In contemporary society, the mainstream media’s engine runs almost entirely from the fuel of the PR pump, which spins stories and set agendas to suit the capitalist desires of the political and corporate elite. Unfortunately, this culture of spin has long since pervaded the sporting arena and is particularly prevalent …
Read More »Detroits Boxing Scene on the Upswing
By Jackie Kallen Detroit was once an esteemed boxing city. This was even before the Kronk Gym ruled the roost from the late 1970s until last year when Emanuel Steward died. During Joe Louis’s heyday, the city was bustling with gyms in every neighborhood and amateur shows just about every …
Read More »Must We Disdain Excitement & Rally to Snore-Mongering Guillermo Rigondeaux?
By Ivan G. Goldman Roaming through our site, I came across an intriguing passage in an article by colleague Sean Crose. Mr. Crose, speaking up for Guillermo Rigondeaux’s excruciatingly boring style, lamented that the fighter’s trainer “indicated that (Rigo) will do what is wished of him and become ‘exciting’ for …
Read More »Showtime Boxing Preview: Adrien Broner vs. Maidana, Santa Cruz vs. Seda, Thurman vs. Soto Karass
Showtime Boxing Preview: Adrien Broner vs. Maidana, Santa Cruz vs. Seda, Thurman vs. Soto Karass By: William Holmes Golden Boy Promotions is presenting a stacked card on Saturday night from San Antonio, Texas. This card was originally supposed to be on pay per view but it was later decided to …
Read More »NBC Sports Fight Night Preview: Thompson vs. Coyne, Price vs. Mansour
By: William Holmes So much has been made of the “Cold War” that boxing fans forget that other promotions exist and some of the sports’ top prospects fight for someone other than Bob Arum or Richard Schaefer. Main Events, Gary Shaw, Lou DiBella, 50 Cent, Goosen Tutor, Jimmy Birchfield, and …
Read More »Adrien Broner and the Anatomy of Creating a Superstar
By Tyson Bruce The iconic actress Marilyn Monroe once said, “Only the public can make a star. It’s the studios who try to make a system out of it.” The world of prize fighting often operates from a similar platform, with some fighters attaining stardom because of a natural magnetism …
Read More »WBC Should Sanction an Interim Champion; Vitali Klitschko has Bigger Fights Ahead
By Briggs Seekins Distant historians will likely look back upon our present era as an age of popular uprising. In recent decades, corrupt dictators and ruthless empires have been brought down, not through armed struggle, but by acts of collective consciousness, by the sheer fact of bodies filling the public …
Read More »Boxing’s Biggest Battle: HBO vs Showtime
By Sean Crose If you look carefully enough you’ll be surprised that things took this long to come to a head. The war between HBO and Showtime should, by right, have been going on since the second half of the 1980s, when Showtime first stepped onto the boxing scene. In …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Pacquiao, Ricky Hatton, 50 Cent, and more….
By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of December 3rd to December 10th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. TMZ Reports: Pacquiao Owes 18 Million to IRS TMZ reports that the IRS claims Manny Pacquiao …
Read More »Sticking Guillermo Rigondeaux in Main Event Is like Selling Tickets to Smallpox
By Ivan G. Goldman Twelve rounds of Rigondeaux is too much Rigondeaux. No amount of cajoling by Max Kellerman can change that. If baseball games were scheduled to go 18 innings they’d be a close cousin to one of this guy’s fights — and America would have to look for …
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