All Entries Tagged With: "Boxing"
James Toney, Comedy and Metaphor
James Toney (0-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) looked, last night, like he took a page out of the Gabe Ruediger (17-6 MMA, 0-2 UFC) Big Book of Diet Tips. He looked out-of-shape, but worse than that, he displayed some of the worst grappling since… well… since the last time a professional boxer stepped into the UFC. [...]
Video: Danny Green TKO’s Roy Jones Jr.
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Live at Pain on Penn Street 2 in Reading, PA
Brandt DeLorenzo will be the ringside photographer at Pain on Penn Street 2 in Reading, PA on December 4th for a night of professional boxing and MMA at the Sovereign Center. Doors open at 6PM and the fights begin just an hour later. The venue is pretty big so come out and support the sport. [...]
Learning from Manny Pacquiao
Despite all of my frustrations with the state of boxing, I set all of the stigmas of the sweet science and it’s many arrogant personalities aside to enjoy the game and personality of Pambansang Kamao, the great Manny Pacquiao. There are boxers who display the traits that we want in any athlete, in any fighter, [...]
Giant News: Tim Sylvia will Fight Ray Mercer
Tim Sylvia will face Ray Mercer in a boxing match in the main event of Adrenaline MMA III at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J May 30. Mmajunkie.com confirms a fiveouncesofpain.com report that a Sylvia vs Mercer boxing match was in the works. The 47 year old boxer is coming off [...]
A Feigned Outcry Across the Pacific
In Rupert Murdoch’s home nation of Australia, the media seems to be lost to the very concept, that central axiom on which FOX News was founded. “Fair and balanced,” it seems, the Australian media is not, at least with respect to MMA. Whether you are Australian or not, there is something to be said for [...]
Calzaghe vs. Jones: A Study in Why I’m an MMA Fan
I have a lot of friends who love boxing. I have a lot of fans that think pugilism is the absolute pinnacle of athletics. I sat down with a handful of them to watch the fight last night and I have to say, it made a point that I had been trying to make for [...]
Jim Rome Blasts EliteXC
ESPN has been accused of avoiding the MMA rage, but they are slowly coming around. They now have an MMA show on ESPN.com and after the announcement of Brock vs. Randy the two were everywhere. One of the things that makes ESPN the world wide leader is the great mix of personalities around the network. [...]
How to Catch a Giant
It is no question that the UFC is a giant in terms of the size and strength of their company, especially compared to the other MMA organizations around the world. Many have tried to reap in the benefits of the fastest growing sport in the world but have failed. The IFL at one time promised [...]
