Boxing, While It's Still Around

Floyd Mayweather is Both Champ and Chump. And Larry Merchant is My New Hero.

By Richie Whitt
Sep 19, 2011

These days give me a good UFC card over a boxing match, but Saturday night was quite the intriguing spectacle inside the squared ring. Getting his ass whipped early by Floyd Mayweather, seems Victor Ortiz resorted to a head-butt. But then, after what looked like a kiss to Mayweather's cheek and...
Pacquiao d. Margarito: My Top 10 Observer-ations

By Richie Whitt
Nov 15, 2010

10. First couple of rounds I actually thought Antonio Margarito had a chance against Manny Pacquiao. Margarito charged ahead and threw bigger punches. But the end result of most of the center-ring skirmishes was him running into a swarm of gnats. The cumulative effect proved catastrophic as he spent Saturday night...
Boxing Ain't Dead Yet. In Fact, It's Alive and Well in Arlington.

By Richie Whitt
Nov 11, 2010

Couple virgin voyages for me this week. Last weekend I went to a motorcycle gang party. (Scary.) And Saturday night I'm going to a championship fight. As in big-time boxing. (Psyched.) I'm more into UFC these days, but I'm looking forward to Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito at Cowboys Stadium. Supposed to be...
Big Crowd Be Damned, UFC Still > Boxing

By Richie Whitt
Mar 15, 2010

Was way too inebriated busy Saturday night to catch the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. But from what I'm hearing it's about what I expected: Lotsa style. Zero substance. A crowd of almost 51,000 packed the place, which is another smashing success for Jerry Jones and...
Luis Yanez Pisses Off Some More Folks

By Richie Whitt
Jan 13, 2010

Last time we saw Duncanville Olympic boxer Luis Yanez he was mending fences, winning fights and building a professional career while re-building his reputation. Whoops. Turns out the snotty-nose brat who got crossways with U.S. Olympic Boxing is at it again, this time acting the fool enough to get dumped...
Better Bang For Your Buck: Boxing or UFC?

By Richie Whitt
Feb 19, 2009

Went out to east Dallas last week to spend some quality time with the only Olympic boxer in the history of Dallas, Luis Yanez. The kid is immensely cocky, tiny - would you believe 5-foot-4 and around 118 pounds? - and has the world by the short hairs. You'll want to...
BREAKING NEWS: Luis Yanez Making Pro Boxing Debut at AAC

By Richie Whitt
Dec 22, 2008

I do weird things while (only technically, it appears) on vacation. Like, for example, wonder if the sport of boxing is alive and wonder if Duncanville fighter Luis Yanez is well. The answer: Yes. And Yes. A lil' boxing birdie whispered to me this morning that Yanez - who flamed out amidst...