2011 Boxing Honor Roll
It was quite an eventful year in boxing in 2011. The fight calendar was pretty light early on but really picked up in the last four months of the year. You had Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz, Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez III, and Miguel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito II all taking place during [...]
Read More...The Five Worst Boxing Decisions That I Have Ever Witnessed
After watching Paul Williams (now an undeserving 40-2, 28 KO’s) get befuddled and bloodied over 12 grueling rounds against Cuban upstart Erislandy Lara (unjustly, no longer undefeated at 15-1), yet garner a gift decision, I couldn’t help but recall awful decisions that I had witnessed. And without further adieu, they are: the five worst boxing [...]
Read More...Manny Pacquiao Re-Arranges Antonio Margarito’s Face
I hate to say I told you so, but boxing karma travels fast. Everyone knows where I stand regarding the unforgivable boxing sin of loaded gloves committed by Antonio Margarito (now 38-7) before his fight with Shane Mosley, and perhaps others. It was only fitting that the super-human Manny Pacquiao (now 52-3) turned Margarito’s face into something [...]
Read More...I Know Who I’d Like To See Juan Manuel Marquez Fight Next
I’ll be straight with you. I did not watch the unnecessary pay-per-view rematch between Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz last night. Thanks to Kevin Iole’s tweets, I followed the fight through his lens. And as I predicted, Marquez dominated their return match. He did everything but knock Diaz out. So what’s next for Juan Manuel Marquez [...]
Read More...How I Halted My Two Fight Losing Streak When Cotto KO’d Foreman
You can’t keep a good man down. That’s what I was thinking in the wake of Marquez-Vazquez IV and Khan-Malignaggi — two bouts that I erred in predicting correctly. With an assist from my boxing fight predictor (see the screenshot below) as well as an agreeable style matchup, Miguel Cotto vs Yuri Foreman turned out to [...]
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