Sergio Martinez has chopped down Paul Williams, Kelly Pavlik, and Matthew Macklin, among others to rise to the top. Bad Left Hook has a preview video for Martinez's fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, Freddie Roach, and others discuss the fighter-trainer relationship and Chavez's rise into the HBO ranks over the last year. Bad Left Hook has the video.
Thomas Hauser, a noted boxing journalist and critic of HBO Sports in the past, has been hired as a consultant by the network. What does this mean?
"I advised him to take it. If he had, he would have had been one of the only guys to fight on HBO three times in a year, and he would have made a lot of money. Now, they are basically saying to him, ‘OK, see you next year,’ and they’ll find someone else to take the fight, probably for less." --Manager Mike Criscio on Alfredo Angulo recently turning down a $750,000 payday for an HBO fight. Kevin Iole has a big piece over at Yahoo! Sports well worth the read about boxing's current financial landscape.
Saturday's fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley is rumored to be around 1.1-1.2 million in PPV buys. Bad Left Hook analyzes this potential number.
Roy Jones Jr. got busted up on Saturday, drew terrible press for his rematch with Bernard Hopkins, and won't even get to smile at the bank.
A round-up of eight boxing-related stories from around the web. Included: Manny Pacquiao, Graham Earl, Anthony Mundine and more.
Kelly Pavlik speaks about living in a small city, and about getting away from the distractions that have started to to haunt him. Pavlik returns to the ring on December 19.
Bob Arum says he won't stand in the way of a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight next year, but he also won't let Floyd take advantage of anything. Bad Left Hook looks at the situation.
