http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/players/joey_giardello/74637 Recent articles about Joey Giardello en-us One of the more interesting things about the Danny Garcia vs. Zab Judah bout this weekend, is that if you were to ask fans at random, you'd get varying answers as to whether or not the fight itself is all that interesting.    In many sporting realms, rivalries can serve to add interest to what is otherwise a drab match up. And if rivalries do indeed aid in rescuing sporting events from the world of the mundane, Garcia vs. Judah may prove to be salvageable.    Much of the bout's intrigue, if there was much to begin with, has been amplified by the constant feuding between Judah and both Danny Garcia and his father, Angel. Writer George Eliot said in "Middlemarch," her highly regarded novel dealing with social issues, "It's a father's duty to give his sons a fine chance." And indeed, it would seem to be the quirks and eccentricities of their fathers that have led these sons to the gate they now stand before.    Philadel... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:22:28 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/doth_not_a_competitive_fight_make_danny_garcia_vs_zab_judah_preview/13489012 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/doth_not_a_competitive_fight_make_danny_garcia_vs_zab_judah_preview/13489012 Doth Not A Competitive Fight Make: Danny Garcia Vs. Zab Judah Preview http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/doth_not_a_competitive_fight_make_danny_garcia_vs_zab_judah_preview/13489012 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/8/88bf31045a02915879a151b76a78d8900b9d7a83/mini/World_Welterweight_Championship_c048.jpg In my most recent contribution to ProBoxing-Fans.com's series of fantasy match-ups, I explore what might have been had two superb middleweights from different eras met at the peak of their powers in the arena that is the squared circle. Permit me to introduce Hungarian southpaw Laszlo Papp (27-0-2, 15 KOs), who fought from 1957 to 1964.  In the other corner, we have Kazakh Gennady Golovkin (24-0-0, 21 KOs), who first entered the ring as a professional in 2006. Before we can find out if Golovkin is "the man" of this era, we take a look to see if he would prove his mettle against the tough Hungarian southpaw. Laszlo Papp Papp is considered among the all-time best amateur middleweights.  The first boxer to win three consecutive Olympic golds, he lost only seven of his 300 amateur bouts and won 55 of them by first-round knockout.  Far from his beloved Hungary for his pro debut, Papp's homesickness made him even more aggressive:  'When I finally climbed in... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:59:00 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/lazlo_papp_vs_gennady_golovkin_middleweight_fantasy_fight/12210235 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/lazlo_papp_vs_gennady_golovkin_middleweight_fantasy_fight/12210235 Lazlo Papp vs. Gennady Golovkin middleweight fantasy fight http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/lazlo_papp_vs_gennady_golovkin_middleweight_fantasy_fight/12210235 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Was this past June's bout between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley fixed?  Pacquiao was robbed all right, as Bradley himself knows full well.  Before the judges' scores were announced, he told promoter Bob Arum that he'd lost.  But was the fix in?  Maybe, though I'm more inclined to blame award-winning incompetence. With the expulsion and removal of several officials at the 2012 London Olympics, it would appear that at least some of those matches were more crooked than Igor's spine (the Teymur Mammadov "win" being the worst of a very bad lot). In 2010, it's widely viewed that Paul Briggs took a dive against Danny Green.  These are the types of circumstances which bring to mind real-life goodfella Frankie Carbo, boxing's answer to Arnold Rothstein, the gambler who fixed the 1919 World Series. Credit: Bettmann/CORBIS Carbo was a member of Murder, Inc., the New York mob's enforcement and assassination arm circa the 1930s and 1940s... Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:31:01 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/frankie_carbo_boxings_gray_eminence/12114631 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/frankie_carbo_boxings_gray_eminence/12114631 Frankie Carbo: Boxing’s gray eminence http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/frankie_carbo_boxings_gray_eminence/12114631 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png When world championship boxing returns to Brooklyn, New York for the first time since 1931 at the brand new Barclays Center on Saturday, October 20, it will do so with one of its own.  Reigning WBA World Welterweight Champion Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi, fresh off of a masterful championship capturing upset of undefeated Ukrainian Vyacheslav Senchenko in Senchenko's hometown of Donetsk, will attempt to defend his title for the first time in his home borough against rugged Mexican Pablo Cesar Cano.Malignaggi, sure to be the hometown favorite, is part of a long legacy in the squared circle.  Brooklyn has been the birthplace of some of the biggest and most storied names in the history of boxing.  As Malignaggi prepares for Cano, a reflection on the shadows hovering over his homecoming reminds us just how much glory there is in the Brooklyn boxing tradition.  No shadow extends farther than that of Brooklyn's most famous fistic son.Kid Dynamite . . . Ir... Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:24:19 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/look_back_at_top_boxing_champions_from_brooklyn_as_rich_history_in_borough_is_restored/11927206 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/look_back_at_top_boxing_champions_from_brooklyn_as_rich_history_in_borough_is_restored/11927206 Look back at top boxing champions from Brooklyn as rich history in borough is restored http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/look_back_at_top_boxing_champions_from_brooklyn_as_rich_history_in_borough_is_restored/11927206 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Maybe it's because former light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion Hungarian Zsolt Erdei broke a couple of ribs and had to cancel Saturday's fight with Isaac Chilemba.  Maybe it's because I'm hungry and have a hankering for my mother's goulash.  Whatever the reason, Erdei's countryman and fellow pugilist, the shabbily treated and disgracefully neglected Laszlo Papp, has been much on my mind of late. Papp (27-0-2, 15 KOs) was the first boxer to win three Olympic gold medals in a row -- in 1948 as middleweight, and in 1952 and 1956 as light middleweight.  Only two other boxers (both heavyweights), Teofilo Stevenson and Felix Savon, can claim such successive victories. As an amateur, Papp scored 55 first-round knockouts.  Turning professional in 1957, he defeated, among 26 others, Ralph "Tiger" Jones, who once scored a victory over the great Sugar Ray Robinson.  A southpaw with a devastating left hook, Papp became European middleweigh... Sun, 30 Sep 2012 11:46:17 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/lazlo_papp_3_time_gold_medalist_the_champ_that_never_was/11846530 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/lazlo_papp_3_time_gold_medalist_the_champ_that_never_was/11846530 Lazlo Papp: 3-time gold medalist & the champ that never was http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/lazlo_papp_3_time_gold_medalist_the_champ_that_never_was/11846530 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png I think I've created a monster: I had so much fun doing my first list on this blog that I already want to do another one.  And since I just wrote a post on the connection between music and sports, I decided to use this topic as the basis of the list. Please note that I disqualified the following:Music videos with a sports reference i.e. U2's "Stuck In A Moment"Songs with a high-profanity count i.e. Ice Cube's "It Was A Good Day"Fight Songs i.e. "Hail To The Redskins"Even with those exclusions, I was left with some pretty good choices.  Take a look:10. "Centerfield" John Fogerty's classic song about a baseball player who is "ready to play today", and tries to convince his coach that he "can be centerfield."  I would have put this song higher on the list, but I first heard it in music class in elementary school, therefore decreasing its coolness quotient.9. "Hurricane": Bob Dylan's protest song a... Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:33:00 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/sportaholics_top_10_sports_references_in_music/10209535 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/sportaholics_top_10_sports_references_in_music/10209535 Sportaholic's Top 10 Sports References In Music http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/sportaholics_top_10_sports_references_in_music/10209535 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Undefeated 2008 U.S. Olympian Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade believes his February 10 main-event fight against former USBA junior middleweight champion Derek "Pooh" Ennis, for the vacant North American Boxing Organization ("NABO") junior middleweight title, is a continuation of a well designed plan, eventually landing him a world title fight later this year or in early 2013.   With world title belt implications for the winner, Andrade-Ennis headlines the Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing show on ESPN Friday Night Fights at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.   Andrade (15-0, 10 KOs), fighting out of nearby Providence, was a much decorated amateur who in 2007 became the first American since 1999 to capture a gold medal at the World Amateur Championships. The talented 23-year-old from Providence is ranked in the top 15 of all four major governing bodies: No. 9 by the World Boxing Organization ("WBO"), No. 13 by the International Boxing Federation ("IBF&qu Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:39:01 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/demetrius_andrade_is_following_a_plan/9563909 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/demetrius_andrade_is_following_a_plan/9563909 Demetrius Andrade Is Following A Plan http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/demetrius_andrade_is_following_a_plan/9563909 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Undefeated 2008 U.S. Olympian Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade believes his February 10 main-event fight against former USBA junior middleweight champion Derek "Pooh" Ennis, for the vacant North American Boxing Organization ("NABO") junior middleweight title, is a continuation of a well designed plan, eventually landing him a world title fight later this year or in early 2013. With world title belt implications for the winner, Andrade-Ennis headlines the Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing show on ESPN Friday Night Fights at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Credit: Star Boxing Andrade (15-0, 10 KOs), fighting out of nearby Providence, was a much decorated amateur who in 2007 became the first American since 1999 to capture a gold medal at the World Amateur Championships. The talented 23-year-old from Providence is ranked in the top 15 of all four major governing bodies: No. 9 by the World Boxing Organization ("WBO"), No. 13... Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:26:19 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/andrade_ill_be_ready_for_canelo_alvarez_in_a_few_fights/9551216 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/andrade_ill_be_ready_for_canelo_alvarez_in_a_few_fights/9551216 Andrade: I’ll be Ready for Canelo Alvarez in A Few Fights http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/andrade_ill_be_ready_for_canelo_alvarez_in_a_few_fights/9551216 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png