by Tim Harrison Some of you may have noticed a slight change in tone in the Monday Rant over the last few weeks – if not the altered title altogether. Boxing Tribune Editor-in-Chief Paul Magno’s annual vacation is coming to an end, and while I’ve enjoyed ranting in his stead, I feel I’ve only partially broken the surface of what it means to truly rant in the “angry old man” … [Read more...]
Boxing’s Best Christmas Wish List!: The Sunday Brunch
Hola amigos y familia, welcome to a balmy, 84 degree candy cane scented edition of Panama City's highest grossing, most money spinning proper pugilistic paper, The Sunday Brunch - We are the boxing equivalent of Die Hard 1, Gremlins, Home Alone and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation all rolled up into one easy-to-digest fruitcake flavored mid-day snick snack. This week's … [Read more...]
Matchmaker’s Corner: Kid Chocolate vs. The Golden Child
"Yeah I'm out that Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca Right next to DeNiro, but I'll be hood forever I'm the new Sinatra, and since I made it here I can make it anywhere, yeah, they love me everywhere" -- Jay Z, "Empire State of Mind", The a Blueprint 3, 2009. Just imagine, The Barcalay Center, filled to the rafters. Brooklyn born, Daniel Jacobs walking to the ring, … [Read more...]
10 Fights We Want To Make For Gennady Golovkin
Over the past two years Gennady Golovkin has become one of the most popular champions in boxing today. With his all-action style and knockout punch, the WBA world middleweight champion’s fights have become events for boxing fans, no matter who he faces in the opposite corner. Despite his success, and growing fan appeal, Golovkin has been dogged by an inability to persuade the … [Read more...]
What’s Next for Jermain Taylor?
Against the odds and against the best wishes of many concerned fight fans, Jermain Taylor pulled off the upset Wednesday night and defeated defending IBF middleweight titlist, Sam Soliman. The title fight, broadcast by ESPN2, was hardly a boxing classic as a stiff, mechanical, and at times hesitant Taylor defeated a Soliman who was, pretty much literally, a one-legged … [Read more...]