The bad blood between Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev has refused to settle since their controversial fight last November, and now it’s about to spill out as the two rivals are set for their rematch this Summer. Last November, Ward survived a second round knockdown en route to winning a controversial decision over Kovalev in their battle for Light Heavyweight supremacy. Though … [Read more...]
Mayweather-Maidana Mayhem: The Only Preview You Need
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (46-0, 26 KOs) and Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KOs) square off at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada Saturday night on pay-per-view for the WBC welterweight title, the WBA Super Duper Ultimate Turbo Edition With Extra Cheese welterweight belt, and (bonus!) the WBC/WBA 154-pound straps, a case of weight class gymnastics at least as absurd as Sugar Ray Leonard … [Read more...]
Mayweather vs. Maidana: The Undercard Breakdown
Amir Khan (28-3, 19 KO’s) vs. Luis Collazo (35-5, 18 KO’s) Khan may have lost out on his chance at the big money fight with Mayweather, but at least he got a slot on the show. The former light welterweight champ is still in the rebuilding process after back to back losses to Lamont Peterson and Danny Garcia. Since the pair of defeats he’s racked up a pair of wins, winning … [Read more...]
Pacquiao-Bradley: The Only Preview You Need
by Fox Doucette On Saturday night, June 9th, at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific on HBO PPV, WBO welterweight champion and Boxing Tribune/Fox Sports #2 pound-for-pound fighter in the world Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KOs) takes on WBO junior welterweight champion-in-recess (presumably pending the result of this fight) and Boxing Tribune/Fox Sports #10 P4P Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12 … [Read more...]
Bradley-Mayweather Running Diary: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette (For my 50th Southpaw column, I'm continuing my series of articles done in other writers' styles. Today I'm turning my attention to one of my biggest inspirations as a sportswriter---Bill Simmons of Grantland.com and ESPN. Pactards descending on this article's core premise in 3...2...1...) MAY 4, 2013 Welcome to the Southpaw Mansion in beautiful … [Read more...]