Bad Left Hook and The Boxing Bulletin Join Forces
by Scott Christ on Jan 1, 2011 8:48 PM EST
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It is with great joy and excitement that I announce this evening that Bad Left Hook and The Boxing Bulletin are joining forces for 2011 and beyond, which we feel strongly will give you pound-for-pound the best boxing analysis and community you're going to find anywhere.
So join me in welcoming Andrew Fruman, Lee Payton, Sidney Boquiren and Jason Karp to Bad Left Hook. With their terrific analysis and contributions, I really believe we've put together a team that will be tough to beat for boxing commentary.
What does this mean for everyone? Just a better site all around. We'll be getting a particularly huge improvement in the area of our Japanese boxing coverage, as nobody does that better than Sidney Boquiren, and that's something I'm incredibly excited about.
If you're not familiar with the work of The Boxing Bulletin, I would offer these pieces of evidence. After reading, I'm sure you'll agree with me that this is a massive step up for our site, and I hope you'll be as excited about this as I am. We will be merging their archives into ours at some point, too.
Where Boxing Still Lives: A Visit to La Belle Province by Jason Karp
Juan Manuel Marquez Defends Title Against Michael Katsidis & Father Time by Lee Payton
Japanese Scene: Kameda Brothers Go 3-for-3 in Saitama by Sidney Boquiren
Sergio Martinez: The One-Punch Marvel by Andrew Fruman
2011 is here, folks, and it's going to be our best year to date. New year, new Bad Left Hook.
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Thanks for the welcome, Scott. I’m very much looking forward to contributing… and defending my pick’em title!
TheBoxingBulletin.com
Stupid Canadian Judges…..mutter mutter mutter…..
"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
-Bob Verdi
Great news
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Now that I think of it
This is the first time I can remember seeing a blog merger
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
yeah
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Jan 2, 2011 12:52 AM EST up reply actions
The times they are a changin'
Good looking out, Scott.
Better to be ahead thatn the alternative.
Gentlemen (Andrew Fruman, Lee Payton, Sidney Boquiren and Jason Karp)… I look forward to hearing from you all
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
BTW....Andrew,
I’m glad you’re on board and that we are on board with you. I just read you Martinez article…and am amazed that neither the article nor the comments never mentioned Hatton falling in two….on one punch.
You’ll find Scott’s people to be diligent in making sure to point such omissions out here at BLH.
Again…welcome.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
Thanks for the welcome.
That’s a fair point regarding the Martinez story. But the reason I didn’t mention Hatton falling in two, was that I felt it was far from an “out-of-nowhere type KO” as Hatton had already been dropped twice in the fight. Before the second round started, I think it already seemed almost certainly a matter of “when” and not “if” Manny would lay Hatton out.
That said, yeah, I could have probably touched on it the way I did the other examples and explained why I didn’t think it measured up to the shock value of what Martinez did to Williams.
TheBoxingBulletin.com
Fair enough
I think. Was more surprised that the four that commented didn’t mention it…but in the context of that fight, it did appear that Hatton was soon to be dropped.
The same can’t be said for Weaver and Tate. Nor Tarver stopping Roy, a true fan favorite, in such devastating fashion.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
Mixed reaction from this end
No offence to any of the new writers (in fact I have enjoyed reading your stuff on BB) but I really hope this doesn’t mean BLH becomes more like the rest of the blogs out there because this one has had a particular style and approach that I’ve really enjoyed over the past however long.. Welcome to you guys anyway, and I’ll try to curb my negativity until you’ve been given a chance at least but lets hope Scott and Brick keep up their levels of input as you two have really done a truly outstanding job in providing the most entertaining and accessible boxing blog/news source/forum amidst the mass of dross offered up elsewhere.. *cough*eastside*cough*.. Good luck guys
by LtfcPete on Jan 2, 2011 1:00 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Blast! Our entire intent was to make the site something you wouldn’t like. Well, ya got us! Now we’ll just have to keep doing what we’ve been doing but with the added contributions of some terrific writers. You win this round, LtfcPete.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
Don't worry
You won’t see 3/4 of the crap that gets posted on ESB any time soon. All of the guys who are joining are good, intelligent writers, and we’ll continue to make sure we have good, intelligent posters.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Warmest welcomes to Andrew, Lee, Sidney, and Jason.
I’m looking forward to seeing how this all unfolds.
Boxing writer: "Iran, what are you going to do when you retire?"
Iran Barkley: "Rob your house"
YAY!
Enjoyed all the articles, especially, for personal reasons, Jason Karp’s take on Quebec. Quebec’s where boxing interest came from in my past, in my otherwise totally non-sports interested family. But Canadian-French Gramp’s cousins were up north of Montreal, northwest of Joliette, in a dinky logging town called St. Come (Cosmo). Back then (teens, 20’s) he was back and forth a lot, with stopovers in Montreal while transportation (horse-drawn carriages) was arranged for travel into—the wilds of Quebec, basically. So he’d have a night at the fights, seeing among others, Sam Langford. I guess it turned genetic after that—only 1/4 Quebecois, I’m still ’ere, me.
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
Congratulations on the blog merger...
One question for Andrew… Have Carlos and Andrew (Harrison) decided to concentrate on their own blogs instead of joining BLH, or will they occasionally post too?
Still searching for an alive Dan Tucker.
Really cool news.
This way, I’ll remember to do the fight predictions game with much more regularity!
Such were the days, still, hot, heavy, disappearing one by one into the past, as if falling into an abyss for ever open in the wake of the ship; and the ship, lonely under a wisp of smoke, held on her steadwast way black and smouldering in a luminous immensity, as if scorched by a flame flicked at her from a heaven without pity.
by Oli Goldstein on Jan 2, 2011 9:46 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Big welcome to Andrew, Lee, Jason and Sidney
Your writing definitely deserves a wider audience. I really enjoyed the new round table features, and the round by round analysis of close/dubious scorecards. I’ve only really read Andrew and Lee’s posts in the past, but good luck to everyone and I’m sure this will work out amazingly well :-)
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
btw
I really hope Dave Oakes starts posting on here too, at least.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
Good news
Both sites are great so a merger can only be a good thing as long as the quality of the articles remains as high as it has been, which I’m sure it will.
And thank you for listing me as:
Ted Sares
Feature Writer Emeritus
Much appreciated!!! :)
I don't take personal insults well. My wires are such so that when it happens, i'm not going to put on head gear, lace up the gloves and put in the mouthpiece. I'm going to drop the gloves and just let the adrenaline take off.
You more than earned that, my friend.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
Awesome
I love both sites. Good move, guys, I’m looking forward to it!
"Mug an old lady, and if you have the right connections the WBO will rank you seventh." -Steve Farhood
so will the pick em game be run from BLH now?
Steve Addazio is gone! Thank you Temple!!!!
I will not buy any PPV promoted by Bob Arum.
Pick'em Game
Yes, it will be run on BLH.
Season 5, Week 1 line-up should be up on Tuesday.
by The Boxing Bulletin on Jan 2, 2011 4:03 PM EST up reply actions
The welcome is much appreciated.
I’m really looking forward to contributing to a blog with such an active and informed community of readers.
No!!! Not the Froch guy?!? Hehehe kidding, pal. I’m sure I’d love reading some more heated (and intelligent) arguments from you.
by erasedcitizen on Jan 2, 2011 8:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I loved the Kameda story… sadly and for understandable reasons fighters from the Japan. Thai, and etc are all too often overlooked because quite frankly… it is hard to see their fights, get background info, and lack of media coverage in English.
"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."
Yeah. I love doing what I can with the stuff, but I don’t know Japanese so I’m limited. Sidney is the man in that area.
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"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
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