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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MAY 21: Jose Ramirez(L) and Josh Taylor(R) pose during the weigh-in for the Undisputed junior welterweight championship at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on May 21, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Im

Josh Taylor Vs. Jose Carlos Ramirez Preview And Prediction Roundtable

0 comments by on 5/21/2021

The entire point of competition is to determine who is the best. Singular. However, over the last several decades, the word champion has become almost meaningless in boxing through the proliferation of alphabet participation trophies. In this era it’s always refreshing when the two best fighters in a division not only want to render those […]

Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom And The Art Of Evasion

0 comments by Jamie Rebner on 4/9/2021

Concussive power is the ultimate equalizer in boxing; It can rescue a fighter from the jaws of defeat. Look no further than Randall Bailey’s victory over Mike Jones in 2012. Bailey was down on all scorecards in the eleventh round and looked to be heading home beltless. That is until he completely turned the tide […]

On The Hunt With The Chechen Wolf

0 comments by Jamie Rebner on 2/5/2021

Wolves are hunters; It’s in their DNA. So persistent they are in their hunts that if an attack fails, wolves will continue to hunt until they are successful. It is a matter of survival.  Similarly, The Chechen Wolf, Arthur Biyarslanov (7-0, 6 KO), exhibits dogged determination inside the ring. Except instead of hunting bison, his […]

HANDOUT PICTURE COMPLIMENTS OF MATCHROOM BOXING Anthony Joshua vs Kubrat Pulev, IBF, WBA, WBO & IBO World Title. 13 December 2020 Picture By Dave Thompson Anthony Joshua watches as Pulev receives the count.

There’s No Place Like Home: Joshua KO9 Pulev

0 comments by on 12/16/2020

When you’re lost, a step back backward is often the first step in the right direction. You take your time until your surroundings look and feel familiar. That familiarity is what allows us to turn down all the noise in our brains generated by having to constantly absorb alien information while also thinking about our […]

I’m Ukrainian And I Cannot Cheer For Oleksandr Usyk Or Vasiliy Lomachenko

0 comments by Alex Sereda on 10/26/2020

It sounds strange that anyone from Ukraine wouldn’t want to support Vasiliy l Lomachenko and Oleksandr Usyk, who are surely two of five best fighters in Ukraine’s history. It sounds stranger still that anyone in Ukraine could cheer for their opponents — even if it’s Dereck Chisora, who’s set to fight Usyk this weekend and […]

Mismanaged Expectations: Jose Carlos Ramirez MD Viktor Postol

0 comments by on 9/1/2020

There are certain fighters that no one looks good against. Even the elite will struggle with them. It’s normally something about their technique or their stature that makes them difficult. The problem with Viktor Postol, for basically everyone, is that he is just under six feet tall with a nearly 74-inch wingspan. His jab is […]

Five Months In Purgatory Round Table

0 comments by on 8/26/2020

In the very best of times, we here at TQBR come together to discuss the biggest fights and argue about the current state of the sport. This year, unfortunately, has been a protracted rectal bleed of Old Testament severity. With that in mind, we stocked up on Neosporin, strapped on our Depends flex fits, and […]

Entomology Lab: Tim Tszyu Dissects The Hornet

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“My name is Tim. Not ‘the son,’” a victorious Tim Tszyu declared after dispassionately removing Jeff “The Hornet” Horn’s stinger, wings, legs, gastrointestinal tract and half an antenna over eight rounds Wednesday in a junior middleweight bout from Townsville, Australia, televised on ESPN+. Point taken, and point made, Mr. Tszyu. Step up fights are critical […]

Heavyweight Lazarus: Alexander Povetkin Stops Dillian Whyte

0 comments by on 8/22/2020

If the hardest punch is the one you don’t see coming, then we should be flat on our backs just like Dillian Whyte. Whyte found himself supine just a few short moments into the 5th round of a heavyweight bout contested in the garden of Matchroom Boxing headquarters, televised on DAZN on Saturday, for some […]

A Tale Of One City

0 comments by Glen Sharp on 8/18/2020

Pete Ranzany’s 1980 fight with Sal Lopez reminded Ranzany’s manager, Joey Lopes, of his own similar experience, when he fought Al Medrano in 1963. In both cases, the fight was promoted as the beloved and accomplished Sacramento boxer, clearly on the return home phase of his career, fending off a rising star, the future of […]

Mixed Bag: Jessie Magdaleno Gets DQ Win Over Yenifel Vicente

0 comments by on 6/12/2020

Fouling in boxing is an art form. Muhammad Ali was an expert at pulling opponents’ heads down. Floyd Mayweather used his forearms. Bernard Hopkins’s favorite combination after age 40 was a feint jab-lunge-straight right-headbutt (Tim Bradley also employed this maneuver, but I’m convinced that it was just the momentum of his giant skull pulling him […]

Like It Never Left: Shakur Stevenson KO6 Felix Caraballo

0 comments by on 6/10/2020

Mismatches, propagandistic commentary and weirdly long time lags between bouts: Boxing is back, baby! The return of live boxing to the United States would normally be a cause for celebration, and we should be pleased, but as with most things in life, our expectations should be tempered by reality.  Wednesday night at the Bubble, MGM […]

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