Charles Saunders
208 articles · Boxscorenews.com
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Boxing’s Young Lions 1, Old Heads 1
It was generational warfare in the junior-welterweight division on Saturday, with a pair of grizzled veterans facing off against a couple of youthful, undefeated hotshots. The results of those matches amounted to…
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Martinez: The New Saad Muhammad?
In his battle with Matthew Macklin on Saturday, lineal but belt-less middleweight champion Sergio Martinez did not remind anyone of Sugar Ray Robinson, Harry Greb or Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Instead, the Argentine…
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Dereck Chisora: Boxing’s New Rowdyman
Dereck ?Del Boy? Chisora did not take Vitali Klitschko?s WBC heavyweight title on Saturday night. However, in going the 12-round distance and actually giving the Ukrainian giant a fight instead of simply…
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Pacquiao-Mayweather Proxy War Continue
Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather should be fighting each other this spring. They should have fought each other two years ago. They should have fought each other last year. Instead, they?ve been…
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Pacquiao-Mayweather: A Phantom Fight
Imagine the AFC and NFC champions balking at playing each other in the Super Bowl. Impossible. Imagine the National and American League pennant-winners having difficulty coming to terms to meet in the…
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Dream Fights For 2012
This year holds the promise of numerous interesting boxing match-ups, including the one fans have been hungering for over the past two years. Starting with that one, let?s take a look at…
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Nonito The New Numero Uno
In the wake of Manny Pacquiao?s controversial points win over Juan Manuel Marquez last week, Pacquiao?s perch atop the pound-for-pound ratings slipped from solid to uncertain. In a recent post at The…
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Marquez Still Pacquiao’s Nemesis
Well, well, well. Looks like Juan Manuel Marquez has Manny Pacquiao?s number after all. The problem for Marquez on Saturday night, however, was that the judges did not give him the numbers…
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End of the Line for Boxing’s Old Heads?
Glen Johnson?s loss to Lucian Bute on Saturday may well have been more than just a one-sided drubbing in which the ?Road Warrior? won only a single round on all three judges?…
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No Lemonade In These Boxing Lemons
Just about everyone has heard the old saying, ?When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.? That?s good advice most of the time ? but not when the lemons are rotten. Lemonade made…
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Hopkins vs. Dawson; When A Showdown Becomes A Throwdown
Boxing?s rope opera continues in the aftermath of last night?s Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson WBC light-heavyweight title disaster, not to mention last month?s Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz ?protect yourself at all times? fiasco. Officially,…
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Heavyweight Heaves Continue
The much-maligned heavyweights have been doing a lot of heaving over the past few weeks. That doesn?t mean the big boys are beginning to pull themselves out of the pit they?ve dug…
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Sergio Martinez Stays The Course
On Saturday, Sergio Martinez retained his WBC ?Diamond? Middleweight belt with an 11-round KO victory over British challenger Darren Barker. The question is: was this victory enough to edge Martinez past Floyd…
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Boxing’s Pound-For-Pound: Stable or Shaky?
At the beginning of this year, Manny Pacquiao was secure in his status as the pound-for-pound best fighter in boxing. His main rival, Floyd Mayweather Jr., was inactive and beset with legal…
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Boxing’s September to Remember Begins
On the heels of a somewhat anemic August, boxing roars back to life in September with four big bouts coming in the first three weekends of the month. The outcome of each…
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Bantamweights & Beltlines
?Don?t hit below the belt.? Referees must have stated those words millions of times over the years as they instructed the participants before the first bell sounded in a boxing match. Yet…
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Fighter of the Year Frontrunners
Even though there are five months left in this year, it is not too soon to start thinking about who the 2011 Fighter of the Year might be. So far, like the…
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The Khan And The Fury: Two Stars Rising
Amir Khan did it again Saturday night ? he scored a victory that should have been impressive, but was instead clouded in controversy. Going up against the veteran Zab Judah, Khan came…
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Could Muhammad Ali Have Beaten The Klitschkos?
Like it or not, the Ukrainian brothers Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko reign supreme over the heavyweight division. Between them, they hold all four of the major title-sanctioning organizations? belts. And no threat…
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Weekend Stimulus Package For Boxing
In the wake of the depression caused by the alleged fight between heavyweights Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye, boxing needed a stimulus package that would ease fans? lingering disappointment. This past Saturday?s…