Boxing Blog
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It’s Dana White, Not Dana Black – February 22nd, 2012
UFC honcho Dana White is a hard guy to pin down. He says he loves boxing, but thinks nothing of trashing the sport when it serves his purpose. He’s had very public spats with certain boxing promoters, and the shreds of truth on which he bases his arguments succeed more in shredding boxing than…
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Bantam Bouillabaisse – February 21st, 2012
No division in boxing includes a more diverse bunch of high quality fighters than the super bantamweight division. It’s like a stew of sorts—or to be more refined, a bouillabaisse of mixed and spicy ingredients. Toshiaki Nishioka, the current WBC super bantamweight champion, is one…
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The Arce Express – February 20th, 2012
“I’m not impressed with the way he (Donaire) fights. I have the style to beat him. He says he’s the best of the division and I just say that I’ll beat him. I will demonstrate that he’s not the monster that they say and not a successor to Pacquiao.”—Jorge Arce Jorge “Travieso”…
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Del Boy’s Mea Culpa – February 20th, 2012
Dereck Chisora offered his own mea culpa not long after David Haye. He didn’t skirt the issue, but said he had reasons, which for some reason went unexplained, for his bad behavior. “Following the extensive media coverage that my WBC World Heavyweight title challenge against Vitali…