by Green Machine Shannon Briggs shouldn’t have been in Intensive Care. In fact, he shouldn’t have been in the ring against Vitali Klitschko at all this past weekend. Blame his corner, blame the ref, but most of all blame the blood suckers that put this bout together because they could have cost Briggs his life. Briggs has been around a long time, he’s a big and imposing … [Read more...]
More Alphabet Madness
by The Green Machine In the never ending confusion that the sanctioning bodies create, the WBC has decided to name Mikkel Kessler its super middleweight “Champion Emeritus”. This in turn, will make the upcoming Andre Ward vs. Andre Dirrell bout a contest for the now vacant WBC super middleweight world title. As you know already, Kessler’s been sidelined with an eye … [Read more...]
Bridging the Gap: Can We Get More Overseas Boxing in the U.S.?
by Green MachineI 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 and storm the Dish Network offices let me say this: I’m not entirely against … [Read more...]
Kimbo: “Sliced” from UFC, so where to now?
by Green MachineEven if you’re not an MMA fan of any sort, you can’t avoid hearing about Kimbo Slice. Slice, in his few years of popularity has went from bodyguard, to street fighting “legend” to mixed martial artist, and now to purgatory. In case you haven’t already heard, Kimbo was cut from the UFC roster (so says Dana White) after Saturday nights TKO loss to … [Read more...]
In Search of…Troy Ross
by The Green MachineYou wouldn’t know it unless you’re Canadian, or a boxing fanatic checking results and web pages from around the globe, but Troy Ross fought Saturday night, and knocked out Daniel Bispo in just over a minute. On the big stage this was lost with Paul Williams and Chris Arreola fighting on the same night on HBO but I think Ross deserves more attention, a … [Read more...]