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Bad Left Hook's Top 20 Fights of 2009: The Cut List
There were a whole lot of good, memorable fights in boxing this year, and while I've put together a top 20 that will start going up in installments (20-16, 15-11, 10-6, 5-1) this evening, I wanted to give some due credit to the fights that were on my cut list after some deliberation and...
Ted the Bull's Top Boxing Awards for 2009
Our own Ted Sares offers up his choices for some boxing awards after a great year for the sweet science. We'll have more awards-type stuff in the coming weeks, including Scott's picks for many of these same categories. * * * * * * * * 1. Fighter of the Year: Manny Pacquiao An easy choice this...
Miguel Cotto's History in Title Fights
In preparation for this weekend's super fight between WBO welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto and world junior welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, Bad Left Hook will look back on the major title fight histories of both men. Pacquiao's is very interesting (and perhaps a bit more limited than you...
Ranking the Welterweights: June 18, 2009
The last time we ranked the 147-pounders was January, just after Shane Mosley's emphatic rampage over Antonio Margarito. Since that time, top-ranked Mosley has been inactive, Margarito (No. 2) has been shamed and suspended, Miguel Cotto (No. 3) has fought twice, and top fivers Joshua Clottey and...
Bad Left Hook Fight of the Month Poll: May 2009
Really shallow month for good-to-great fights on American TV. You've gotta do some digging to see this month's good stuff, but there was definitely good stuff. Past winners: January 2009: Antonio Margarito v. Shane Mosley (53%) February 2009: Juan Manuel Marquez v. Juan Diaz (93%) March 2009:...
Ranking the Junior Welterweights: May 11, 2009
I've said it before, but it truly amazes me that people continue to boast the exceptionally top-heavy welterweight division as the best in boxing when you have a loaded lightweight division and what is becoming a heavy junior welterweight division, too. This is one of the best divisions in boxing...
Ranking the Junior Welterweights: January 2009
Seven pounds south of boxing's glory division lie the junior welterweights, a one-star show that will soon get a second big-name attraction when Manny Pacquiao arrives to fight the division's top man. It's a fairly deep, interesting division, even though it does lack names and gate attractions....
Bad Left Hook's Top 20 Fights of 2008
I don't profess to having seen every fight, but I try to see every major fight (at least) that's available live, and I try to catch big overseas fights, and if someone says a fight was good, I sure try to track it down and get a copy of it. This list is not definitive, nor am I trying to present...
Holt to face Demetrius Hopkins on Saturday
The Ring is reporting that Kendall Holt will face Demetrius Hopkins on Saturday, saving Showtime's card after Ricardo Torres pulled out of a rubber match with Holt. Most of us last saw Hopkins on the Barrera-Marquez undercard, getting a really wide decision win over Steve Forbes that I think most...
If Paulie wins, who's in line?
Say what you will about Paulie Malignaggi, but he's a tough dude. The beating he took from Miguel Cotto somehow saw him last all 12 rounds, and he's overcome an amount of hand injuries that would force many to retire. He can be obnoxious. You can write him off as a pretty boy. But he's also a...
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