By Brandon Ortega Future Hall of Fame fighter and current WBA welterweight champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley is finding it difficult for him to land a big name, big money fight. The long time boxing superstar had hoped to land a fight with the Pacquiao vs. Hatton winner or a rematch with Miguel Cotto.  Ironically it [...]

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 Once again the boxing universe will turn its collective eye to the original Mecca of the sport this weekend, as Miguel Cotto (33-1, 27 KOs) defends his WBO welterweight title against Joshua Clottey (35-2, 20 KOs) at Madison Square Garden in New York City. This encounter between two of the [...]

By Brian M. Rodriguez brian@pugilismandthepen.com There is nothing like a megafight to bring the boxing glitterati out in abundance.  Whether it’s promoters like Bob Arum or Oscar De La Hoya, boxing journalists such as Bert Randolph Sugar or Thomas Hauser, or prominent pugilists too numerous to name, the lure of a big-time prizefight functions as [...]

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 Brandon Ortega; Guest Writer to Pugilism & The Pen Kermit Cintron Wins Unanimous Decision over Alfredo Angulo 116-112 All Three Judges The fast rising prospect Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo (15-1) hit a snag in his attempt to earn a title shot this year when he was out pointed by former IBF Welterweight Champion Kermit [...]