Hello and welcome to another nutritious and delicious edition of your Sunday Brunch. Today we will be talking about health concerns, medical problems and possible long-term effects of said illnesses. Since I did study martial arts for a very long time, by proxy that makes me a doctor (don't you know anything?). So by that token I lay before you not only my valuable boxing … [Read more...]
Nonito Donaire – Getting Flashier or just a Flash in the pan? Also – P.E.D. talk: This is your Sunday Brunch
"And to our left you can see a perfectly capable fighter picking on another perfectly incapable fighter." How impressed am I supposed to be that Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire knocked out old spindly-legged Jorge Arce in three lop-sided rounds? In the year-end awards should I create new categories to somehow express the absolute awe I have for the WBO super bantamweight … [Read more...]
Jacked up, Knocked out and the Mayweather Curse debunked: This is the Sunday Brunch
In yet another addition to the slew of upsets registered so far this year (I know who's really upset...Lookin' at you, Pacland), Juan Manuel Marquez administered a hellacious right hand bomb straight from the heart of Distrito Federal, Mexico, that rendered the former 25 division champion de la casa brain dead for several minutes following the home-run shot that ended matters … [Read more...]
Cotto, Roach,PED lawsuits and 80’s high fashion: The Sunday Brunch
In what I'm quite reluctant to refer to as another chapter in a big year of upsets (Ortiz/Lopez, Bute/Froch, Garcia/Khan and Pacquiao/Bradley immediately come to mind), Austin "No Doubt" Trout successfully defended his 'regular' WBA junior middleweight championship against the ever stoic Caguas Crusher, Miguel Cotto. As usual, Cotto looked sharp early, throwing thoughtful … [Read more...]