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Bullets and Butterfly Wings: A Preview of Saturday Night’s Fights

Andrew Huntley - August 26, 2017

On November 16, 1974, an accomplished Thai kickboxer named Saensak Maungsaurin made his professional boxing debut against a young California-based Filipino named Rudy Barro. Barro’s record of 14-9 going into the bout wasn’t particularly glittering, but he was on a […]

Winning Ugly: “The Kapt’n” Huck decisions Kucher

Andrew Huntley - November 19, 2016

Anyone who has followed the course of Marco Huck’s dozen year, fourty-four bout boxing career is likely to say a couple of things about him as a fighter. The first thing that can be said is that his style isn’t […]

PBC on ESPN Preview: One Last Shot For The Road

Andrew Huntley - August 12, 2016

This evening, at Verona’s Turning Stone Casino, a promising featherweight named Miguel Flores (20-0,9KO’s) will face against another prospect with some talent, “The Polish Prince” Ryan Kielczweski (25-1,7 KO’s), in the main event of Premier Boxing Champion’s latest card. Based […]

Rumble, Young Men, Rumble: Vargas And Salido Go To War

Andrew Huntley - June 5, 2016

This article isn’t quite what I had intended to write earlier in the week. Initially, I had wanted to write about last night’s clash for the WBC 130lb championship that pitted the undefeated title-holder Francisco “Bandido” Vargas and the grizzled, […]

Showtime Triple Header Preview: It May Not Be A Hell Of A Card, But it’s Still Really Good

Andrew Huntley - May 21, 2016

One of the best known quotes in A.J. Liebling’s immortal “The Sweet Science” concerned a tough, tricky welterweight contender from the 1950’s named Billy Graham, whom he famously described as being “as good a fighter as one possibly can be […]

Mayweather-Pacquiao: It’s Not About Who’s Greater, But About Who’s Better

Andrew Huntley - May 2, 2015

The much anticipated, long overdue match-up between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao has featured multiple narratives during the course of its build-up, and has been explored from virtually every conceivable angle. But one recurring theme that stands out more […]

Mikkel Kessler Retires: “The Viking Warrior” Sails Off into the Sunset

Andrew Huntley - February 4, 2015

This past weekend, as boxing fans focused their attention yet again upon the question of whether Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao would finally meet inside the ring, former super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler took to Facebook to address a question […]

The Glass Is Half Full: Best of The First Half of 2014

Andrew Huntley - July 12, 2014

As the final seconds of 2013 ticked away, our attention turned from whatever kind of celebratory beverage we held in our hand toward the topic of what might occur in the year to come. For fans of boxing, the future […]

Provodnikov-Algieri Preview: Can The Student Become The Teacher?

Andrew Huntley - June 14, 2014

(Photo credit: Ed Mulholland/HBO) If you’re looking to witness a boxing match that’s defined by the differences that exist between the two combatants, then you’d be well served to watch the upcoming WBO Jr. Welterweight bout that’s scheduled to take […]

Stevenson-Fonfara Preview: Some Toast Before The Main Course

Andrew Huntley - May 24, 2014

Time and again, boxing fans have watched champions dispense with challengers in a manner that makes them wonder why these fighters were presented with the opportunity to challenge in the first place. Our natural impulse in that situation is to […]