Jeff Wagenheim
5 articles · The Faster Times
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Rey Vargas dethrones Mark Magsayo via split decision for WBC featherweight title
Rey Vargas is a champion again and still undefeated. The former WBC junior featherweight champion, fighting for just the second time in three years, persevered through a late knockdown to dethrone WBC…
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Beaten Up and Choked Out, Toney and Boxing Know Their Place (Not in a UFC Cage)
I?ve let a full week pass before typing a word about UFC 118. One reason for that was that I was pretty tired out from a bunch of trips into Boston to…
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Enough Posturing, Manny and Floyd
Just make the stupid fight already. The promoters for Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather are playing games, and it’s getting tiresome. Correction: It’s not getting tiresome, it’s beyond tiresome to the point…
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Pound for Pound, Sound for Sound, Manny Pacquiao Is a Hit . . . with Fists and Pipes
Too bad Nikolai Valuev lost his heavyweight title to David Haye a couple of weekends ago. If the mammoth Russian were still in possession of the belt, he’d have no doubt been…
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If Mayweather Doesn’t Focus, It Won’t Look Pretty
Floyd Mayweather Jr. wants you to know he’s the baddest man on the earth, capable of busting up a 7-foot superheavyweight heel who calls himself The Big Show. Cutting him down to…