Jimmy Tobin
137 articles · The Queensberry Rules
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The Takeover: Teofimo Lopez Defeats Vasiliy Lomachenko, Becomes Lightweight King
By Jimmy Tobin
He calls his ascension “The Takeover,” a title that brings to mind fellow Brooklynite, Jay-Z, whose own “Takeover” also claimed an industry. Repeated ad nauseum the term loses its appeal, and what…
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Look to the Future: Naoya Inoue Turns Back Nonito Donaire, Wins WBSS Tourney
By Jimmy Tobin
When was it supposed to happen? The sixth round? The third? The first? And yet in the twelfth, he was still upright, still fighting for a victory that was never supposed to…
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The Price for Praise: Vasiliy Lomachenko Defends Against Anthony Crolla
By Jimmy Tobin
Unified lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko mesmerized Anthony ?Million Dolla? Crolla over twelve one-sided rounds at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Friday night, proving again that the two-time Olympic gold medalist who in…
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The Realization of an Ideal: Manny Pacquiao Challenges Lucas Matthysse
By Jimmy Tobin
In a fight that some will lament mistakenly as coming years too late, Manny ?Pac Man? Pacquiao faces Lucas ?The Machine? Matthysse on Saturday, at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur. Because…
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Errol Spence Jr: All the Right Moves
By Jimmy Tobin
American welterweight Errol ?The Truth? Spence Jr. has all the right moves. Saturday night, at The Ford Center at The Star, in Frisco, Texas, Spence needed less than a round to sickle…
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The Pygmy Elephant in the Room
By Jimmy Tobin
Saturday night, at the Forum in Inglewood, California, super flyweights Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Juan Francisco Estrada gave HBO subscribers still forking over premium dollars for a mostly derelict product reason to…
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A Long Short Night for Chocolatito
By Jimmy Tobin
Saturday night, in the main event of HBO?s super flyweight tripleheader from StubHub Center in Carson, California, Wisaksil ?Srisaket Sor Rungvisai? Wangek augured Roman ?Chocolatito? Gonzalez into the canvas with a right…
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A Funny Thing Happened in Australia
By Jimmy Tobin
Welterweights Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn met at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday night in a fight broadcast by ESPN; a fight that delivered an outcome in keeping with the off-brand…
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Brook, Sheffield, Await ?The Truth?
By Jimmy Tobin
Saturday night, undefeated American, Errol ?The Truth? Spence, meets the UK?s, Kell ?Special K? Brook at the Bramall Lane Football Ground in Sheffield, England for Brook?s welterweight trinket. Should it meet expectations,…
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The Rest of the Field: On Manny Pacquiao-Tim Bradley
By Jimmy Tobin
In the best and final fight of their trilogy, Manny Pacquiao decisioned Tim Bradley on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Bradley gave everything of himself in…
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Hardly Burning: Manny Pacquiao-Tim Bradley Preview
By Jimmy Tobin
Saturday night, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley engage in a rubber match that the usual promotional hot air, even if it were present,…
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Beyond Reach: On the Return of Andre Ward
By Jimmy Tobin
Former super middleweight kingpin Andre Ward announced his presence on the light heavyweight landscape by outclassing Sullivan Barrera over twelve rounds on Saturday night at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. Ward…
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Disassembly Line: Terence Crawford TKO5 Hank Lundy
By Jimmy Tobin
Terence Crawford made a mess of Hank Lundy at the Theater in Madison Square Garden last night, hammering Lundy to a fifth round stoppage just as an overwhelming favorite should. It was…
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Idle Ceremony: Terence Crawford-Hank Lundy Preview
By Jimmy Tobin
Terence Crawford returns to action Saturday night against an ordinary opponent in a venue 1,200 miles from the one that best receives him. And he should take that as a compliment. Crawford,…
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Make Him More Pain: Sergey Kovalev TKO7 Jean Pascal
By Jimmy Tobin
Sergey Kovalev did not, as he promised, retire Jean Pascal at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, on Saturday night. Pascal, kept on his stool at the end of the seventh round,…
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Carbon Copy: Sergey Kovalev-Jean Pascal II Preview
By Jimmy Tobin
It is a too infrequent thing when a main event on a major network exhibits competitiveness, complementary styles, and futurity. The rematch between Sergey Kovalev and Jean Pascal at the Bell Centre…
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Tough Nothing: Danny Garcia W12 Robert Guerrero
By Jimmy Tobin
Saturday night at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, Danny Garcia outpointed Robert Guerrero over twelve rounds in a fight good enough to momentarily muffle the anti-PBC rhetoric and not good enough…
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Territorial Rights: Danny Jacobs KO1 Peter Quillin
By Jimmy Tobin
Inspiring as that chapter of his life may be, Danny Jacobs? victory over osteosarcoma should not be the defining fight of his career. The battle that allowed him to remain a partner,…
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Hard Logic: Saul Alvarez W12 Miguel Cotto
By Jimmy Tobin
While boxing has a tendency to lay waste to logic, there are rare instances where it enforces it as well. Such was the case at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in…
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Fight the Future: Miguel Cotto-Saul Alvarez Preview
By Jimmy Tobin
On Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Miguel Cotto and Saul Alvarez will deliver one of the few fights of recent memory that can be…