by Ted Sares As one of my fellow-writers recently and correctly asserts, a power outage seems to exist among today’s boxing stars: see http://theboxingtribune.com/2014/05/power-outage-boxings-biggest-stars/ but if its power and excitement that is in short supply, Argentina (and, of course, Easter Europe) might have what the fans crave. “El Potro” "Abregu may not have … [Read more...]
It’s Official! Agreement Reached For Cotto-Martinez, June 7
Three-time world champion Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31 KOs) will fight WBC middleweight king Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28 KOs) on June 7, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. After weeks of negotiating everything from ring walks to corner assignments, both camps have come to terms in what should certainly be one of the biggest events of the year. Cotto will attempt to become … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2013
There were a lot of bright, glowing moments in 2013 for long-suffering hardcore boxing fans. A return to stacked (or semi-stacked) undercards saw some solid PPV co-features as well as some genuinely entertaining triple and quadruple-headers on HBO/Showtime. The cold war between Top Rank-Golden Boy and HBO-Showtime, instead of "ruining" the sport, actually saw all parties … [Read more...]
Superman Is Super But Can He Stand Up To The Krusher? This Is The Sunday Brunch
Bon jour amis et la famille, друзья и семья and welcome to another brain-rattling, babushka appreciating episode of the most wildly popular weekly boxing column amongst the indigenous peoples of Siberia. This week we’re converting our Canadian Dollars to Russian Rubles, so grab a bowl of caribou stew and pop open a bottle of Putinka vodka, we are danger close. With that being … [Read more...]
Golovkin, Pacquiao and Donaire! This Is Boxing’s Mid-Week Meal Ticket
Hello team and welcome to another organ crunching episode of the Mid-Week Meal Ticket – boxing’s number one mid-week substitution to the sport’s number one Sunday food themed boxing column, The Sunday Brunch. On tap for today will be a mélange of news, opinions and fun facts. We’ll be discussing the Nonito Donaire and Vic Darchinian rematch along with Manny Pacquiao’s upcoming … [Read more...]