By Fox Doucette The great philosopher and musical genius W. Axl Rose once sang “Yesterday, there was so many things I was never told. Now that I'm startin' to learn, I feel I'm growing old.” For Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KOs), who is 31 but in the minds of most boxing fans may as well be turning forty for all of the miles on his odometer, these lyrics are oddly appropriate. … [Read more...]
Thankful Thoughts and Terrible Turkeys: The Southpaw
By Fox Doucette Thanksgiving Day is upon us here at Southpaw World HQ and to steal a line from Max Kellerman, “These four things I know are true.” Turkey will be turned into plywood at homes across the nation. Some family will sit the birther Tea Party Republican conspiracy theorist next to the kid they had to drag away from the Occupy Wall Street protests to spend time with … [Read more...]
Just Sign Wolak-Rodriguez III Now: The Southpaw
By Fox Doucette It's a slow news week in the fight game. The sport's gone into one of its inter-event hibernations---indeed, even the hardcore fan is very hard-pressed to find something worth the discussion this week. Which is why, thanks to my DVR, I cued up the fight on ESPN between Delvin Rodriguez and Pawel Wolak, still my choice for Fight of the Year, when they scrapped … [Read more...]
4-Round Boxing News Brief (The Latest on Amir Khan, Wolak-Rodriguez II, Chris Arreola, More)
-- WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion, Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KOs), will defend his titles against The Boxing Tribune's #4 ranked 140-pounder, Lamont Peterson (29-1-1, 15 KOs), on December 10 in Peterson's own home town of Washington DC. -- Pawel Wolak (29-1-1, 19 Kos) and Delvin Rodriguez (25-5-3, 14 KOs) will meet in a rematch of their July Fight of the Year candidate war … [Read more...]
Workday’s In The Job Description: The Southpaw
True story: I had a final exam scheduled for 5:30 PM on May 6th in my tax accounting class. I leaned on the professor to let me reschedule due to a pre-existing conflict and said “Let me put it this way: the words 'Friday Night' appear in my job description.” Incredulous, the professor wanted some measure of proof and I said “You've got a computer. Go to theboxingtribune.com … [Read more...]