by Fox Doucette Well, the initial fight card for Al Haymon's Premier Boxing Champions has come and gone, and...meh. Sure, it drew three million viewers, but then again, it was advertised to hell and back---even the local Top 40 station here in Seattle ran ads for it during the break in its drive-time show in the morning. You could get 3.4 million people to watch just about … [Read more...]
To Shill, A Mocking Word: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette Welcome to The Southpaw, a column that can't resist a good pun in a title: First off, let me begin this weekly thousand-word aria di mezzo carattere by saying just one: Wow. The traffic spike I've seen from getting the FNF stuff featured on ESPN's Facebook page, and the pure joy that has come with stepping back into a role I'd left behind far too long? The … [Read more...]
Floyd Mayweather Will Beat Manny Pacquiao: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette Welcome to The Southpaw, a column which once instructed Pacland to “tell me how my ass tastes”: I wish I could say I had news to report in this column, a fresh perspective, something that would blow the doors wide open on the Pacquiao-Mayweather discussion now that the fight's finally been signed (I feel shortchanged, since I was on record as saying that Kat … [Read more...]
Al Haymon, Racketeer: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette Over at The Sweet Science, Michael Woods is reporting that Al Haymon's attempt to corner the boxing television market may claim a casualty near and dear to your columnist's heart. ESPN may sign a deal with Haymon wherein the “adviser” (read: racketeer who has exempted himself from the Muhammad Ali Act by claiming to be neither a manager nor a promoter while in … [Read more...]
The Myth of “Effective Aggression”: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette Welcome to The Southpaw, the column that throws punches in bunches and tips the cards its way every time: Last week on Friday Night Fights, we saw Abie Han nearly steal a split decision from Sergio Mora despite most of his punching hitting either Mora's gloves or nothing but thin air. It was one of those cases where there was a big divide between the scorecard … [Read more...]