4, 18 KOs) makes his second defense of the IBF junior middleweight title against Cory Spinks (39-6, 11 KOs), from whom “K-9” won the title in August of 2010. For Bundrage, this will continue a long and illustrious career of taking the path of least resistance to a world title and still making an awful hash of things along … [Read more...]
The People Vs. Paper Champions
by Fox Doucette Quick question. What do Beibut Shumenov (in action this weekend), Guillermo Jones, Robert Stieglitz, Cornelius Bundrage, and Billy Dib have in common? If you guessed “they're fringe contenders calling themselves world champion”, give yourself a pat on the back and a cookie. Sechew Powell is also in action this week, fighting Gabriel Rosado for a minor trinket … [Read more...]