External How Arum is Hustling ESPN There were a lot of people who thought ESPN?s multi-year deal with Top Rank Promotions was a good thing. Who better to bring boxing back to … Fri, 01 Mar 2019
External Lawlessness in Mar de Plata and The Lifetime IBF Ban On February 10, 2012, the fix was in. Filipino John Riel Casimero was flown over 11,000 miles and brought into Mar de Plata, Argentina to lo… Mon, 25 Feb 2019
External ESPN Boxing: The Island of Misfit Toys? When ESPN first re-entered the world of big-time boxing, their partnership with Bob Arum?s Top Rank Promotions allowed them direct access to… Thu, 21 Feb 2019
External Don?t Sleep on Mikey Garcia in Spence Clash Let?s not even try to count the times that a smug boxing intelligentsia played the role of human centipede, feeding on its own crap en route… Tue, 19 Feb 2019
External The Art of the Non-Deal: Why Wilder Has Already Beaten Joshua Behind the ?he said, he said? drama involved in why Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder won?t be fighting any time soon, there are a few damni… Sat, 16 Feb 2019
External Waiting For The Pacquiao Piggyback Ride When it became clear that Manny Pacquiao, post-Mayweather cash-out, was not going to ride off into the sunset, basking in the glow of a lege… Wed, 13 Feb 2019
External Boxing in the Mexican Badlands: A Broke Gringo?s Descent Into Sex, Drugs, and Pugilism (Part Five) To Catch Up On The Story: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four As Americans, we like to talk about how free we are. But what we are is … Mon, 11 Feb 2019
External Kovalev May Be A POS, But He?s Still A Damn Fine Boxer Despite the crybaby accusations from fanboys whenever I dare to criticize ?their? fighter, there have only been a small handful of fighters … Tue, 05 Feb 2019
External Hey Boxing: Here?s The Problem With Your Greed This morning, when I went to check the latest goings on in the Universo Pugilistico, this was the featured story on the ESPN Boxing homepage… Fri, 01 Feb 2019
External Does Keith Thurman Have A Bit Of Jackrabbit In Him? Back in my youth, the crusty old-timers in the gym would sometimes disparage a young, developing fighter by saying that he has ?a bit of jac… Wed, 30 Jan 2019
External Boxing in the Mexican Badlands: A Broke Gringo?s Descent Into Sex, Drugs, and Pugilism (Part Four) It got to the point where my sordid little gig started being run like a real business. Marcela kept my appointment book, made hotel reservat… Tue, 29 Jan 2019
External Better Call Saul: Like It Or Not, Canelo May Take Over The World Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez catches so much flak from fans and media that when you post something positive about the guy, there?s a tendency to fe… Thu, 24 Jan 2019
External Boxing in the Mexican Badlands: A Broke Gringo?s Descent Into Sex, Drugs, and Pugilism (Part Three) I guess you could say that I loved Marcela?I mean, I ?loved? her as much as a guy like me could love a girl like her in the middle of all th… Sun, 20 Jan 2019
External Souring on Terence Crawford Over at my other gig (at FightHype.com), I do a mailbag column every Thursday (humorously?) called ?Magno?s Bulging Mail Sack.? For the last… Thu, 17 Jan 2019
External Caleb Plant Is Why You Love Boxing Boxing writing is full of macho fairytales and silliness that borders on fetish fan fiction, but it?s easy to see why that is. Boxers are un… Tue, 15 Jan 2019
External Boxing in the Mexican Badlands: A Broke Gringo?s Descent Into Sex, Drugs, and Pugilism (Part Two) I learned a long time ago down here in Mexico that saving face is everything. Let them think they?re winning, winning, and winning?until the… Fri, 11 Jan 2019
External How Deep Is Your Love? (What Will It Take For You To Give Up On Boxing?) I was a toddler when I first started hanging around boxing gyms, following my uncle around as he alternated between working with fighters an… Wed, 09 Jan 2019
External Rigondeaux: The Party?s Over On Sunday, January 13, in a fight televised live by Premier Boxing Champion on FS1 and FOX Deportes from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angele… Tue, 08 Jan 2019
External For Crawford, Khan?s Alright?For Now?But Not on PPV In a perfect boxing world, both Terence Crawford and Amir Khan would be doing something different this coming spring. Crawford would be batt… Mon, 07 Jan 2019
External Boxing in the Mexican Badlands: A Broke Gringo?s Descent Into Sex, Drugs, and Pugilism (Part One) ?We might have to fight our way out of here.? I was trying to find a flicker of awareness in Rick?s eyes. He was scared shitless and his lip… Fri, 04 Jan 2019
