Tirico Suave

I don’t know how entertaining this fight is going to be tonight, especially since the promoters didn’t heed our advice on a proposed undercard, but I’ll probably watch this anyway in hopes of it being some sort of trainwreck. Either that or some scenario where Sikahema is pounding Canseco only to have the real Jose [...]

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I’m a casual boxing fan. I’ll show up to whatever random house orders the pay-per-views as long I don’t have to throw any money down. So this is the first time I’ve come across the story of the 1983 fight between Luis Resto and Billy Collins, which is the subject of the 2007 documentary, Cornered [...]

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Edwin Valero may be the world’s best fighter. He has fought 23 fights and knocked out all 23 opponents. A shocking 19 of those fights have occurred in the first round. He is a Super Featherweight who punches like a heavyweight. He is as aggressive in the ring as a young Mike Tyson. So [...]

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Mayweather gives Hatton the Turnbuckle Truffle Shuffle. CLUNK!
 (I secretly hope these posts infuriate Shakespeare Dimaggio. Love it or leave it, pal.)

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We invented punk rock.

Take your Coldplay records and go home.

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Here is a fantastic London Times article on Ricky Hatton. Hatton is already one of the more popular English fighters in history. Sure, there have been great fighters like Lennox Lewis and crappy fighters like Frank Bruno, but none have seemed to move the populace quite like Hatton. Hatton grew up working class in [...]

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