All posts tagged "Jorge Paez"
Boxing Odds and Ends: Roiman Villa's Remarkable Rally and More Through the first 15 rounds of Saturday's Showtime pay-per-view, the "A-side" had won every round. Demetrious...
Beware Fearless Freddie
Beware Fearless Freddie Some fighters launch and sustain long winning streaks; others engage long losing streaks. Some, like Mexican cult legend Quirino Garcia (40-28-4) and the...
Ending a Boxing Career the Right Way: The Bookend Battalion
Most boxing careers reflect a variation of a bell-shaped curve. The downward slope on the right-hand side indicates the decline of the fighter in question. Sometimes,...
Happy Halloween to The Executioner aka The Alien
When Bernard Hopkins rummages around in his closet today for a Halloween costume, he will have two choices. For most of his career he was "The...
If You Can't Stand the Heat, Stay Out of the Ring
BOXING IN DANTE'S INFERNO — Harry S Truman, the 33rd President of the United States, had a lot of pet phrases, probably the most enduring being...
Ringling Bros. Throws in the Towel: Should Boxing's Ringmasters be Concerned?
THE CIRCUS IS SHUTTING DOWN — Two definitions of "tradition," as listed in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, describe it as "cultural continuity in social attitudes, customs and...
Questions No One Is Asking About Antonio Margarito And His Comeback
Antonio Margarito And His Comeback – The world of boxing is full of many clichés. The retired fighter who can't stay away even though his peak years...
Margarito Makes Super Welterweight Limit For Paez Fight
Margarito Makes Super Welterweight Limit – Former IBF, WBO and WBA Welterweight world champion Antonio Margarito weighed in at the Super Welterweight limit of 154 pounds (69.7...