There were a lot of bright, glowing moments in 2013 for long-suffering hardcore boxing fans. A return to stacked (or semi-stacked) undercards saw some solid PPV co-features as well as some genuinely entertaining triple and quadruple-headers on HBO/Showtime. The cold war between Top Rank-Golden Boy and HBO-Showtime, instead of "ruining" the sport, actually saw all parties … [Read more...]
Embracing Boxing’s Chaos; Magno’s Monday Rant
“In chaos, there is fertility.” ― Anaïs Nin Whenever someone talks about reforming or cleaning up boxing, there's always one crucial factor left out of the discussion. It's the key to all that's horrible in the sport as well as being at the heart of what makes it great. It's the reason secret blogging societies and their weekly voodoo rankings rituals are utterly meaningless … [Read more...]
Stevenson, Kovalev Crush Opposition In Light Heavyweight Showcases
Colisee de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada-- It was hardly a night of surprises on HBO Saturday night as two of boxing's light heavyweight world champions, Adonis Stevenson and Sergey Kovalev stopped solid, but ultimately overmatched opposition in defense of their respective titles. In the main event, WBC champ, Stevenson (23-1, 20 KOs) made the second defense of his … [Read more...]
Adonis Stevenson vs. Tony Bellew: The Boxing Tribune Preview
by Tim Harrison This Saturday, November 30, Adonis “Superman” Stevenson (22-1, 19 KOs) defends his WBC light heavyweight title against Liverpool’s own Tony “Bomber” Bellew (20-1-1, 12 KOs) back in front of his adopted hometown crowd at the Colisee de Quebec in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. HBO will broadcast the fight on its Boxing After Dark series beginning at 10:15 PM … [Read more...]
The Three Faces of Adonis Stevenson TKO 1 Chad Dawson; Magno’s Monday Rant
As they often say in a dispute-- there's one side, the other side, and, somewhere in the middle, the truth. In the case of Adonis Stevenson's first round blow-out of Chad Dawson Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, nobody is denying the outcome. Nobody is denying the thudding overhand left that dropped Dawson or the subsequent, dopey "who ate my Cheerios" … [Read more...]