IBR on The Cruelest Sport

“It started with his pledge to “put on a show.” What was intended as entertainment, considering the showman, was more than the miserable expectations a mismatch can produce. What was intended as entertainment, considering the showman, was sure to involve extracurricular self-indulgence of the grooming and rapping variety. For those looking for a fight, what was intended as entertainment at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Saturday night included self-proclaimed showman Adrien Broner dismantling Gavin Rees over five lopsided rounds.”

Read “A Shallow Pulse: Adrien Broner TKO5 Gavin Rees” on The Cruelest Sport.

IBR in ESQUINA

For those of you able to read Spanish, I have a short piece on Wilfredo Vazquez Jr in the February issue of ESQUINA magazine (@EsquinaBoxeo). To sweeten the pot, Thomas Hauser, Bart Barry, Carlos Acevedo, Mauricio Salvador and Carlos Irusta appear in this issue as well.

IBR on The Cruelest Sport

“It was not the apocalyptic display of destruction that white-knuckled enthusiasts of the next big thing anticipated. The protracted and gory assault middleweight Gennady Golovkin subjected Gabriel Rosado to on Saturday night at The Theater in Madison Square Garden was almost understated. Expectations of decapitation, of stiff limbs and heaving chests, silent crowds, and chilling recumbence went unfulfilled. Indeed Rosado, a heavy underdog, never even suffered a knockdown. And yet, despite the absence of such drama, the fight—which Golovkin won by TKO in the seventh round—spoke loudly to the very real danger he represents.”

Read “BRICKWORK: Gennady Golovkin TKO7 Gabriel Rosado” on The Cruelest Sport.