Bart Barry
Serious as can be
Keep Andre Dirrell in your prayers. What happened to him Saturday is graver than a disqualification victory. It’s about Dirrell being struck...
Just because the wisdom’s common don’t mean it’s wrong
Angles, hand speed, reflexes, foot work; we fetishize these things in boxing. They have the allure of the uncommon. But they’re not...
Manny, Joshua and the rays come down from Jerrytron
GRAPEVINE, Tex. – To look across the atrium of the Gaylord Texan resort on a Sunday morning – Alamo replica here, River Walk replica...
In the event of reluctance: Pacquiao dominates Clottey
ARLINGTON, Tex. – “The Event” was promoter Top Rank’s largest happening in years – a championship prizefight featuring the worldwide phenomenon of Manny Pacquiao...
Mepranum and Marquez cap a stellar prelude at the Gaylord Texan
GRAPEVINE, TEX. – Tasty local appetizer cards have become a staple of promoter Top Rank’s superfight weekends, and Friday night’s fare at the Gaylord...
Anonymity and the Lone Star streak
First, an anecdote. The night before Ghana’s Joshua Clottey fought Miguel Cotto, we took a cab from the BWAA awards dinner to Times...
Friends like these
“Regard friendship as the greatest thing in the world; for there is nothing which so fits in with our nature, or is so exactly...
SubUrbano blight
The second event I covered was a Top Rank card on May 6, 2005 at Fort McDowell Casino in Fountain Hills, Ariz. Televised...
In pursuit of an unbiased look at Kelly Pavlik
Wednesday brought some good news about Kelly Pavlik. All is ready but the contracts for Pavlik to defend his middleweight championship in April...
Different from what was promised
There’s an old adage in prizefighting – or if there isn’t, there should be – that you can neither trust a knockout victory on...
Redemption over irrelevance
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – And you thought it was flat and dark on a nighttime drive from Phoenix to Tucson? The current view...
Betting on Juanma in 2010’s fight of the year
Before you put all your money on the single toss of Yuriorkis Gamboa over Juan Manuel Lopez in a featherweight superfight, consider this: Gamboa...
Cowboys Stadium in March
We come to the end of our Pacquiao-Mayweather mourning season. Fun as it is to gnash teeth and tremble at the future of...
Goodbye to Arizona
By 2005 Arizona was very much the Helpdesk State, whatever hold the Grand Canyon still had on tourists’ imaginations, and a few wiseasses in...
A contrarian’s dry-eyed look at the (possible) collapse of Pacquiao-Mayweather
“This one storm is going to change the face of our planet. When this storm is over, we’ll be in a new ice...
