From the sublime to the ridiculous, Bizarre Examples continue to insult our collective intelligence, taint modern boxing, and take things to a new low.. ************** Lucas Browne: “I thought this was a good place to think about Tyson Fury, sat on the toilet doing a sh**. Hi Tyson, how are you mate?” Peter Fury: “We asked about the possibility of Hughie fighting … [Read more...]
The Little Book of Big Boxing Lies; Magno’s Monday Rant
Lies are part of the boxing business. If one cares to pay attention, not a day goes by without a hearty helping of bullshit. From publicist spin to fake job offers from wannabe power brokers, I deal with lies just about every waking moment as a boxing writer. Somebody's always selling something or trying to hustle you or leech from you. The useful idiots in our business … [Read more...]
Kovalev Makes Public Apology for “Racial” Tweet
"Sergey is not a racist. He is the nicest person. He is not a racist person, and I don't want to talk about it anymore, and you can put that in the paper."—Egis Klimas—before the current controversy "What he did was idiotic. It was a major lack of judgment. But you will discover to what extent Sergey Kovalev is petty and narrow-minded. I'm not sure people are going to find … [Read more...]
Sergey Kovalev Issues Disgraceful, Racist Tweet About Adonis Stevenson
Amid the hubbub of Saturday night's fight action, displaying the very best the sport has to offer, light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev showed a bit of the very worst side of human nature. Issued via Twitter pic, Kovalev stands smiling and pointing to a child wearing a T-shirt depicting a fighter with a monkey face photoshopped over his head. The Kovalev-written … [Read more...]
The Real Problem With Premier Boxing Champions; Magno’s Monday Rant
We're a little over one month into the Premier Boxing Champions movement and things are going fairly well...right now. So far, with the exception of a so-so Adonis Stevenson-Sakio Bika Quebec main event and a dreary Broner-Molina undercard feature on the Vegas debut show, the actual quality of the boxing has been pretty good. The production values and overall presentation … [Read more...]