Carlos Acevedo
262 articles · Mvn.com
-
Why Against Why: Andre Berto-Victor Ortiz Preview
?Watchman Falls Victim to His Devotion to Duty.? Andre Breton Two of the biggest enigmas in boxing?Andre Berto and Victor Ortiz?face off on Saturday night at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut,…
-
AFTERMATH: Maidana-Morales, Ishida-Kirkland, Guerrero-Katsidis, Justifying Sadism, & Weekend ?Upsets?
Erik Morales, who shocked just about everybody by pushing Marcos Maidana to the edge in losing a majority decision over 12 frenetic rounds at the MGM Grand on Saturday night, has been…
-
Until the Bitter End: Robert Guerrero-Michael Katsidis Preview
Michael Katsidis?who conjures up images of smoke-filled arenas from the 1940s?returns to the ring tomorrow night against another stiff test when he faces talented southpaw Robert Guerrero for a pair of MUFON…
-
Sound & Fury: Mayweather Maybes, ?Action Zeroes,? Alvarez-Rhodes, Chavez Jr.-Zbik, Marquez-Concepcion
There was a time when Ryan Rhodes might have made the robotic redhead Saul Alvarez look foolish in the ring, but that was eons ago. Incredibly, the former ?Spice Boy? has been…
-
No Remorse: Giovani Segura KO3 Ivan Calderon
It was quicker than expected, perhaps, but pitiless Giovani Segura played hanging judge to Ivan Calderon last night at the Auditorio del Estado in Baja California, Mexicali, Mexico, dropping the veteran Puerto…
-
Tiny Hand Grenades: Giovani Segura-Ivan Calderon Preview
Ivan Calderon looks to try to reverse the inevitable?deterioration?when he faces relentless Giovani Segura in Mexicali, Baja California, in a rematch of their exciting 2010 shootout. Segura violently stopped Calderon last August…
-
No Slow Lane: Nonito Donaire & His Options
Nonito Donaire is a Super Hornet talent who over the years has been moving at the pace of a rickshaw. His first marquee win, a one-punch plastering of bully-braggart Vic Darchinyan in…
-
AFTERMATH: Klitschko Clubs Solis, Bute Batters Magee, Rigondeaux Railroads Casey, Etc.
Vitali Klitschko stopped woebegone Odlanier Solis in one heat in Cologne, Germany, to defend his K2 heavyweight championship when Solis could not continue after blowing out his knee. Lots of cognosenseless types…
-
Sound & Fury: Donaire Departs Top Rank, Sergio Martinez & Co., Cotto-Margarito, Klitschko-Solis
Boxing is a cutthroat business where pathological liars can find an outlet for their neurosis and get paid simultaneously. Now HBO, apparently, has decided to join the fabulists, claiming that the ratings…
-
One More Turn: Zab Judah TKO7 Kaizer Mabuza
Zab Judah gambled with his future last night and hit an ace on the river by scoring a seventh-round TKO over Kaiser Mabuza at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The…
-
Yesterday, Maybe: Zab Judah-Kaizer Mabuza Preview
Zab Judah tries to weave his way through the junior welterweight traffic jam when he faces Kaizer Mabuza for a vacant UNICEF title at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, tomorrow…
-
10 & Counting: Hopkins & HBO, Saul Alvarez, Donaire-Moreno, Bam Bam Rios, The Mexican-Filipino ?Rivalry?
HBO gets pummeled often, and rightly so, but reports that the beleaguered network is looking to sign 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins to a three-year contract calls for more than just a mere pummeling…
-
The Howling: Brandon Rios TKO 10 Miguel Acosta
Brandon ?Bam Bam? Rios lived up to his nickname by rallying from a slow start to clawhammer Miguel Acosta in the 10th round of a vicious firefight at the Palms Casino Resort…
-
Sound & Fury: Chavez Jr-Zbik, Donaire & P-4-P Lists, Mike Jones, & RingTV Exceeds Low Expectations
HBO is reportedly putting out the welcome mat for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Sebastian Zbik in what many consider a peace offering to Bob Arum. Dan Rafael wrings his hands over…
-
SUPERNOVA: Nonito Donaire TKO2 Fernando Montiel
Nonito Donaire showed what a star turn in the ring is supposed to look like when he demolished ringwise Fernando Montiel in the second round via electrifying TKO last night at the…
-
Sound & Fury: Donaire-Montiel, Lopez-Salido, Morales-Maidana PPV Sludge, & the Sanctioning Body Clich? Blues
(Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips clich?s. This week TCS takes a look at how some bad pay-per-view cards seem to get…
-
WIZARDS OF GORE: TV Boxing That Drips Blood!
Set-ups?dangerous and grotesquely obvious mismatches?used to be the dark secret of boxing, relegated to hinterlands and high school gymnasiums in the Deep South, or buried on undercards in non-commission states. Now, however,…
-
Drowning Man? Paul McCloskey Faces Amir Khan in Manchester
Amir Khan has finally secured an opponent for April 16 and will be facing Irishman Paul McCloskey at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England. The delay in opponent was not unexpected, since…
-
10 & Counting: Weekend Action, Mosley After Mora, Khan vs. Bradley
Usually, when lots of fights are scheduled on weekends, The Cruelest Sport posts ?Aftermath,? a column with a rundown of all the action. Unfortunately, the fights aired last night were so dreadful…
-
Aftermath: With Arreola, Chavez Jr., Alexander-Bradley, & Manny Pacquiao
There is nothing like a quickie KO over a gurneyman from Coon Rapids, Minnesota, to get a mediocre club fighter celebrating as if he had just won the Powerball lottery. Chris Arreola…
