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  The Farce That Is Olympic Boxing

  And so ends for another four years, the Olympics and with it, Olympic boxing, the whole thing a ridiculous exercise in making huge sums of money at the ...

  On August 12, 2012 / By Robert Portis
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  Pacquiao vs Bradley: Chronicle of a Fix Foretold

  After a bizarre but largely irrelevant undercard, thousands in attendance and millions watching around the world eagerly awaited the main fight. So, for about 40 minutes after the ...

  On June 10, 2012 / By Rafael García
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  Mayweather vs Pacquiao: The Charade Continues

  The recent series of press conferences to hype the upcoming Floyd Mayweather Jr.–Miguel Cotto match generated no shortage of interesting quotes and quips, all of them from Mayweather ...

  On March 3, 2012 / By Robert Portis
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  Number One Son – On Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and Jose Sulaiman

  ‘Son of the Legend’ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is scheduled to defend his middleweight WBC belt against fellow Mexican Marco Antonio Rubio on February 4th in San Antonio, ...

  On January 16, 2012 / By Rafael García
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  Cotto vs Margarito II: This Fight Should Not Be Happening

  For two compelling reasons, it should be impossible for me to hold an objective opinion on the Cotto vs Margarito rematch this Saturday night. First, I was born ...

  On December 1, 2011 / By Rafael García
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  In Praise of Defensive Genius

  The buildup to the recent Bernard Hopkins vs Chad Dawson fiasco provided ample opportunity for boxing commentators (as well as bloggers) to throw around the term “defensive genius” like it ...

  On October 22, 2011 / By Rafael García
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  Mayweather vs Ortiz: The Last Word

  It looks like the dust is finally settling after last Saturday’s bizarre fight between Victor Ortiz and Floyd Mayweather Jr. and we’re going to take a crack at ...

  On September 2, 2011 / By Michael Carbert