Amanda Serrano (20-1-1, 15 KOs) is rumored to be facing off with her older sister, Cindy (20-5-2, 9 KOs), in the near future. The two sisters filmed a spot for a possible reality tv show. According to the sisters trainer and manager Jordan Maldonado, the show would feature a first season exposing the two women boxers to […]...
Mike Rivest’s latest piece over on The Troy Record is on Sarah Kuhn. Not the fight she was going to be in, but the unfortunate feeling of having to pull out of said fight. Kuhn pulled one of her tricep muscles during training and cannot fight this Saturday. I can imagine how crushing that feeling is […]...
Floyd Mayweather, Jr., improved his flawless record to 46-0 after notching a majority decision over rough-hewn Marcos Maidana on May 3. It was his umpteenth championship victory and another successful business venture for one of the biggest moneymakers in boxing history. Since winning his first title at junior lightweight in 1998, Mayweather has […] The Four Horsemen: Welterweight...
Exactly nine years ago today, boxing saw one of its most memorable pages be written by the fists of two of the best lightweights of recent times: Diego “Chico” Corrales and Jose Luis “Temible” Castillo. Inexplicably, Corrales’ and Castillo’s reputation as all-action fighters and the appeal of having the two best fighters in the division at […] The post Immortality – Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis...
Unofficial HBO Boxing scorer Harold Lederman discusses what he sees in the ring during a live fight. Go to www.hbo.com to see the upcoming HBO Boxing schedule. ...
**** Tough as a gaucho, ornery as a borracho, and as macho as the ring allows him to be, Maidana pressed the action early and pinned Mayweather to the ropes, where he hurled one wild shot after another at a shimmying target. To Maidana, whose reckless assaults are calculated to keep finesse boxers from setting […] Brute Force: Marcos Maidana Falls Short Against Floyd Mayweather, Jr. - The Cruelest...
**** He found himself in the type of grueling battle that his talents and shrewdness have long conspired to insulate him from. Doggedly pursued by Marcos Maidana, a roiling menace of ill-will, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., clawed his way to a majority decision last night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It […] Nemesis: Floyd Mayweather Jr. W12 Marcos Maidana - The Cruelest Sport...
The Event Last night at the MGM Grand, Floyd Mayweather narrowly outpointed Marcos Maidana in 2014′s biggest event to date: The Moment. It was a frenetic and entertaining bout, and headlined a card that also featured popular welterweights Amir Khan and Adrien Broner. Dubbed ‘The Moment’ for reasons known only to Richard Schaefer’s promotional team, Mayweather-Maidana […] The post BBB Fight...
**** Even Andy Warhol might have been surprised at how quickly Broner seems to have gone from crass fame to being a reclamation project. “The Problem” returns to the ring tonight on the undercard of the Mayweather-Maidana pay-per-view when he faces 20-1-all-the-way-to-50-1 underdog Carlos Molina in a junior welterweight bout scheduled for 10. Career advancement […] Forget The Humble Brag, Alas:...
Here we go again: fight night in Vegas. A few weeks ago it was Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley; now it’s Pacquiao’s elusive quarry, “Money” himself, taking on Marcos Maidana, the conqueror of his protoge, Adrien Broner, for the other version of the welterweight crown. “El Chino” is a huge underdog, but some here are […] The post The BBB Picks – Mayweather...
**** Golden Boy Promotions decided against a coast-to-coast marketing junket for this fight—possibly because Maidana is so dour—and the result has been far less buzz than Mayweather generated for his last fight, a 12-round master class against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez that became the highest-grossing boxing pay-per-view in history. This time around, it will cost you […] Money for Nothing: Marcos...
First we as fans were given a choice of Amir Khan or Marcos Maidana. The vote conducted by Floyd Mayweather Jr’s people resulted in Amir Khan being the winner. The result of basically all other polls was Marcos Maidana. Mayweather then negated his poll and declared Maidana his opponent for his May 3rd return to the […]...
**** An overview on Floyd Mayweather, Jr., culled from the files of TCS. Relive the last four years of his tumultuous career as Mayweather heads into his blockbuster superfight against Saul Alvarez tonight in Las Vegas. **** THE EGO IS ALWAYS AT THE WHEEL: Why Floyd Mayweather Jr. Seems So Hesitant to Fight Manny Pacquiao […] THE FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. FILES - The Cruelest Sport - The Cruelest...
Once boxing’s crown prince and its court jester, a humbled, bearded Adrien Broner returns to the ring this Saturday night on the undercard of “The Moment.” It’s his first fight since losing to Marcos Maidana last December, a result that earned the Argentine a date with Floyd Mayweather and altered the orbit of Broner’s star. […] The post Instead of Billions, Broner Should be About...
Brian Kenny – Mayweather vs. Maidana is one of those contests in sports you never forget. In all my years of working boxing broadcasts, no other night comes close in terms of excitement and drama to what we witnessed at the MGM Grand the night of May 3, 2014. It was unforgettable, for so many reasons. But […] The post How It Happened: An Oral History of Mayweather vs. Maidana appeared first...
**** Boxing concretizes heroic concepts other sports can only pay lip service to: courage, endurance, character. Think about that the next time a television announcer hyperventilates about a pitcher staying on the mound despite suffering from a . . . blister. On Saturday night, Argentine Lucas Matthysse and Mexican-American John Molina, Jr., pushed each other […] Hell is for Heroes: Lucas Matthysse...
**** Floyd Mayweather, Jr., reaches the midpoint of his six-fight, nearly $250-million victory lap on Saturday night when he faces quiet, clubbing Marcos Maidana at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. For years, Mayweather events have been little more than grand exhibitions of sly matchmaking and wearisome promotion. Because “The Moment” involves […] Cruising: Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Marcos...
Harold Lederman gives a first-hand account of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter's career in the ring. ...
The boxing world is resolutely focused, as it should be, on this Saturday’s big event, with Floyd Mayweather Jr. defending his title as the world’s best welterweight against legitimate contender and heavy power-puncher Marcos Maidana. However, more than a few boxing fans are shrugging their shoulders and shaking their heads at what they anticipate will […] The post Y’all Must’ve...
When one has followed the sport of boxing for as long as I have, one develops a certain double-edged sensitivity to all the neg-head, downer crap one has to listen to about how boxing is dying, no one cares anymore, it’s hopelessly corrupt and how half a dozen greats from the 1920s could probably clean […] The post Mayweather vs. Maidana: Stop pissing on my cornflakes, please. appeared...