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Category Archives: Boxing
FOTY 1972: Foster / Finnegan
This is an entry in an occasional series of posts looking back at the Ring Magazine Fights of the Year from 1970 to 2009. In 1972, Bob Foster defended his unified (WBC & WBA) Light Heavyweight championship against Chris Finnegan … Continue reading
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FOTY 1971: Frazier / Ali
This is an entry in an occasional series of posts looking back at the Ring Magazine Fights of the Year from 1970 to 2009. Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali met for the first time in 1971, when Frazier defended his … Continue reading
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FOTY 1970: Benvenuti / Monzon
This is the first in an occasional series of posts looking back at the Ring Magazine Fights of the Year from 1970 to 2009. In 1970, Nino Benvenuti defended his unified (WBC & WBA) Middleweight championship against Carlos Monzon, then … Continue reading
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Roy Jones Jr.
I recently had the opportunity to watch tape of the vast majority of Roy Jones Jr.’s fights. Today, a few thoughts on a remarkable career. Overview The conventional wisdom on RJJ is that he was a superlatively physically gifted athlete … Continue reading
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Pacquiao/Mosley
Well, Pacquiao vs. Mosley is scheduled for 7 May. When I first thought about this fight (after Mayweather/Mosley), I thought it would be an easy win for Mosley; even after he was out-boxed by Mayweather, I figured that Mosley was … Continue reading
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Mosley/Mora Recap
I saw the Mosley/Mora PPV card on Saturday night, and thought I’d offer up a quick recap. I felt I got my money’s worth, as a strong undercard made up for an awkward main event. All three undercard fights look … Continue reading
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Mayweather/Mosley Recap
Well, 1/12th of the fight I expected, and would have preferred to see. The second round was great: the rest, not so much. Floyd adapted, Mosley didn’t. I’d say the biggest difference between the actual fight and my expectation of … Continue reading
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Mayweather/Mosley
Mayweather/Mosley is coming up next weekend. I’m looking forward to it; Mosley is a come-forward fighter, and I don’t think Mayweather will be able to turn it into a snorefest. Below, I present my thoughts on how this fight might … Continue reading
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Pacquiao
Well, congratulations to Manny Pacquiao on a fine performance. Condolences to Joshua Clottey. In my opinion, Clottey would have done better to fight the whole fight as he did the 11th and 12th rounds. Here’s hoping that Pacquiao fights the … Continue reading
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Pacquiao/Clottey
I see that Manny Pacquiao is fighting another “welterweight” match at a catch weight (of 144). I think that this sort of thing is ridiculous; the weight classes are there for a reason, and if you’re too small to fight … Continue reading
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