By Fox Doucette Earlier this week, the esteemed editor in chief of this fine publication and I got into a bit of a discussion about whether Kermit Cintron (33-4-1, 28 KOs), who is scheduled to fight Saul Alvarez (38-0-1, 28 KOs) on November 26th for El Canelo's WBC belt at 154, is the toughest test that Alvarez has yet faced. I argued that Cintron is just Matthew Hatton or … [Read more...]
Expect a mismatch between Donaire and Narvaez
Boxing fans love knockouts. Seeing some poor sucker get laid out appeals to the brutal elements of our nature, and those of us who have dedicated much of our lives to following the noble art have long since gotten over feeling bad about the fact that we get off on watching a man beat down. Indeed as great American author Jack London put it, “It is the ape and the tiger in us, … [Read more...]
154 Pounds: Boxing’s Soup Kitchen
by Fox Doucette Let's play a little game of free association. What do you think of when I say words like “woeful”, “pathetic”, and “sad”? If you're like me, you think of stuff like Greek sovereign debt, the US economy, maybe some homeless guy in a gutter with all of his belongings in a rucksack and a pigeon passing overhead taking a crap on him. And, of course, you think … [Read more...]
The Morehouse Weekly Awards
by Sean Morehouse Some weekly awards after a big boxing weekend… FIGHTER OF THE WEEK: SERGIO MARTINEZ With all due respect to Miguel Cotto, this one is a no-brainer. Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KOs) completely controlled Sergiy Dzindziruk for the majority of the eight round fight and then put him away the second Dzindziruk appeared to be making a comeback. At the risk of … [Read more...]
Duh, Boxing! Martinez & Cotto Have Tiger Blood, Adonis DNA; Magno’s Monday Rant
(Photo by Chris Cozzone) Welcome to Magno's Monday Rant, the boxing column that so desperately wanted to tie in with the latest Charlie Sheen fad. --Make no mistake about it, boxing is a vast wasteland of fakes, phonies, crooks, and cronies...Guys who are looking to prey on the good nature of athletes who, literally, risk their lives to make a better life … [Read more...]