External Middleweight Disgrace-- the Fall of the 160 Lb. Division; Fan's Take If you want to see living proof of one of boxing's biggest problems, you need look no further than the current state of the middleweight div… Mon, 14 May 2012
External Five Fighters on the Verge of Stardom There are stars, prospects, and then a class of fighter in between. This small group of pugilists is on the verge of a career breakthrough a… Sun, 13 May 2012
External Euro-Champ Malaise: The Growth of Boxing?s Protected Class Back in the 90′s the WBO was slow to receive recognition as a ?real? sanctioning body? and that?s saying something in the often skeezy… Fri, 11 May 2012
External Miguel Cotto: A Step Behind the Elite, but Still Great; Fan's Take After eleven years as a professional fighter and twenty world title bouts, I think we can safely say that we've found Miguel Cotto's place i… Tue, 08 May 2012
External Top 5 Rumored Fights With a solid upcoming fight schedule set for the next few months, new fight rumors continue to pop up. If all, or even most, of the rumors b… Tue, 08 May 2012
External May's Seven Must-See Fights May's biggest event is the Ring Kings, Mayweather-Cotto pay-per-view on May 5, but there are also plenty of other shows that promise to prov… Thu, 03 May 2012
External The return of Cotto the Hunter? But can he handle prey like Mayweather? Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KOs) may be a decided underdog coming into this Saturday?s showdown with Floyd Mayweather (42-6, 26 KOs) at the MGM G… Thu, 03 May 2012
External Miguel Cotto: Rebuilt or Repackaged? Fan's View It's the fight that the boxing media and boxing fans have wished for since about 2007. Yet now, just a few days away from Cotto-Mayweather a… Tue, 01 May 2012
External One More Time: Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson?and the World On paper, Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KOs) shouldn?t beat Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KOs) this Saturday at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. B… Fri, 27 Apr 2012
External Five Rematches We'd Love to See Fight fans will be treated to two high-profile rematches in the coming months: Lamont Peterson vs. Amir Khan (May 19) and Victor Ortiz vs. A… Fri, 20 Apr 2012
External Brandon Rios, James Kirkland, and the curse of cynical matchmaking Brandon Rios vs. Richard Abril, James Kirkland vs. Carlos Molina. Boxing has been hit by two controversies, three weeks apart. Both speak to… Wed, 18 Apr 2012
External Five Fighters We Love to Hate; Fan's Take Everybody who recognizes quality storytelling knows that a hero is only as good as the villains he must combat. In boxing, the bad guys prov… Sun, 15 Apr 2012
External Mayweather Sr. Used Infant Floyd as Human Shield; Fan?s Take HBO's Portrait of a Fighter video on Floyd Mayweather Jr. worked as solid promotion for the May 5 Mayweather pay-per-view bout with Miguel C… Sun, 08 Apr 2012
External Martinez vs. Winner of Chavez-Lee? Adamek-Chambers? Not so fast? The temptation in the world of boxing journalism is to err on the side of a good headline. Writers and website owners will often take the sl… Sat, 07 Apr 2012
External Don?t cry for Juanma, Puerto Rico? The Boxing Tribune Editor in Chief, Paul Magno, is also a Featured Contributor in the Yahoo! Contributor Network. Read his latest article on… Thu, 05 Apr 2012
External The Boxing Slave Trade: Prizefighting Glory or Indentured Servitude? I?ve long asserted that the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather saga is not about either fighter fearing or ducking the other. Rather, the mega-… Thu, 29 Mar 2012
External Pacquiao Religious Retirement? Four Fighters Who Went from Boxing to Ministry More and more, it looks as though Manny Pacquiao is looking to close the book on his 59-fight, 16-year career. Most recently, the 8-division… Thu, 22 Mar 2012
External Juan Manuel Marquez: Frustrated Greatness? Fan?s Perspective Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez is already on the short list among active fighters for immediate entry into the Hall of Fame. Still, there's so… Fri, 16 Mar 2012
External Where in the World is Manny?s Money?; Magno?s Monday Rant Late last week, it was reported that tax officials in the Philippines had filed a criminal complaint against Manny Pacquiao for failure to s… Tue, 13 Mar 2012
External Orlando Salido vs. Juan Manuel Lopez: The Boxing Tribune Preview There?s only one road to redemption for Juan Manuel Lopez?and that road takes him to Orlando Salido, the man who stopped Lopez and took his … Fri, 09 Mar 2012
