by Eddie Goldman Repeat after me, ladies and germs: Boxing is a TV sport. Boxing is a TV sport. If you don't get that, you don't get boxing, especially its immediate future. Yes, streaming is growing, but it is still often a lousy, glitchy, unreliable substitute for ye olde televisione, and will remain so for at least a few years if not longer. Besides, the major … [Read more...]
Ortiz vs. Berto II: The Boxing Tribune Preview
Tomorrow night at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, “Vicious” Victor Ortiz (31-5-2, 24 KO’s) and Andre Berto (30-4, 23 KO’s) square off or the second time in the Premier Boxing Champions headlining 12 round contest. The former world champions put on a fight of the year candidate in 2011; in a bout that saw both fighters hit the canvas two times a piece, Ortiz managed … [Read more...]
Mayweather-Berto Is Not Happening: The Sunday Brunch
Hola amigos y familia, welcome to a chimichurri-rubbed flank steak-scented edition of Central America's number one source for boxing-flavored misinformation, exaggerations and copy and paste press releases, The Sunday Brunch - We are facing Floyd Mayweather in May for number 50. This week we're bursting all your little bubbles while we break down why Andre Berto never steps in … [Read more...]
Pacquiao Vs Mayweather Vs Khan?:The Sunday Brunch
Hola familia y amigos, welcome back to a huge head shaped edition of Central America's highest grossing weekly pugilistic paper, The Sunday Brunch - If boxing was a lecture at Harvard's Memorial Hall, we'd be Neil Degrasse Tyson, Bill Nye and Richard Dawkins all smushed into one easy-to-swallow - but difficult to wrap your brain - around Flintstones Vitamin shaped pill. We're … [Read more...]
Off TV Results from the MGM Grand
Shumenov halts Thomas Jr. Former WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov stops Bobby Thomas Jr with a TKO prior to round 6 in a cruiserweight bout Thomas Jr not backing to Shumenov as Shumenov attacks him power punches to the body. Shumenov countering his lesser foe with check hooks. Shumenov beginning to sit on his punches as the round progresses. Shumenov’s body … [Read more...]