Lee Groves
83 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Jabbing at father time: Unlocking secrets of late-career success
Boxing history is replete with fighters who chose to tussle with time far too long. Every rule has exceptions, though. For whatever reasons, a remnant of middle-aged marvels have managed to meld…
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CompuBox at Ringside: Marquez-Katsidis, Caballero-Litzau
First there was Manny Pacquiao?s breathtaking dismantling of the far bigger Antonio Margarito. Then there was Sergio Martinez?s spectacular one-punch KO of the previously iron-chinned Paul Williams. But boxing?s ?November to Remember?…
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CompuBox at Ringside: Sergio Martinez is Marvelous
Although Sergio Martinez had scored 24 knockouts in 45 previous wins, the Argentine was never regarded as a one-punch knockout artist. Since coming to the U.S. in 2007 after years of campaigning…
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CompuBox Post-Review: Pacquiao’s Deadly Texas Drilling
Just when you thought that Manny Pacquiao couldn?t find a way to inspire more superlatives, he does just that. In many ways, Antonio Margarito achieved everything he wanted from a strategic standpoint.…
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Boxing?s Unbreakable Records: A Detailed Look Inside
It has often been written that records are made to be broken. On many levels that sentiment rings true because the most ambitious people use these benchmarks to push themselves toward perfection.…
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Weekend Thoughts: Mayweather-Pacquiao; Cintron; More
This week?s slate of ?thoughts? has a serving of yesterday, a smattering of today and a healthy heaping of tomorrow. So without further delay, let?s dig in: Floyd Mayweather?s dominance of Shane…
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A Look Back at Floyd Mayweather Jr?s Last Defeat
In his 13-year professional career, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been the picture of perfection. Forty times he has stepped inside the squared circle and 40 times he has left it a winner.…
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Edwin Valero: A Life of Success, Excess, Self-Destruction
On the night of February 6, 2010, Edwin Valero was at the top of his game. In stopping Antonio DeMarco via nine-round corner retirement, Valero proved he was much more than a…
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Weekend Thoughts: Pacquiao Politics and Klitschko’s Woes
While this past weekend was quieter than the previous one in terms of profile, that didn’t stop the flow of thoughts, impressions, deliberations and contemplations about what unfolded inside the squared circle…
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Weekend Thoughts: with Pacquiao we’re witnessing history
Boxing’s first big weekend of 2010 has now passed into the cosmos and, improbably, Manny Pacquiao’s star has gotten even brighter. His comprehensive decision victory over Joshua Clottey – as well as…
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The “It” Factor and How It Fits Pacquiao-Clottey
As boxing fans, we admire the array of physical skills the very best fighters show. Some of those will be on display when pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao fights Joshua Clottey Saturday at…
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Lee’s Awards for the Decade That Was
It only seems like yesterday when the world ushered in not only another decade but also a new millennium. The world convulsed over Y2K fears that thankfully never panned out and we…
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Pacquiao-Mayweather Needs the Proper Stage
What looked to be the best move boxing could have made appeared in doubt Thursday when Top Rank president Bob Arum declared the March 13 superfight between WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao…
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Tales From the Vault: The Weird World of Boxing
As we all know, boxing is a sport that is prone to strange happenings. When two fighters lace them up and the bell rings its up to the combatants to determine the…
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Metamorphosis Fuels Pacquiao’s “One on One” Pursuit of Mayweather
In the beginning Manny Pacquiao was just another in a long line of Asian flyweights destined to be known only by the hard cores. In the middle, Pacquiao improbably hurdled over two…
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Thoughts: Boxing vs. MMA and Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About DQs
The night of September 19 was billed as another chapter in the continuing saga of boxing versus mixed martial arts as the Floyd Mayweather-Juan Manuel Marquez pay-per-view went toe-to-toe against UFC 103.…
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The Ballot is Out: A Look at the IBHOF’s New Kids in Town
As the International Boxing Hall of Fame begins its third decade, the balloting process has reached a crossroads. The past several years saw many strong first-ballot candidates like Roberto Duran, Lennox Lewis…
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Thoughts from the Home Office: Superfights, Sugar Shane and the Saturday Night Shuffle
Even though it’s been a while since my last trip, my mind is never far from the world of boxing. Much of the past couple of weeks has been spent inside the…
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Arturo Gatti: Honoring Boxing’s Guaranteed Gladiator
When Arturo "Thunder" Gatti walked up the ring steps and prepared for battle, boxing fans were given a rare gift – a guarantee. In a sport rife with unpredictability – whether it…
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Farewell Alexis Arguello – A Tribute to Boxing’s Fallen King
On the first day of a new month, a monarch of the boxing world passed through to a new kingdom. Alexis Arguello, known the world over as "The Explosive Thin Man" because…
