May Days
May 18, 2008
The month of May is usually an interesting time in boxing. In recent years, it’s been the host of Oscar De La Hoya’s annual Cinco de Mayo fight festivities and the setup month for fights later in the year. It was also in May of last year when we were all excited about the first De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jnr clash. Here I’ll take a look at the months events so far and ponder what lies ahead this early summer (or winter, wherever you are). As I squeezed in two Oscar references already, where better to start? Read more
A Sequel? Ricky, Floyd: Don’t Call Us…
April 16, 2008
Every now and then in the world there are actions, decisions, so wrong, so monumentally irritating, that it makes one turn against their own countrymen. Am I writing about war? Corruption? A people’s struggle? Well, maybe: but for now I’ll keep it simple and express my dissatisfaction at the proposed Floyd Mayweather-Ricky Hatton rematch, mooted for next year. Read more
2008: The Boxing Senior Tour
April 11, 2008
Boxing has a problem. Of course, if you believe those secondary writers on the sport (the football writers pulling double-duty when a big fight comes around), MMA promoters and ESPN magazine covers then the sport is dying: ‘TheFight to Save Boxing’ and such. Read more
