To me, religion is like a warm, comfortable blanket. It's something that makes you feel good. Even if you want to pretend that it's bullet proof and will protect from all harm until you get up into some celestial paradise, that's your prerogative. The problems begin when you want to bring that cozy blanket to the workplace, the supermarket, etc. That's when your feelings of … [Read more...]
Mayweather signs with Showtime, Names Robert Guerrero May 4 opponent
Floyd Mayweather Jr., the highest paid athlete in professional sports for the 2012 reporting year, according to Forbes magazine, has signed a 6-fight pay-per-view deal with Showtime Networks Inc. and its parent company, CBS Corporation, leaving behind HBO Sports, his home for the last decade. The deal allows for Mayweather to fight 6 times over a period of 30 months. … [Read more...]
Floyd Mayweather vs Austin Trout? Pacquiao news? Boxers on PEDs? Is Adrian Broner for real? All in this weeks Sunday Brunch.
Hello friends and welcome to another action packed, information crammed edition of your Sunday Brunch. This week we talk about performance enhancing drugs and who may or may not be using them (lookin' at you, Armstrong), Adrian Broner's performance against someone he could literally look down on and Floyd Mayweather's upcoming decision. With that, I gave you your instructions … [Read more...]
Modern media and the evolving art of negotiation: Harrison’s Monday Rant
by Tim Harrison Don't adjust your dials, Boxing Tribune Editor-in-Chief is away on vacation for the next two weeks. Magno's Monday Rant will return to its regularly scheduled time on the 25th, but you're stuck with me until then. The 24-hour news cycle changed the sport of boxing, some might say for the worse, while some might say for the better. Information is made … [Read more...]
Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero: Official for May 4
According to sources who contacted The Boxing Tribune, the rumored Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero bout is no longer a rumor. Set for May 4 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, this will be Mayweather's first bout at welterweight since September of 2011, when he stopped Victor Ortiz in four rounds with what many believe to be an unsportsmanlike punch on Ortiz who was … [Read more...]