By Kirk Jackson The stars are aligned again and on December 14th Showtime will be showcasing a quadruple header at the Alamo dome in San Antonio, Texas. This fight card features many big time contenders and the main event will be capped with a highly anticipated fight featuring three division …
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By Tyson Bruce Indio, California- The latest installment of the Fox Sport’s Golden Boy Fight Night series saw a slew of Golden Boy prospects continue to progress in their professional careers and veteran contender Joesito Lopez return to the win column with a much tougher than expected 8th Round technical …
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By Sean Crose Make no mistake about it, Adrien Broner is obnoxious. Really obnoxious. Some would say sickeningly obnoxious. He’s also extremely talented, which makes him all the more distasteful a figure to many fight fans. Still, he’s not the first bad apple in boxing and, chances are, he won’t …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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