(Manny Pacquiao connects on Brandon Rios; credit: Chris Farina, Top Rank) Manny Pacquiao buried Brandon Rios in an avalanche of punches Saturday on HBO pay-per-view, in the process shoveling dirt on memories of his astounding knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez last year. Rios was, as expected in one of the two most likely scenarios […]

(Zou Shiming, via Top Rank) MACAU — These are the results for the four main undercard fights to support the main event of Manny Pacquiao Vs. Brandon Rios: In the final supporting bout, featherweight Billy Dib just couldn’t turn around the dynamic that saw him lose his belt to Evgeny Gradovich in March, and lost […]

(Manny Pacquiao makes weight; photo courtesy Top Rank) MACAU — Today’s early morning weigh-in at The Venetian went by largely without a hitch, with Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios both in fighting shape and under the welterweight limit. Pacquaio came in at a muscular 145 lbs, while Rios was a slightly softer 146.5 lbs. The […]

Don't follow boxing very often, but want to know the gist of Saturday's mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios? Follow boxing all the time, and want one place that rounds up all the links about the welterweight showdown you could ever want? This Ultimate Guide to the Nov. 23 pay-per-view event known as "The Clash […]

(Brandon Rios, left, and Manny Pacquiao, right, visit Tiananmen Square) So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios on HBO pay-per-view on Nov. 23. Previously: a special edition of TQBR Radio; what's at stake; the undercard, previewed; the camp fight, broken down; notes from Macau, part I and II; keys to the fight; staff […]

(*Garcia chuckle*) MACAU — Greetings again from paradise the novelty size chandelier capital of the world. I heard you like notes, so I put some more notes in your notes. The main action today was a pair of roundtables with trainers Freddie Roach and Robert Garcia. Roach is a media tart (and I mean that […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios on HBO pay-per-view on Nov. 23. Previously: a special edition of TQBR Radio; what’s at stake; the undercard, previewed; the camp fight, broken down; notes from Macau; keys to the fight. Next: a final preview and prediction. Brandon Rios knows how to have a […]

(That’s not a footprint on Freddie Roach’s chest, in case you were wondering) MACAU — So it turns out that Macau is actually a pretty strange place to hold a big boxing event. Having never been here before, I had it in my head that it was some kind of Bizarro-Asian-Vegas. But the comparison only […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios on HBO pay-per-view on Nov. 23. Previously: a special edition of TQBR Radio; what's at stake; the undercard, previewed; the camp fight, broken down; notes from Macau. Next: a staff roundtable. Mind. Matter. How do Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios on HBO pay-per-view on Nov. 23. Previously: a special edition of TQBR Radio; what's at stake. Next: keys to the fight. As you read this, I’m on my way to China to cover Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios (and […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios on HBO pay-per-view on Nov. 23. Previously: a special edition of TQBR Radio. Next: the undercard, previewed. A creeping sense that Manny Pacquiao's time as one of the world's best prizefighters was coming to an end slowly […]

(Manny Pacquiao, left, and Brandon Rios, probably mere moments from playing a game of Rochambeau to see who has to hold the antenna in order to listen to TQBR Radio in remote regions of China; photo credit: Chris Farina/Top Rank) From this weekend’s Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios bout forward — or at least to […]

“That’s where he needs to go! To the BODY!” Of Manny Steward’s many great moments in the corner and on the HBO announce team, that is the one that stands out the most to me. Throughout round 9, he implored Micky Ward to return the punch that had gotten him there, the punch that had […]