Ted Sares
455 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Mayhem in Worcester
By Ted Sares
A number of bizarre events unfolded during a boxing show at the Palladium in Worcester, MA, on March 9, 2007. This was foreseeable. The main event was a freak fight that pit…
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Rustico Torrecampo’s Historic KO (Historic in Hindsight)
By Ted Sares
This relatively unknown Filipino light flyweight fought from 1993-1997, compiling an unremarkable 14-8-6 mark, though six draws in 28 fights is a bit unusual. He was 1-4-1 in his last six outings…
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Boxers Fighting the Best and Doing It Again for the First Time: Part Two
By Ted Sares
Boxers Fighting the Best and Doing It Again for the First Time: Part Two As mentioned in Part One, the phrase “cherry picking” gained meaningful traction during the time “Money” Mayweather was…
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Boxers Fighting the Best and Doing It Again for the First Time: Part One
By Ted Sares
Britain’s Martin Murray has fought the very best and has now closed out a heartbreaking if not admirable and old school career. Others are just beginning to hit their stride and suddenly…
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Boxing in the Age of the New Normal: 2020 in Review
By Ted Sares
Not everything in 2020 revolved around Teofimo Lopez’s surprise win over Vasyl Lomachenko or Tyson Fury’s destruction of Deontay Wilder. And yes, fighting in a Bubble enabled boxing to feature some other…
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In Defense of Julie Lederman
By Ted Sares
Some years ago, Matt Podgorski (a former boxing official) came up with a formula for evaluating the performance of boxing judges worldwide by determining the percentage of instances his or her scores…
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Will The Pandemic Hurt Boxing in the Long Term?: A Blockbuster TSS Survey
By Ted Sares
The question for our final survey of 2020: What long-range effects, if any, will the Pandemic have on Boxing as a business and/or as a sport? Participation was robust. We received 50…
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Emerging Heavyweights: Three to Watch
By Ted Sares
Victor Faust (Viktor Vykhryst), a 6’6” 232-pound Ukrainian heavyweight (and long-time amateur) is a product of the great amateur program in the Ukraine–one that has produced the likes of the Klitschko brothers,…
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Boxing As An Escape From Societal Madness
By Ted Sares
The year 2020 has been roiled by a potpourri of turmoil. Terribly damaging wildfires again rage on the West Coast; dual hurricanes hit the Gulf; trauma associated with police and other shootings…
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The Friends of Tony Veranis, Part Two
By Ted Sares
During the period between 1966 and 1976, New England’s criminal underworld included many ex-boxers from the Boston area, many of whom were destined to die a violent death. Their intertwined histories would…
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The Friends of Tony Veranis: Part One
By Ted Sares
The Friends of Tony Veranis: Part One I suspect that every writer at one time or another wished that some playwright or film maker took a liking to one of his or…
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Has the U.S. Lost its Presence in Boxing? Part One of a New Survey
By Ted Sares
More than 50 boxing notables shared their thoughts in our latest TSS survey. They came from all walks of boxing – former fighters, officials, writers, publicists, commentators, and especially boxing historians. We…
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The Much Maligned Boxing Judge
By Ted Sares
Identifying bad judges is pretty easy, but that’s not the purpose of this essay. To the contrary, the emphasis here is on fine judges and the many ways they can be unjustly…
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In Praise of Referees
By Ted Sares
Being a third man in the ring is a difficult and oftentimes thankless job, but like airline pilots and doctors, referees must strive to avoid off days. Too much depends on their…
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Boxing in 2019: Great Moments but Also Dark Days
By Ted Sares
Fifteen years from now fans might look back at 2019 as they do a fine wine.It was a time when DAZN, ESPN+ and streaming made its presence felt in a big way…
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Boxing Notables Lay Bare the Top Storylines of 2019 in Our Newest TSS Survey
By Ted Sares
The first quarterly survey of 2020 is in the hopper. We asked our respondents this question: “If you were writing about the year 2019 in boxing, what would you title your article…
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The “Clash on the Dunes” is the TSS 2019 Boxing Event of the Year
By Ted Sares
The “Clash on the Dunes” between Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz and Anthony “AJ” Joshua– a highly anticipated rematch– took place in Diriyah, a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, on…
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A Toast to Busy Bee Emanuel Navarrete, a Fighter from the Old School
By Ted Sares
In the last 12 months, super bantamweight Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete has fought five times. That’s close to Old School-type activity. No one in Mexico gave Navarette much notice until he stopped Luis…
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Fighter of the Decade (2010-2019)
By Ted Sares
With the decade drawing to a close, it?s time to acknowledge the Fighter of the Decade. There are plenty to choose from; it?s not an easy task. Maybe an argument can be…
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Gvozdyk vs. Beterbiev: Point Counterpoint
By Ted Sares
Putting pineapple on pizza is not a good idea but it IS an example of point counterpoint, and when these two boxers meet on Friday in Philadelphia with the WBC and IBF…