I'll be diplomatic here and just say that if you saw Saturday's Provodnikov-Algieri bout as a close and competitive true upset victory for Algieri, then your understanding of how a fight is scored is completely different from mine. When judging a fight, it's alarmingly easy to allow everything around the actual fight to shape your perception. If you saw Algieri beat … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines- July 19, 2013
Yesica Bopp (24-1, 11 KO’s) vs. Anastasia Toktaulova (14-11, 2 KO’s) light flyweights - Argentina Unless you live in South America, you most likely knew nothing about this one. Bopp is the reigning WBA & WBO light flyweight champion, and one of the top female boxers worldwide. Coming off a tough decision loss (her first) to Jessica Chavez in June, she looks to get back to … [Read more...]
Here We Go Again, Demetrius Andrade: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette Here we go again. Demetrius Andrade (18-0, 13 KOs) must need money again, because he's fighting a guy with a pulse. The heartbeat-possessing hominid in question is Freddy Hernandez (30-3, 20 KOs), who to his credit has fought for a world title, even if that fight resulted in Andre Berto beating the living crap out of him for a grand total of two minutes and … [Read more...]
In Praise of the Palookas III: The Southpaw
By Fox Doucette Gods bless Joe DeGuardia. In a boxing world where fights are canceled on a moment's notice, where you can't count on a boxing match actually happening until the bell rings to start Round One, ESPN2 is putting a show on this week. Demetrius Andrade is fighting...someone. With all the changes that have happened this week I'm past the point where I'm even going to … [Read more...]