The “stalk, stun and close” is one of my favorite fight scenarios. If it involves the prey being gassed, then that adds to the drama. The stalk often begins at different times depending on circumstances. Fighters like Julio Chavez Sr., Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Roberto Duran, and Khaosai Galaxy, to name a few, defined this style during their respective reigns of terror. … [Read more...]
Wilder, Hurd, Breazeale Deliver KOs on PBC Triple-header
It may not have been easy, but Deontay Wilder successfully defended his WBC Heavyweight title after knocking out Gerald Washington in five rounds. Wilder was making his first appearance in the ring since last summer when he suffered hand and bicep injuries which required surgery, and looked slow to the trigger for the first four rounds of the fight. Washington, who took the … [Read more...]
Tony Harrison Beats Up The Janitor: ESPN Friday Night Fights Recap
by Fox Doucette Tony Harrison (21-0, 18 KOs) moved one step closer to graduating from the Deontay Wilder School of Early-Career Opponents as he knocked out Pablo Munguia (20-7, 11 KOs) in three rounds in a farce of a main event on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights from the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. In the co-feature, we learned what happens when a guy who can't … [Read more...]
Tony Harrison To Clobber Pablo Munguia: ESPN Friday Night Fights Preview
by Fox Doucette Some main events are intensely competitive, closely fought affairs that lead to the good kind of controversy when a split decision could easily have gone to either fighter. Then...there's this week's Friday Night Fights main event on ESPN2 from Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. Tony Harrison (20-0, 17 KOs), barely over a month removed from beating … [Read more...]
More Mismatches Than An Online Dating Site: ESPN Friday Night Fights Recap
by Fox Doucette Some nights of boxing absolutely confound analysis and render any attempt at gleaning lessons completely moot. We got one of those kinds of nights tonight from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights. In the main event, Tony Harrison (20-0, 17 KOs) stopped a completely shot, overmatched, “what was he doing fighting?” Antwone Smith (23-6-1, 12 … [Read more...]