Reni M. Valenzuela

By Reni M. Valenzuela Floyd “Money” Mayweather has the skills to win his fights, but he opts to keep his record “perfect” and “unblemished” instead. Until he ceases cherry-picking his opponents, the boxing world will never know if he’s the finest for this generation. … [Read more...] about MAYWEATHER WON’T BE THE BEST UNLESS HE TRULY FIGHTS

By Reni M. Valenzuela If the manner by which Robert “The Ghost” defeated Andre Berto in November last year would be an indicator to judge the outcome of the Guerrero-Mayweather bout tomorrow, the current pound-for-pound king could be in unique trouble because the “dethroned” Berto has a chin stronger than that of Money Floyd. … [Read more...] about TO HUMBLE A “KING”: MAYWEATHER VS. GUERRERO

By Reni M. Valenzuela This is boxing today. Guillermo Rigondeaux has suddenly become “boring” when everything that he did was superb and masterful in beating Nonito Donaire a week ago. Donaire fought a “close battle” versus Rigondeaux when the fight can’t be any closer to describing it as a one-sided letdown. It is pathetic that some pundits even went as far as blaming … [Read more...] about “TRUTH” IN BOXING: RIGONDEAUX, ALVARADO AND BRADLEY

By Reni M. Valenzuela Top Rank and HBO are closely knitted now than ever. And they are “potent” allies determined to take boxing for a ride. By aggravating the situation and deepening the rift between two warring factions in the sport, how superficial of anybody to think that the fans and boxing community would be held back from rejecting Top Rank “in-house fights.” … [Read more...] about FIGHTS TO WATCH AND DUMP: WHAT DEFINES BOXING TODAY

By Reni M. Valenzuela Lest they forget, boxing is first a sport (not business) before all else. However I look at it, HBO’s sudden dumping of Golden Boy Promotions is a big, reckless disservice to the sport, with HBO’s management allowing personal and/or professional rift among “cats and dogs” in the business side of boxing to get in the way of sanity. HBO acted naively, … [Read more...] about HBO’S CHILDISH MOVE “VERSUS” GOLDEN BOY TO “KO” BOXING

By Reni M. Valenzuela Interesting but only for two reasons is Timothy Bradley’s upcoming defense of his WBO Welterweight “synthetic” belt against Ruslan Provodnikov. … [Read more...] about BOXING AND PRINCIPLE: BRADLEY VS. PROVODNIKOV

By Reni M. Valenzuela Floyd Mayweather Jr. could be worse than a boxer who fought a hundred times and lost a hundred times. An outstanding record of an athlete can only be as true as his courage to compete with the toughest and the best. … [Read more...] about MAYWEATHER IS RIPE AND READY TO LOSE AND IT’S GOOD FOR HIM AND BOXING

By Reni M. Valenzuela Sponge Bob is square and just a cartoon character, but the man is obviously possessed, sufficiently enough and perfectly shaped to absorb an entire Pacific ocean. Top Rank honcho Bob Arum has achieved so much but against boxing as a game of competition. Arum’s immense contributions are to himself and his own interests. … [Read more...] about ARUM IS NO DICTATOR BUT WHAT IF BOXING IS WITHOUT A PROMOTER LIKE HIM

By Reni M. Valenzuela While it is day in your boxing career, Pacman, though the sun is about to set sooner than what your ambitious mind may think, come to grips with the “calling” wherewithal you are called and destined for greatness. … [Read more...] about PACQUIAO TO GET OUT OF POLITICS OR POLITICS WILL GET HIM OUT OF BOXING

By Reni M. Valenzuela A man is better known by the odds he surmounted in as much as the measure of an athlete is determined by the opponents he conquered. Going by the correct standard, a certain boxing “sensation” today wears a kind of crown not his own and receives accolades he doesn’t deserve. … [Read more...] about THE MEASURE OF “JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ” APART FROM PACQUIAO

By Reni M. Valenzuela Champions are made of gold. They don’t shrink under the heat of tests and trials. Abraham Lincoln dared the highest of mountains and the deepest of seas. He didn’t dodge challenges and so he went through a series of devastating losses both in politics and personal life before he finally won the presidency of the United States of America and later … [Read more...] about SIGNIFICANCE OF CHRISTMAS FOR PACQUIAO, MAYWEATHER AND ALL LOSERS

By Reni M. Valenzuela It was an instance wherein the world’s heart was one good heart for one man at one particular moment. The knockout could go down in history as the “shock of the decade” or “shock of the century.” Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao fell flat on his face, static and “lifeless” by a single stroke of a Dinamita “luck” in the sixth round’s closing two seconds of … [Read more...] about PACQUIAO TO BOUNCE BACK OR RETIRE: MARQUEZ SAID HE IS “CLEAN”- KIZER WASHES HANDS

By Reni M. Valenzuela Just as the towel was being readied to be thrown in by the corner of Juan Manuel Marquez any time from round five when he dropped to the floor, then came in the shock of the great fall of a good man and a great boxer in the winding split seconds of the succeeding round. What went wrong? … [Read more...] about WHAT WENT WRONG IN PACQUIAO-MARQUEZ IV?

By Reni M. Valenzuela The two legends have come to the end of the road. Juan Manuel Marquez is coming to fight, while Manny Pacquiao is coming to finish him. Marquez wants vindication. Pacquiao wants conclusion. … [Read more...] about BOXING OR YULETIDE TALE: THE QUADRILOGY (PACQUIAO VS. MARQUEZ)

By Reni M. Valenzuela Boxing longs for the “old” Pacman. But is there a basis to the longing? … [Read more...] about “OLD” AND NEW PACQUIAO: THE BIG “IF” IN QUADRILOGY