by Tim Harrison Last weekend boxing suffered a severe blow to its already meager credibility when Timothy Bradley was awarded a decision over Manny Pacquiao after winning no more than four rounds on any impartial observer’s scorecard. Boxing was declared dead by many A-through-Z-list celebrities on Twitter. Josh Duhamel, the actor brave enough to sign up for three of … [Read more...]
Timothy Bradley Has Reached the Big Time, and He’ll Be Around for a While
by Tim Harrison Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12 KOs) is largely unknown outside of hardcore boxing circles. In the promotion for Saturday night’s WBO welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden arena in Las Vegas, Bradley has done something that none of Pacquiao’s recent opponents have done. He’s provided an interesting foil for the quiet, soft-spoken Pacquiao. And the list … [Read more...]
Pacquiao vs. Bradley: A Promotion High on Faith, Little Else
by Tim Harrison Saturday night’s Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley pay-per-view extravaganza is right around the corner, and rather than being the hotly-anticipated blockbuster event that we’re used to seeing, the beating drums in the lead up to this fight have never reached the deafening roar we have grown accustomed to. For the past few years a Manny Pacquiao fight … [Read more...]
The WBC strips Andre Ward, orders Martirosyan to another “Final Eliminator”
The World Boxing Council (WBC) has elected to strip Andre Ward of his WBC super middleweight title and has sanctioned a bout between number one ranked Anthony Dirrell (24-0, 21 KOs) and number three ranked Nikola Sjekloca (24-0, 7 KOs) for the world title. Ward, who injured his hand in the Showtime Super Six World Boxing Classic final in December, has still not announced his … [Read more...]
Miguel Cotto in the Middle of Mayweather and Pacquiao: Harrison’s Monday Rant
Miguel Cotto has spent that last two years as the forgotten man at Top Rank; the Sherman Williams to Manny Pacquiao’s Emmitt Smith. Since he re-signed with Top Rank in June of 2009, Cotto has been sent to slaughter, handcuffed and weight drained, against Manny Pacquiao. He’s been offered up as opponents to rising stars, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Vanes Martirosyan, and he was … [Read more...]