By Brian Rodriguez To terribly paraphrase The Bard of American Music, ain’t it just like the night to make one ruminate and ramble?: Ortiz – Maidana: 5 knockdowns in a smidge more than 5 rounds of an all-out slugfest…enough said.  This fight was all that it promised to be.  If Ortiz were a “matador” – [...]

By Brian Rodriguez brian@pugilismandthepen.com More ruminatin’ and ramblin’ from this week: Cotto – Clottey Fight: The Bard, William Shakespeare (certainly not to be confused with your not-so-humble boxing bard), wrote:  “Expectation is the root of all heartache.”  Not in this case, Bill.  Miguel Cotto vs. Joshua Clottey from Madison Square Garden lived up to expectation [...]

By Brian M. Rodriguez Some of my ruminations and ramblings: “Fight Night Club”: This was a highly entertaining night of boxing live from Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles.  If the fights continue to be as good as those staged on the debut, televised on Versus network, Golden Boy has a real success on its [...]

By Brian M. Rodriguez brian@pugilismandthepen.com Here are P&TP’s ruminations and ramblings for this week: John the Baptist: Talk about wandering in the wilderness; the past two weekends (and this upcoming weekend) have found fight fans praying for manna from heaven.  This lack of pugilistic action is causing major delirium tremens (DTs) in my household.  We [...]

By Brian M. Rodriguez brian@pugilismandthepen.com Given the relative dearth of activity in professional boxing last weekend, Pugilism & The Pen (P&TP) will forego an in-depth weekend wrap.  In its stead, your not-so-humble boxing bard gives you this week’s P&TP ruminations and ramblings: Weekend Wrap: On ESPN2′s Friday Night Fights (the only televised fights in the [...]

By Brian M. Rodriguez brian@pugilismandthepen.com Here are some Pugilism & The Pen ruminations and ramblings: – Chad Dawson vs. Antonio Tarver II: Part Deux was not really a sequel; it was a repeat.  Unfortunately for Dawson, the repetitive nature of this second fight does not bode well for bigger prizefights in the future.  Dawson needed [...]

By Brian M. Rodriguez brian@pugilismandthepen.com Here are some ruminations and ramblings from P&TP: – On the Ricky Hatton – Manny Pacquiao Junior Welterweight Championship Fight: Well, the time has finally arrived for the first megafight of the pugilistic calendar year as junior welterweight Champion, Ricky Hatton, puts his crown on the line versus the world’s [...]

By Brian M. Rodriguez brian@pugilismandthepen.com While “P&TP’s Weekend Wrap” typically is a recap of all the major fights that transpired over the weekend in professional boxing, this edition will have to be truncated.  You see, your boxing bard watches the fisticuffs via DirecTV, which generally offers an amazing High Definition picture of the action.  However, [...]