compiled by Danny Howard For the most part, 2016 will probably be best remembered in the sport as the year the action stopped. Promotional and political red tape slowed fights down to a crawl, preventing the best possible fights to actually happen, and the rapidly diminishing quality of shows from HBO Boxing, once the flagship of the sport, did not contribute much to the … [Read more...]
2009: The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards
by Paul Magno2009 resembled an Arturo Gatti fight.Controversy caused by Antonio Margarito's loaded hand wraps and a weak economy had boxing on the ropes for a good portion of the year. To top things off, tragedy hit the boxing world hard as three hall of fame talents were lost: Arturo Gatti, Vernon Forrest and Alexis Arguello.However, like any good Gatti fight, the underdog … [Read more...]