It wasn’t anything easy, the win welterweight (147 lbs.) prospect Luis Carlos Abregu notched over David Estrada, who showed once again that he is one bad mofo, thereby giving Abregu a chance that he is made of fairly stern stuff himself. And on the ShoBox undercard, heavyweight prospect Travis Kauffman had difficulty in spots with […]

I’ve rounded up the best links and a number of informative videos for the mega-fight between Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquiao Saturday night. Whether you’re a newbie or die hard boxing fan, this should just about top you off.

If you thought Saturday’s mammoth Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquiao fight was the only game in town this weekend, I’m here to tell you otherwise. One of the men in the above video figures into one of the other fights this weekend, and it should be better than the one soaking up all the coverage […]

It’s arguably the biggest event of 2008.  No other fight will compare in level of pomp and celebrity.  As the eyes of the world narrow in on the Oscar De La Hoya – Manny Pacquiao battle this Saturday everyone and I mean everyone will weigh-in with their pick in the intriguing match up.  Tim has […]

Well the Contender is officially back for a fourth season and after watching this season’s premier episode I have a couple quick thoughts:

Saturday night, in the biggest fight of 2008, all the questions about Oscar De La Hoya versus Manny Pacquiao — boxing’s top star and its finest practitioner — shall be answered, and all the storylines shall be brought to an end. We will find out if the 35-year-old De La Hoya is too old, or […]

(We continue our daily De La Hoya/Pacquiao coverage, leading up to a live blog Saturday night. See here and here for “Keys To The Fight, Parts I And II” and here for a little about the fight’s high stakes. Tomorrow: the official prediction.) I fear no reprisals, so I must go against the grain and […]

(Please join us all week long for daily De La Hoya/Pacquiao coverage, leading up to a live blog Saturday night. Today: How the two men stack up in some of the areas that will decide the fight’s outcome.)Strategery. Boxing is about more than just the physical elements. There’s also the sweet science to consider in […]

Much of the criticism surrounding the Contender reality series has been pointed at the participants of the show themselves.  Far from world beaters, the fighters showcased on the show typically were little more than regionally popular club fighters.  Now for me that wasn’t an issue but for others, it was a subject of much debate.  […]

If you’re like me, you’ve only seen some relatively grainy footage of the controversial junior welterweight (140 lbs.) title fight between Kendall Holt and Ricardo Torres in 2007. If you’re like me, you’ve seen the likewise controversial Holt-Torres II earlier this year several times over. And if you’re like me, you’re eagerly looking forward to […]

(Please join us all week long for daily De La Hoya/Pacquiao coverage, leading up to a live blog Saturday night. Today: How the two men stack up in some of the areas that will decide the fight’s outcome.)Maybe Manny Pacquiao is too small; maybe Oscar De La Hoya is too old. Maybe Pacquiao trainer Freddie […]

While this Saturday’s mega fight between Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya may be monopolizing fight fan’s attention the fact remains that other news abounds in the world of the sweet science. Tim has been doing an excellent job of highlighting this year’s biggest event and given that we share many of the same […]

This being a pro boxing-oriented blog, I confess I’d never seen world amateur boxer ratings until today, via Boxing Along the Beltway/D.C. Amateur Boxing. The man who provided the rankings to D.C. Amateur Boxing, the U.K.’s Michael Smith, appears to have been a well-regarded authority on the matter for any number of years. In the […]

Via Deadspin, it picks up just as things get interesting: You have to love the way both heavyweights came out swinging. Not strategically, necessarily, but from an entertainment standpoint.

(Please join us all week long for daily De La Hoya/Pacquiao coverage, leading up to a live blog Saturday night. Today: Why the fight matters, and what its result means for boxing.) A total joke. Earlier this year, that’s what I thought of Oscar De La Hoya fighting Manny Pacquiao. In the first half of […]