Category — Boxing

The Hall of Fame boxing writer passed today after suffering a heart attack. He was only 74.
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Sergio Martinez dropped Matthew Macklin like a bad habit with an 11th round TKO in a middleweight bout Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. To quote the late Jim Healy, we’ve seen more pushing and shoving in the men’s room.
Macklin, to the delight of the Irish fans at the fight, gave a decent effort for much of the fight, even scoring a knockdown after wrestling Martinez to the canvas. But then Martinez got pissed and started beating the shit out of Macklin.

“Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth – Live on Stage” is the raw life story told by the former heavyweight champ. The electric 1-man performance will have a limited run with nightly performances April 13 through 18 at the Hollywood Theatre at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. In an up-close-and-personal setting featuring images, music and video, Tyson will share stories of his life and experiences as a professional athlete and controversies in and out of the ring.
Tickets and additional info: 800.745.3000 or MGMGrand.com.

We listened to the Floyd Mayweather and his fans swear Manny Pacquiao was too chicken to fight “Pretty Boy” in May. We weren’t convinced since it seemed so strange that Mayweather suddenly wanted to fight after running for the past 3 years or so. We figured he believed Juan Manuel Marquez had provided a blueprint to beat Pacquaio and now Mayweather finally would come out from behind his Uncle Roger’s skirt, but we know he still won’t come out to play.
Pacquiao also says he’s a liar. We believe it. Mayweather rarely fights any fighter in his prime because he’s so protective of his unbeaten record. And in this case, he’s still afraid of getting his ass kicked.
Regardless, we don’t have a bout between these 2 when we should be talking trilogy. Can someone, anyone, arrange for this to happen for the boxing public? Didn’t think so.
Pacquiao offers some interesting insight and comments regarding Mayweather.
Yahoo Sports

After Vitali Klitschko whipped his ass Saturday, Dereck Chisora went after fellow Brit David Haye.

Let’s hope Dereck Chisora has a bit more in his arsenal that his little punk-ass slap of Vitali Klitschko during the weigh-in today. The 2 square off Saturday for Klitschko’s heavyweight belt.

Nineteen 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition models paid tribute to boxing legend Muhammad Ali as they took the ring from the historic Ali-Larry Homes boxing match held at Caesars Palace on Oct. 2, 1980. The stunning lineup posed alongside an 8-foot-tall SI cover featuring Ali.
The celebrated Ali/Holmes fight was the first mega-fight ever held on a casino property and set the stage for hundreds of sports events that helped to establish Las Vegas as a top U.S. destination for great sports spectaculars.
From left to right: Crystal Renn, Alyssa Miller, Michelle Vawer, Adaora, Kirby Griffin, Chrissy Teigen, Kate Upton, Anne V, Jessica Gomes, Julie Henderson, Jessica Perez, Nina Agdal, Cintia Dicker, Izabel Goulart, Ariel Meredith, Genevieve Morton.
Image courtesy of Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

Mike Tyson gets in a few choice cuss words during a live TV interview at Wednesday’s Kings-Knicks NBA game in New York. Click below.
Sportsgrid.com

Floyd Mayweather Jr.: Walking proof a mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Maybe it’s just us, but it sure seems like a few brothers (admittedly, Mayweather is like speaking with a neighborhood crackhead sometimes) are bagging on Jeremy Lin, saying he can’t ball and he’s just getting attention because he’s Asian. Sober up.
AP

Someone mentioned our silence on all of the recent talk of a possible Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather showdown, but like we’ve said before, we’ll believe it when the 2 get in the ring. All of the jockeying and barking about a May clash before Floyd heads off to jail was another chapter of their non-sense and more hot air.
Timothy Bradley? Well you could see this coming a mile away when Bob Arum welcomed the undefeated fighter to his camp last year. Bradley and Pac Man will face off June 9 at the MGM Grand for Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight title.
USA Today