Well, I'll be. Kostya Tszyu retires on his seat, and Ricky Hatton is the new king at 140 pounds. Unfreakingbelievable. What a fight.

I give up on predicting fights.

And and man am I psyched for this fight tonight. Kostya Tszyu is one of my favorite fighters, and he seems utterly indestructible.

Much like hozomeen I'm not a meme person either, but this one I like ( Read more... )

Monster fight tomorrow on Showtime, with two hard hitting white boys duking it out. This should be good.

http://www.sho.com/site/boxing/event.do?event=453575

I watched Wega play-spar* Bill today. Now that we've been doing this for a while and are getting a lot better, I could watch and see where we've improved, and where we need help. Wega's been working on his head movement and throwing combination punches, but he has a bad habit of having his legs too far apart when moving around. It may not seem ( Read more... )

The boxing gym was packed with folks today, I think because Sharmba Mitchell was going to be sparring for an upcoming fight. I'm surprised that he wants to get back in there after getting nearly killed by Kostya Tsyzu, but I guess folks gotta make a living. There were a bunch of teenagers in there too. There's a big difference between starting ( Read more... )

Getting back into the boxing pretty seriously again. Sparred for the first time in nearly half a year, and I was able to stay in for 6 rounds. I was really pleased with that. I've been able to relax a hell of a lot better, and avoid getting my head clocked too badly ( Read more... )

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/12/business/retirement/12porter.html?

I gotta say, there is surely nothing tougher than a featherweight Mexican boxer. Those fights last night did not disappoint at all

Fuck the NCAAs. Pacquiao versus Morales is where it's at. This is going to be a mother of a fight.

http://boxingtimes.com/previews/2005/050319morales_pacquiao.html