In a world of perfect boxing continuity, WBC and true lineal middleweight champ, Miguel Cotto, would meet his destiny and pass the torch to the best middleweight, Gennady Golovkin, in a winner-take-all contest to bring order to the division. Except, Cotto and just about everyone who knows boxing understands that Cotto-Golovkin is less scrap and more thrashing machine … [Read more...]
Boxing Judges: Another Perspective
by Ted Sares It’s easy to criticize boxing judges. But it’s not that easy to have a sound basis for the criticism. One needs to see the fight the judge saw to be in the position to rightly criticize. Critics should temper criticisms in light of the situations boxing judges are in when judging fights. And judges should likewise understand criticisms from the boxing public … [Read more...]
Controversial Bradley-Chaves Draw Tops Solid HBO Card
Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada-- For the first four or five rounds of Saturday's HBO welterweight main event between Timothy Bradley (31-1-1, 12 KOs) and Diego Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs) it was all headbutts, flying fists, and awkward clashes. By the sixth round, though, a facially swollen Bradley-- who had ugly headbutt-caused bumps under the left eye, on the … [Read more...]
Tim Bradley and Diego Chaves headline HBO tripleheader this Saturday
by Tim Harrison HBO will close out a lackluster 2014 with a tripleheader this Saturday, December 13 beginning at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT from the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada. Former two division champion Timothy Bradley (31-1, 12 KOs) will headline against hard-hitting Argentinean Diego Chaves (23-2, 19 KOs) in a non-title fight set for 12 rounds. The broadcast will open with … [Read more...]
Pride Comes Before the Fall of Juan Manuel Marquez
If there has been one constant throughout the Hall of Fame career of Juan Manuel Marquez, it's that pride, more so than any other factor, has ruled his entire boxing life. There's been the professional pride that went into perfecting his craft, of course. Then, there was the pride that often saw him throw caution to the wind when truly challenged in the ring. There's also … [Read more...]