by Ted Sares Fall seven times, stand up eight —Japanese proverb. Boxers from Argentina have had their surge but it has slowed down considerably. Eastern European fighters continue to rise as Gennady Golovkin, Sergey Kovalev, Wladimir Klitschko, Vasyl Lomachenko, Ruslan Provodnikov, and Evgeny Gradovich and now Artur Beterbiev make great fights in different global … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2012
In a lot of ways, 2012 was the best of times and the worst of times for fight fans. Competition for the eyeballs of fight fans created at least the hint of an effort to deliver good fights to the public and, although Golden Boy and Top Rank still insist on playing promotional turf war, both companies did a decent job of making some of the best fights within their power to make. … [Read more...]
The Redemption of Omar Narvaez: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette A lot is made of common opponents in sports where teams or individuals face the same teams or players. In college football, it's part of the labyrinthine rankings system that's barely better than what the Ring Magazine (or the new Sweet Transvestites From Transsexual Transylvania panel) rankings come up with for boxing. Sometimes a fighter's not much by the … [Read more...]
Boxing Rankings Updates: Rios Debuts at Junior Welter, Donaire is #1, More…
After Saturday's exciting junior welterweight war with Mike Alvarado, Brandon Rios, with the TKO win, officially debuts in the division's #5 slot. Meanwhile, Alvarado falls from #5 to #7. On the same card, Nonito Donaire beat Toshiaki Nishioka and moved up to the junior featherweight division's #1 spot. Nishioka, who was #1, fell to #3. On Friday, Adonis Stevenson scored … [Read more...]
Rios beats Alvarado with a bang, Nishioka goes out against Donaire with a whimper
Home Depot Center, Carson, California-- Not even the rising star of Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KOs) could overcome the passive indifference of a world class fighter unwilling to engage. WBO/IBF champ Donaire still won, still stopped Toshiaki Nishioka, still swept every round before the ninth round stoppage, but was never allowed to shine by the Japanese star, who was playing … [Read more...]