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Weekend Afterthoughts On Manny Pacquiao Vs. Juan Manuel Marquez V, Pacquiao’s Religious Switch, Yuriorkis Gamboa’s Next Fight And More

Thanks, Next Media Animation, for rendering much of this blog post redundant. That's quality coverage — Mitt Romney's losing stink infected Manny Pacquiao, Pacquiao lost because he loves cockfighting and women and has the wrong religion and doesn't train hard enough, etc. We've already had plenty to say about the past weekend: My stories on […]

Living History: Juan Manuel Marquez Vs. Manny Pacquiao IV, One Day Later

We bore witness to enduring history last night, the kind of event that boxing aficionados will talk about for generations. And it's not too early to play boxing historian, either; it's often better to wait more than a day before foisting such sweeping declarations on a thing, because it is the nature of history for […]

Bryant Jennings Knocks Out Bowie Tupou On NBC Sports

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hNR2Gg92czY With his USBA heavyweight title on the line and his grandmother seated ringside, Bryant Jennings said “By-By” to Bowie Tupou with a right uppercut in the 5th round. Outweighed by more than 25 pounds, the 28-year-old Jennings used his speed advantage and footwork to stop Tupou at 1:37 of the 5th in his first […]

James DeGale Blows Hot And Cold In Points Win Over Felgencio Zuniga

Harlesden super middleweight James “Chunky” DeGale largely dominated a dogged Fulgencio Zuniga in Hull, Saturday evening, yet he didn’t have everything his own way after the Barranquilla veteran came on over the second half of the contest. The Londoner almost took Zuniga out in round 3, had the Colombian hurt and teetering on the brink […]

Juan Manuel Marquez Puts Manny Pacquiao To Sleep In Stunning Knockout

(Juan Manuel Marquez celebrates his knockout; credit, Chris Farina, Top Rank) We finally got a definitive outcome in the rivalry between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez Saturday night on HBO pay-per-view, and in a way that rocks the sport of boxing to its core: Marquez knocked Pacquiao — one of boxing's two biggest stars […]

Running Undercard Results For Manny Pacquiao Vs. Juan Manuel Marquez IV

(Yuriorkis Gamboa, left, with his promoter 50 Cent, via Top Rank Facebook page) Keep coming back here for updates after each undercard fight on Saturday's HBO pay-per-view broadcast of Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez 4. We'll begin with the off-TV portion of the show airing on TopRank.TV, highlighted by an appearance from Dodie Boy Penalosa of […]

Jessie Vargas Pounds Out Decision Over Vito Gasparyan

LAS VEGAS—In the second night of Top Rank's boxing extravaganza in Las Vegas, local welterweight contender Jessie Vargas pounded out a 10 round unanimous decision over durable Vito Gasparyan of Glendale, Calif. at the Texas Station Gambling Hall on Friday night. Vargas did a lot of solid work to the body, which helped slow Gasparyan […]

Manny Pacquiao Vs. Juan Manuel Marquez IV: The Ultimate Guide

(No, we're just talking about Manny Paquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez IV, here. P.S. The website link in the picture doesn't work, but credit due to whoever produced this.) Don't follow boxing very often, but you want to know the gist of Saturday's mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez? Follow boxing all the time, and […]

Raymundo Beltran Tops Ji-Hoon Kim, Overcoming A Knockdown

LAS VEGAS — In a topsy-turvy lightweight bout, Raymundo Beltran and Ji-Hoon Kim engaged in an entertaining battle in the 10-round main event at the Mirage Hotel & Casino on a special Thursday edition of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights. It was the first fight at the Mirage in more than 15 years, and Beltran won the […]

TQBR Roundtable, Ms. Mexico Edition: Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez IV

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez 4 on Dec. 8 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the undercard, previewed; why the fight matters; a preview and prediction. Next: the ultimate guide. Any sport that brings guys that look like this together with girls that […]

Not This Time: Manny Pacquiao Vs. Juan Manuel Marquez IV Preview And Prediction

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez 4 on Dec. 8 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the undercard, previewed; why the fight matters. Next: a TQBR roundtable. No matter their weight, no matter their age, no matter whether they're fighting at featherweight in 2004 […]

ESPN To Air A Ridulous Amount Of Manny Pacquiao Vs. Juan Manuel Marquez IV Stuff

So this is what the ESPN "marketing/programming agreement" with HBO Sports has given us, per a news release Wednesday: overload coverage across all the ESPN networks this week featuring of Manny Pacquiao Vs. Juan Manuel Marquez 4 Saturday on pay-per-view. I suppose I should say "coverage," since some of this isn't about journalism and is, rather, straightforward marketing. It's the phrase […]

Manny Pacquiao Vs. Juan Manuel Marquez IV: Who Cares?

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2012, Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez 4 on Dec. 8 on HBO pay-per-view. Previously: the undercard, previewed. Next: a preview and prediction of the main event. Greg Dulli of The Afghan Whigs, The Twilight Singers and The Gutter Twins once sang for […]

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