Cliff Rold
427 articles · Hard Core Boxing
-
Arroyo-Villanueva Could Make Chavez a Walk-Out Bout
By Cliff Rold
For the second week in a row, the best fight of the week on paper is probably getting the least attention stateside. Part of that is due to the weight of the…
-
Donnie Nietes vs. Francisco Rodriguez: Post-Report Card
By Cliff Rold
The best fight of the weekend, even if falling short of being a Fight of the Year type of show, gave fans plenty of what they can ask for. We got a…
-
Nietes-Rodriguez: A Statement Waiting to be Made
By Cliff Rold
In a weekend where the PBC makes its ESPN debut and HBO Latino gives us a solid Jr. Welterweight clash, the best fight of the week on paper goes to a network…
-
Timothy Bradley-Jessie Vargas: Pre-Fight Report Card
By Cliff Rold
There is something to be said for a working man?s fighter. Timothy Bradley fits the bill. He works his tail off in camp and comes with a lunch pail mentality every time…
-
Shawn Porter-Adrien Broner: Post-Fight Report Card
By Cliff Rold
The odds were stacked against him. Shawn Porter agreed to come in lower on the scale (144 lbs.) than he?d been since 2011. He made the weight the right way. He prepared…
-
Amir Khan-Chris Algieri: Post-Fight Report Card
By Cliff Rold
It was a fight after all. Much gnashing of teeth about a bad style match preceded Amir Khan-Chris Algieri. There was none of that by the end. It wasn?t a classic or…
-
Amir Khan-Chris Algieri: Pre-Fight Report Card
By Cliff Rold
Glory is great. Cash is too. Amir Khan is fighting for a chance at both. Already having declared that the timing of Ramadan is such that a September showdown with Floyd Mayweather…
-
BoxingScene.com’s Pound-for-Pound Update
By Cliff Rold
The top two remain unchanged. Floyd Mayweather?s lopsided win over Manny Pacquiao further validated his place at the peak. Until someone beats him, he has earned the right to remain. His heir…
-
Golovkin, Gonzalez-Sosa: Pre-Weekend Report Card
By Cliff Rold
Arguably the two most exciting offensive fighters in boxing will share an arena this weekend, one in furtherance of his budding HBO franchise status and one trying to begin his. If, in…
-
Mayweather-Pacquiao: 17 Years to a Superfight – Aftermath
By Cliff Rold
It was a magnificent event. Like the man who won, it was an efficient fight. Floyd Mayweather Jr. did what he does best on Saturday night, neutralizing a dangerous foe and winning…
-
Mayweather-Pacquiao: 17 Years to a Superfight ? 2013-14
By Cliff Rold
On May 2, 2015, boxing will finally have its Super Bowl. After five long years of he said-he said, it?s finally here. Floyd Mayweather Jr. versus Manny Pacquiao for the Welterweight Championship…
-
Mayweather-Pacquiao: 17 Years to a Superfight ? 08-09
By Cliff Rold
On May 2, 2015, boxing will finally have its Super Bowl. After five long years of he said-he said, it?s finally here. Floyd Mayweather Jr. versus Manny Pacquiao for the Welterweight Championship…
-
Mayweather-Pacquiao: 17 Years to a Superfight – 2007
By Cliff Rold
On May 2, 2015, boxing will finally have its Super Bowl. After five long years of he said-he said, it?s finally here. Floyd Mayweather Jr. versus Manny Pacquiao for the Welterweight Championship…
-
Mayweather-Pacquiao: 17 Years to a Superfight ? 2006
By Cliff Rold
On May 2, 2015, boxing will finally have its Super Bowl. After five long years of he said-he said, it?s finally here. Floyd Mayweather Jr. versus Manny Pacquiao for the Welterweight Championship…
-
Mayweather-Pacquiao: 17 Years to a Superfight – 1998
By Cliff Rold
On May 2, 2015, boxing will finally have its Super Bowl. After five long years of he said-he said, it?s finally here. Floyd Mayweather Jr. versus Manny Pacquiao for the Welterweight Championship…
-
Francisco Rodriguez Jr.: One Correction From Nietes?
By Cliff Rold
The winner of the BoxingScene and ESPN 2014 Fight of the Year didn?t end his year with a victory in the ring. He didn?t lose either. One fight after defeating Katsunari Takayama…
-
Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado III: Post-Report Card
By Cliff Rold
I could have showed heart but? Those words are going to haunt Mike Alvarado for a long time. In his post-fight interview with HBO, Alvarado was honest to a fault. He admitted…
-
BoxingScene.com?s 2014 Prospect of The Year
By Cliff Rold
Five years from now, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao might still be teasing fans that they?ll fight for the first time. They probably won?t be the top two stars in the game…
-
Amir Khan-Devon Alexander: Post Report Card
By Cliff Rold
In a night of competitive mismatches on Showtime, Amir Khan made the only close-on-paper fight of the night a technical mismatch in the ring. Was it the sort of dominant win that…
-
Amir Khan-Devon Alexander: Pre-Fight Report Card
By Cliff Rold
Longtime scribe Steve Kim asked this week whether this week?s Showtime main event is an ?elimination match? for a showdown with Floyd Mayweather. Both Amir Khan and Devon Alexander have been floated…