by Fox Doucette Welcome to The Southpaw, the column that's hurt not by words but by left hooks to the body: At the end of every piece of work I've ever submitted to the Boxing Tribune in the nearly four years I've been doing this, I've signed off with “Fan mail, hate mail, and [joke of the week] can be sent to beatcap@gmail.com.” Sure enough, over the years, I've received fan … [Read more...]
Hanging On to the Dream: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette There was a time in the history of this world where someone could be a kid looking forward at a life ahead of him and say “I want to be a writer when I grow up” and not get laughed out of the room. The scribe's life was a worthwhile career for someone with the talent and the desire to do the job, and going to journalism school was not an exercise in setting … [Read more...]
How Boxing Predicts Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette Welcome to another edition of The Southpaw, where if it's good enough for Teddy Atlas, it's good enough for me: Repeat after me: “Styles Make Fights.” That three-word maxim is the single biggest predictive catchphrase in the Sweet Science when it comes to trying to get a call right in advance of a big fight. Last week, we saw an unexpected application of that … [Read more...]
Matthysse-Provodnikov, 2015 Fight of the Year: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette Welcome to The Southpaw, the column that would never have coffee with Bill Cosby: Rumors have begun to float around the edges of the boxing world that Lucas Matthysse (36-3, 34 KOs) may be set to fight Ruslan Provodnikov (24-3, 17 KOs) later this year, and on the list of fights that are only rumors this year but would be awesome if they happened, a … [Read more...]
The Impending Murder of Deontay Wilder: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette Welcome to The Southpaw, where the only tomato cans are filled with San Marzano: Are boxing fans seriously still stupid enough to fall for puffed-up records in lieu of “who has that guy fought?” discussions? If Deontay Wilder (32-0, 32 KOs) and his legion of media pets and social-networking clowns are anything to go by, you bet your ass. He fights Bermane … [Read more...]