**** **** I have a regular column, “The Square Jungle,” featured on the Undisputed Champion Network, a new digital entertainment website and video channel dedicated to the art and science of boxing. Here is an excerpt of the latest edition: Arguments about who – if anyone – was at fault for the Abdusalamov tragedy range […] The Square Jungle On UCN: Abdusalamov, NYSAC, Haymon, Etc....
**** During the Adrien Broner-Emmanuel Taylor telecast on Saturday night, Showtime premiered a segment by sports columnist and author Mark Kriegel on The Making of Maidana and the growth of Oxnard boxing being cultivated by trainer Robert Garcia. Here is the full clip featuring Kriegel. **** **** **** **** The Making of Maidana: Mark Kriegel on Boxing in Oxnard - The Cruelest Sport - The Cruelest...
“By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show,” wrote Samuel Johnson, perhaps during a rare respite from anxiety. When, on Saturday, WBA and IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch sees London, he’ll likely see as much of native son George Groves as the talented challenger can show. Last […] The post Froch-Groves II: Brawl for Britain appeared first on Best Boxing Blog...
Photo Credit: Ed Mulholland By Nat Gottlieb In the split co-feature on the May 31 Boxing After Dark, four-division world champion, Nonito Donaire, will be trying for a fifth weight class title against recently-crowned featherweight champ, Simpiwe Vetyeka, a relatively unknown boxer from South Africa, at the Cotai Arena in Macau. More is at stake for the 31-year-old Donaire (32-2, 21 KOs) than just...
**** “To get hit and hurt, that was the worst thing in my life besides being an orphan. Like I didn’t know who my parents was. As far as I was concerned, anybody could have been my father and mother. I had to go through the rest of my life not knowing where I […] MATTHEW SAAD MUHAMMAD: 1954-2014 - The Cruelest Sport - The Cruelest Sport - A Professional Boxing blog ...
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**** “What have you done for me lately?” Perhaps no professional sport places more emphasis on recent history than boxing, where general inactivity makes last impressions lasting. Adonis Stevenson, who won a unanimous decision over Andrzej Fonfara at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, last night, is the latest example of this phenomenon. Stevenson’s career […] The Flesh Trade:...
The Event Following his astonishing run in 2013, which included three knockout championship wins and made him our “Fighter of the Year,” Adonis “Superman” Stevenson started 2014 making headlines for decisions taken outside the ring. In February he abruptly cut ties with HBO, which had broadcast all of his big wins the year previous, and signed […] The post BBB Fight Report:...
When the referee stepped in and grabbed George Groves, handing Carl Froch a 9th round TKO victory, many boxing fans were outraged at what they perceived to be an early stoppage. But HBO Boxing Insider Nat Gottlieb has a different take on how things went down. By Nat Gottlieb The headlines in the aftermath of Carl Froch's 9th round TKO of George Groves last November all said virtually the same thing:...
I’m not going to go off on Manny Pacquiao the way some have. Making ludicrous statements like, “Manny’s ducking Floyd”. It’s moronic. The fact that he signed the extension makes me happy. It means I can finally stop hearing people talk about the possibility of a fight that was never going to be made in […]...
HBO Boxing Insiders Eric Raskin and Kieran Mulvaney discuss Juan Manuel Marquez's unanimous decision victory over Mike Alvarado at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. ...
HBO Boxing's unofficial ringside judge Harold Lederman weighs in on Miguel Cotto. Cotto vs. Martinez happens Sat., June 7 live on pay-per-view beginning at 9pm ET/6pm PT. Watch: More Hey Harold! More from Cotto vs. Martinez ...
HBO Boxing's unofficial ringside judge Harold Lederman talks about Sergio Martinez ahead of his June 6th bout against Miguel Cotto. Watch: More Hey Harold! More from Cotto vs. Martinez ...
The EventGoing into Saturday night, everyone agreed on at least one thing: Juan Manuel Marquez is getting old. So the real questions of significance for the night were how battle-worn was his body and how would “Dinamita” hold up for 12 rounds against a game and motivated Mike Alvarado. For both fighters, though for different reasons, this […] The post BBB Fight Report: Marquez...
**** If there were a refrain for Juan Manuel Marquez’ unanimous decision win over Mike Alvarado last night it might very well be from “Once In a Lifetime” by Talking Heads. As Marquez chopped up Alvarado, employing the same wicked precision he brought to the same Forum in Inglewood, California, 19 years ago, the words, […] An Inexhaustible Surliness: Juan Manuel Marquez W12 Mike Alvarado - The...
Photos: Will Hart By Kieran Mulvaney At times, given the right participants, even one-sided ass-whoopings can be entertaining. They can be exciting enough to cause 12,090 spectators to explode in deafening roars, to have them wondering, if only for a moment or two, whether one man’s dominance might not ultimately translate into victory after all. Truth be told, for almost the entirety of his contest...
Juan Manuel Marquez and Mike Alvarado step on the scales at The Forum in Los Angeles. Marquez vs. Alvarado happens Sat., May 17 live on HBO WCB beginning at 10:15pm ET/7:15pm PT. Watch More Fight Week Video ...
From the Adirondack Association of USA Boxing - Adirondack Association of USA Boxing Scheduled Events* We have a few shows scheduled the next couple months and then several more later in the summer and fall. We also will be holding a LBC meeting as well as clinics for both coaches and officials. Look for more […]...
Photos: Will Hart By Kieran Mulvaney In February 1996, the Los Angeles Forum was the site of the inaugural episode of HBO's Boxing After Dark, headlined by an epic twelve-round slugfest between Marco Antonio Barrera and Kennedy McKinney. The ferocity with which the two men swapped punches inside the ring was presaged at the final pre-fight press conference, when McKinney made a derogatory remark toward...
**** Alvarado, 34-2 with 23 knockouts, last made headlines when he was tied to an SUV that had been mysteriously driven into a lake in Colorado. Needless to say, this is not the kind of news you want to see on an RSS Feed concerning an athlete. Alvarado is not Aaron Hernandez, of course, but […] Among the Living: Juan Manuel Marquez and Mike Alvarado Fight for their Futures - The Cruelest Sport...