All Entries Tagged With: "The Boxing Tribune"
Let’s Stop Playing The Bob Arum Game
by Paul Magno “Yesterday I was lying, but today I’m telling the truth.” — Bob Arum It’s become an inside joke among boxing fans. “There goes Arum again…he’s up to his old shenanigans.” This is usually accompanied by a shrug of the shoulders and a knowing smirk. Bob Arum is definitely another colorful character in [...]
Marquez and Vazquez End One Story; Perez and Mares Start Another
Los Angeles, CA- Fans in The Staples Center in LA witnessed the possible (some say hopeful) end of Israel Vazquez’s (44-5, 33 KOs) long, accomplished career as heated rival, Rafael Marquez (39-5, 35 KOs), stopped him in three exciting rounds. The bout was hardly dull, but it was a bit of a let-down as Vazquez [...]
BODY BLOW #129: BROOKLYN KEEPS ON TAKING IT
Listen to the show HERE Khan dominates MalignaggiWhy I’m not impressed with Victor Ortiz?Why I don’t want to see Marquez vs Vasquez IV?Yonnhy Perez vs Abner Mares BreakdownCall in line: 206-202-4468 Related Posts:The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2011Riddick Bowe on his Return to the Ring: “Why Not Now?”Can Too Much Knowledge Be a Bad Thing? [...]
Golden Boy Will Ruin The 140 lb. Division
by Paul Magno There’s a party at 168 lbs. with six of the division’s best currently involved in a hotly-contested tournament that has captured the attention of fight fans from around the globe. In a true win-win, these six world class elites are getting the exposure they deserve and making the money they want while [...]
Talk is Cheap: Khan and Ortiz Dominate Malignaggi and Campbell
New York, NY- Paulie Malignaggi and Nate Campbell, two of boxing’s best talkers, had the general public believing that they had a real chance of beating their younger, more naturally gifted rivals on Saturday night. However, once the bell rang and the fights actually began, we saw that talk is indeed cheap. In the HBO [...]
Bridging the Gap: Can We Get More Overseas Boxing in the U.S.?
by Green Machine I read a post today from our very own PHONETOOL entitled “Latin Fury 15 PPV another money grab” and I got to thinking about the state of boxing, pay per view attractions, and how we’re still pitifully limited in what we’re getting for our money. Now before we gather up the torches [...]
Paul Williams’ Identity Crisis
by Paul Magno “I don’t see anything special in Paul Williams; He is very beatable.” –BoriBlaze1, veteran member of The BTBC Fan Forum. Lost in the spectacle of Kermit Cintron’s Superfly Snuka ring dive act was the fact that, up to the frustrating end of their bout Saturday, boxing’s #3 pound for pound fighter had [...]
A Drama Queen, A Tornado and A Japanese Cock Fight: The Weekend Hangover
Carson, California- And the Drama Queen lifetime achievement award goes to…Kermit Cintron! (Cintron cries, runs up the stairs, trips, and falls off stage) In the latest Kermit Cintron (32-3-1, 28 KOs) drama, three cautious, uneventful rounds with Paul Williams (39-1, 27 KOs) were followed by a fight-ending collision in the fourth which saw Cintron fly [...]
Touching Base with Wayne McCullough: A BTBC Exclusive
By Charles Horgan BTBC: I’ve considered you to be the “Most Avoided Man In Boxing” for a while. How does a former world champion and Olympic medalist with 7 losses avoid work? It seems like prospects would want to test their abilities against somebody who would look good on a resume.Wayne McCullough: The problem is [...]
Random Thoughts on Mayweather-Mosley
by Paul Magno * I’m sorry… if you don’t appreciate Floyd Mayweather’s in-ring work and the supreme old school professionalism that he exhibits fight after fight, boxing is obviously not for you. May I suggest mma or WWE? * Wasn’t it refreshing to see a major ppv fight not burdened by catchweight stipulations and weight [...]
Brilliance! Mayweather Dominates Mosley
Las Vegas, NV- After an uneventful first round, Shane Mosley (46-6, 39 KOs) connected with a straight right hand in the second that buckled the knees of the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KOs); He followed it up seconds later with a right hook that nearly dropped the trash-talking welterweight from Las Vegas by [...]
Who R U Picking?: The BTBC Suggested Retail Price
Who R U Picking?: Floyd Mayweather vs. Shane MosleySaul Alvarez vs. Jose Miguel CottoDaniel Ponce de Leon vs. Cornelius LockSaid Ouali vs. Hector David SaldiviaBefore each major pay per view the members of the Boxing Tribune Blue Corner will make a bid on what they’d be willing to pay to see the event. The numbers [...]
Montiel Stops Hasegawa in Four
WBO Bantamweight champ, Fernando Montiel, got his career back on the fast track by scoring a TKO over reigning WBC champ, Hozumi Hasegawa in Hasegawa’s hometown of Tokyo, Japan. After a dead-even first round, Montiel came on to have a solid second, followed by a Hasegawa-controlled third. The fourth round was mostly Hasegawa’s until Montiel [...]
How to Beat a Mayweather
by Paul Magno As Shane Mosley and Naazim Richardson prepare for the daunting task of trying to beat one of boxing’s modern day masters, The Boxing Tribune has set out to aid the duo and help establish the blueprint for beating Floyd Mayweather. No fighter is undefeatable and, while not an easy job at all, [...]
Saturday’s Recap
Courtesy of Lee Payton and our friends at The Boxing Bulletin: Boxing fans were treated to another fun Saturday night with 3 competitive match-ups involving some of the sport’s most exciting fighters. Showtime kicked things off with a delayed broadcast from Denmark where Mikkel Kessler silenced many of his critics, who called him finished and [...]
Loading ...