Knock-Out Boxing Coverage Delivered Daily 2010-09-07T20:28:24Z http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/rss/fanshots 2010-09-07T20:28:24Z 2010-09-07T20:28:24Z <object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WvqBc5OA_4Y?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" /></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WvqBc5OA_4Y?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="340" width="560"></embed></object> <div class="source source-img"><p>Oscar De La Hoya spoke to Marcos, our fight correspondent about why he was grinning during the telecast of the Mayweather/Mosley PPV on HBO. Marcos also asks Oscar if he believes he could of beaten Juan Manuel Marquez when he was in is prime</p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/9/7/1675045/oscar-de-la-hoya-spoke-to-marcos fighthub 2010-09-06T03:58:39Z 2010-09-06T03:58:39Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/09/05/the-last-word-on-tcs-regarding-antonio-margarito/">The Last Word--On TCS--Regarding Antonio&nbsp;Margarito</a></h3> <div class="description"><p><em>By <strong>Carlos Acevedo</strong> of <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/" target="new">The Cruelest Sport.</a></em></p> <p>This will be the last post regarding the Antonio Margarito controversy on The Cruelest Sport. There are a few reasons for this. First, not many are interested in any contextual notions–comprised of historical/economic background–concerning Margarito; second, the holier-than-thou camp is boring, and, with few exceptions, interested only in browbeating; third, reason seems to be in short supply surrounding this issue. In fact, The Cruelest Sport is still accused of being a Margarito "defender" by some without imagination but, apparently, with extraordinarily limited reading comprehension.</p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/9/5/1672039/the-last-word-on-tcs-regarding thenonpareil 2010-09-04T21:53:58Z 2010-09-04T21:53:58Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/09/04/saint-pacquiao-and-other-notes-on-the-margarito-controversy/">Saint Manny--And Other Notes on the Margarito Controversy </a></h3> <div class="description"><p><em>By C<strong>arlos Acevedo</strong> of <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/" target="new">The Cruelest Sport</a>.</em></p> <p>Fallout from the Antonio Margarito situation continues and it is probably still worth delving into a few points on the radioactive matter. However, barring any significant developments, this will be the penultimate post on The Cruelest Sport concerning the Margarito controversy. There are some reductive folks out there who might consider these comments a "defense" of Margarito and of the status quo. But they are merely attempts to provide context, something rare in boxing coverage, and to make the simple point that opinions—both informed and uninformed—are not truths. <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/09/04/saint-pacquiao-and-other-notes-on-the-margarito-controversy/" target="new">Read the rest here...</a></p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/9/4/1670038/saint-manny-and-other-notes-on-the thenonpareil 2010-09-03T17:38:38Z 2010-09-03T17:38:38Z <img alt="Pound4poundradio" src="http://cdn3.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/142162/pound4poundradio.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p><em><strong>Giovanni Segura</strong> was a guest on last night's <a href="http://radio.thescore.com/episodes/sept-2" target="new">Pound 4 Pound radio show on Sirius 98</a>, hosted by <strong>Jason Abelson</strong> and produced by The Boxing Bulletin's <strong>Corey Erdman</strong>. <br /></em></p> <p>A couple of quotes from the new 108lb king...</p> <p>"If they offer me an opportunity at 112 or 115, I'll definitely go for it."</p> <p>"If I ever fought one of the Kameda brothers, I'd kill them. They don't have no defense whatsoever. All they have is that little circus, breaking books and chasing chickens, all those weird things. They're just drama, it's all drama. I've seen them get dropped by fighters that don't even have power. If I ever get to fight any of those guys, I'll definitely chop 'em down."</p> <p>Click <a href="http://radio.thescore.com/episodes/sept-2" target="new">here</a> to listen to the full show.</p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/9/3/1667758/giovanni-segura-was-a-guest-on The Boxing Bulletin 2010-09-02T17:41:57Z 2010-09-02T17:41:57Z <object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DitVrT7lO3I?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DitVrT7lO3I?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="340" width="560"></embed></object> <div class="source source-img"><p>Fight Hub TV sent our fight correspondent Marcos out to Beverly Hills to speak to both Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito. He asked both fighters if they felt they deserved the fight as well as caught the moment on camera in which margarito reacts to manny saying he knew he has loaded wraps</p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/9/2/1665609/fight-hub-tv-sent-our-fight fighthub 2010-08-31T23:41:41Z 2010-08-31T23:41:41Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/31/sound-fury-the-margarito-panama-lewis-connection-maidana-struggles-segura-sizzles-gbp-as-usual-fizzles/">Sound & Fury: The Margarito-Panama Lewis&nbsp;Connection, Maidana Struggles, Segura Sizzles, GBP, As Usual,&nbsp;Fizzles</a></h3> <div class="description"><p><em>By <strong>Carlos Acevedo</strong> of <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/" target="new">The Cruelest Sport</a>.</em></p> <p>Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips clichés. This week TCS takes a look at the asterisk that belongs to Antonio Margarito-Panama Lewis comparisons, offers some creative advice–free of charge–to Golden Boy Promotions, and offers thoughts on recent fights involving Marcos Maidana and Giovanni Segura. <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/31/sound-fury-the-margarito-panama-lewis-connection-maidana-struggles-segura-sizzles-gbp-as-usual-fizzles/" target="new">Read the rest here...</a></p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/8/31/1661743/sound-fury-the-margarito-panama thenonpareil 2010-08-30T23:47:37Z 2010-08-30T23:47:37Z <object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h2YqVXg9Zyo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" /></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h2YqVXg9Zyo?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="340" width="560"></embed></object> <div class="source source-img"><p>Fight Hub TV's fight correspondent, Marcos, gets a update from Bob Arum about how Manny is doing before the Pacquiao/Margarito press tour gets under way!</p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/8/30/1659562/fight-hub-tvs-fight-correspondent fighthub 2010-08-30T12:23:00Z 2010-08-30T12:23:00Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://safesideoftheropes.com/2010/08/30/kesslers-departure-offers-outsiders-a-lifeline-the-search-for-mr-x-and-ratings-gripes/">Kessler’s Departure Offers Outsiders A Lifeline, The Search For Mr.X and Ratings&nbsp;Gripes</a></h3> <div class="description"><p><em>by <strong>Andrew Harrison</strong> (<a href="http://safesideoftheropes.com/" target="new">Safe Side Of The Ropes</a>)</em></p> <p>It’s difficult not to feel it for Messrs. Hershman and the folks over at Showtime after Mikkel Kessler’s sudden and unfortunate departure from their creative Super Six tournament. The half dozen competitors vying for a semi final berth have (once again) rather abruptly become five and will likely, if sense prevails, morph into four. Dumping late entrant Allan Green out of the mixer completely in order to salvage the competition may now be a necessary evil, yet in doing so, the move would more or less make the points scoring malarkey of previous rounds well, pretty much redundant in all honesty (<a href="http://safesideoftheropes.com/2010/08/30/kesslers-departure-offers-outsiders-a-lifeline-the-search-for-mr-x-and-ratings-gripes/" target="new">read more</a>).</p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/8/30/1658162/kesslers-departure-offers Andrew Harrison 2010-08-30T04:23:36Z 2010-08-30T04:23:36Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/29/against-the-grain-on-the-pacquiao-margarito-fight/">Against the Grain: On&nbsp;Pacquiao-Margarito</a></h3> <div class="description"><p><em>By <strong>Carlos Acevedo</strong> of <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/" target="new">The Cruelest Sport</a>.</em></p> <p>Now that Antonio Margarito has gotten a license from a vending machine in the lobby of the offices of the Texas Combative Sports Commission, his fight with Manny Pacquiao is officially on. And with the looming bout, apparently, comes a maelstrom of criticism, outrage, and pompous advice sure to last as long as the buildup to the fight itself. <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/29/against-the-grain-on-the-pacquiao-margarito-fight/" target="new">Read the rest here...</a></p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/8/30/1657921/against-the-grain-on-pacquiao thenonpareil 2010-08-25T19:53:56Z 2010-08-25T19:53:56Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/25/a-dream-out-of-reach-mikkel-kessler-the-super-six/">A Dream Out of Reach: Mikkel Kessler & The Super&nbsp;Six</a></h3> <div class="description"><p><em>By <strong>Carlos Acevedo</strong> of <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/" target="new">The Cruelest Sport</a>.</em></p> <p>The Super Six suffered another body shot when Mikkel Kessler was forced to withdraw from the tournament today because of an eye injury. This is a serious blow to the World Boxing Classic, which has taken its share of clouts since its commencement and is looking slightly punchy at this point from the beating. <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/25/a-dream-out-of-reach-mikkel-kessler-the-super-six/" target="new">Read the rest here...</a></p> <p></p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/8/25/1650490/a-dream-out-of-reach-mikkel thenonpareil 2010-08-23T23:54:43Z 2010-08-23T23:54:43Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/23/the-weepy-kind-antonio-margarito-the-media/">The Weepy Kind: Antonio Margarito & The&nbsp;Media</a></h3> <div class="description"><p><em>By <strong>Carlos Acevedo</strong> of <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/" target="new">The Cruelest Sport</a>.</em></p> <p>Antonio Margarito has become the sanctimonious hobby horse of the hour. In a comical hearing not exactly the dramatic equivalent of Jimmy Stewart in Anatomy of A Murder or Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird, Antonio Margarito, shot down by a 5-1 vote against, was denied a license to fight by the California State Athletic Commission. Insisting that the doctored knucklepad was the sole work of his trainer, the Renfield-like Javier Capitello, Margarito will have to go elsewhere in the United States for a license. <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/23/the-weepy-kind-antonio-margarito-the-media/" target="new">Read the rest here...</a></p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/8/23/1638495/the-weepy-kind-antonio-margarito thenonpareil 2010-08-22T15:14:33Z 2010-08-22T15:14:33Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://safesideoftheropes.com/2010/08/22/tis-almost-the-season-to-be-jolly-as-domestic-boxing-returns-to-the-menu/">'Tis (almost) The Season To Be Jolly As Domestic Boxing Returns To The Menu </a></h3> <div class="description"><p><em>by <strong>Andrew Harrison</strong> (<a href="http://safesideoftheropes.com/" target="new">Safe Side Of The Ropes</a>)</em></p> <p>As we trundle away from the season of shorts, flip flops and rained off barbecues, solace can be found for British fight fans in the recommencement of the domestic boxing schedule and this year it’ll be slightly different. In a pretty significant move, Sky have rejigged their weekend boxing programme, switching fight nights from Friday late to Saturday prime time. British boxing not only has a crack at gaining a wider audience share, it can also shoulder barge its way onto the sports pages of the Sunday broadsheets. Happy, happy days (<a href="http://safesideoftheropes.com/2010/08/22/tis-almost-the-season-to-be-jolly-as-domestic-boxing-returns-to-the-menu/" target="new">read more</a>).</p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/8/22/1636131/tis-almost-the-season-to-be-jolly Andrew Harrison 2010-08-22T01:00:52Z 2010-08-22T01:00:52Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/21/introducing-the-cruelest-sport-theme-song/">The Cruelest Sport Theme&nbsp;Song</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>A tune from Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers.</p> <p>Play at high volume and at least try to get to the trumpet solo, which sounds like Sugar Ray Robinson in action. <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/21/introducing-the-cruelest-sport-theme-song/" target="new">Click here...</a></p> <p></p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/8/21/1635573/the-cruelest-sport-theme-song thenonpareil 2010-08-21T05:18:39Z 2010-08-21T05:18:39Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/20/the-cruelest-sport-sells-out/">The Cruelest Sport Sells Out </a></h3> <div class="description"><p></p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/8/21/1634619/the-cruelest-sport-sells-out thenonpareil 2010-08-20T18:36:54Z 2010-08-20T18:36:54Z <object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/X_KgPHkdRZs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" /></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X_KgPHkdRZs?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="340" width="560"></embed></object> <div class="source source-img"><p>Fight Hub TV's Marcos caught up with GSP founder Gary Shaw and asked him if he will return to mma. What he told us is that in fact he will be bringing over MMA fighters to fight in a boxing ring. First guy up will be, Kimbo Slice!</p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/8/20/1633749/fight-hub-tvs-marcos-caught-up fighthub 2010-08-19T23:58:28Z 2010-08-19T23:58:28Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/19/the-cruelest-sport-p-4-p-ratings-updated/">Pound-for-Pound Rankings&nbsp;Updated</a></h3> <div class="description"><p><em>By <strong>Carlos Acevedo</strong> of <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/" target="new">The Cruelest Sport</a>.</em></p> <p>The Cruelest Sport P-4-P ratings have been updated for the first time in nearly six months.</p> <p>A lot has happened since the last ratings were issued, but first I would like to say something about my rankings. The TCS Pound-for-Pound ratings give me, like many mouse potatoes, the opportunity to be oracular and to pretend to have an expertise I do not really possess. In addition, they also help to make sure that what I write about becomes self-referential because whatever happens in boxing affects/is affected by my rankings. <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/19/the-cruelest-sport-p-4-p-ratings-updated/" target="new">Read the rest here...</a></p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/8/19/1632480/pound-for-pound-rankings-updated thenonpareil 2010-08-19T07:20:32Z 2010-08-19T07:20:32Z <object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/855WC6L2Rv8?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" /></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/855WC6L2Rv8?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="340" width="560"></embed></object> <div class="source source-img"><p>Rafael Marquez talks to Marcos of Fight Hub TV about his and his brother Juan Manuel Marquez growing up together, Rafael Marquez being in the shadow of Juan Ma and what Rafael thinks about his brother drinking pee!</p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/8/19/1631104/rafael-marquez-talks-to-marcos-of fighthub 2010-08-16T23:19:03Z 2010-08-16T23:19:03Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/16/sound-fury-pascal-dawson-chris-arreola-antics-donnie-nietes-etc/">Sound & Fury: Pascal-Dawson, Chris Arreola Antics, Donnie Nietes,&nbsp;etc.</a></h3> <div class="description"><p><em>By <strong>Carlos Acevedo</strong> of <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/" target="new">The Cruelest Sport</a>.</em></p> <p>(Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips clichés. This week TCS takes a look at the poor media coverage of the Jean Pascal-Chad Dawson fight, marvels at some of the strange goings on in boxing recently, including another instance of fudged attendance, and offers thoughts on weekend fights involving Chris Arreola and Donnie Nietes.) <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/16/sound-fury-pascal-dawson-chris-arreola-antics-donnie-nietes-etc/" target="new">Read the rest here...</a></p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/8/16/1626494/sound-fury thenonpareil 2010-08-15T07:24:53Z 2010-08-15T07:24:53Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/15/le-saboteur-jean-pascal-wtd11-chad-dawson/">Le Saboteur: Jean Pascal WTD11 Chad&nbsp;Dawson</a></h3> <div class="description"><p><em>By <strong>Carlos Acevedo</strong> of <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/" target="new">The Cruelest Sport</a>.</em></p> <p>In a startling upset, Jean Pascal outworked talented Chad Dawson at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on his way to a technical decision victory when Dawson was deemed unable to continue due to a cut suffered in the 11th round. Final scores of the abbreviated fight were 108-101, 160-103, and 106-103.</p> <p>Within a round it became clear that Dawson, now 29-1-0-1 (17), was in for a long night as Pascal alternated between moving on the perimeter and hurling UFOs with abandon while charging. Pascal, Laval, Quebec, via Port-au-Prince, appeared to sweep the first three rounds by using his hit and run tactics to potshot Dawson here and there. His occasional flurries were heightened by the fact that Dawson did little early on but look distressed. <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/15/le-saboteur-jean-pascal-wtd11-chad-dawson/" target="new">Read the rest here...</a></p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/8/15/1623893/le-saboteur-jean-pascal-wtd11-chad thenonpareil 2010-08-13T23:22:19Z 2010-08-13T23:22:19Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/13/chad-dawson-jean-pascal-preview/">CHAD DAWSON-JEAN PASCAL&nbsp;PREVIEW</a></h3> <div class="description"><p><em>By <strong>Carlos Acevedo</strong> of <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/" target="new">The Cruelest Sport</a>.</em></p> <p>After spending the last two years on the Glen Johnson-Antonio Tarver treadmill, Chad Dawson finally meets a fighter who is not eligible for eldercare when he faces Jean Pascal at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, tomorrow night on HBO.</p> <p>Both fighters deserve credit for taking the bout. Pascal because he is a gate attraction in Montreal and could have taken lesser fights for significant paydays; and Dawson for hitting the road in pursuit of a big event. <a href="http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/08/13/chad-dawson-jean-pascal-preview/" target="new">Read the rest here...</a></p></div> http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/8/13/1622216/chad-dawson-jean-pascal-preview thenonpareil