Merchant’s Fabrication Warrants a Reprimand
While HBO boxing color commentator Larry Merchant may not be a reporter, he is a professional broadcaster and with the role comes the responsibility of being accurate and truthful. In claiming during this past Saturday during HBO’s telecast of Antonio Margarito vs. Shane Mosley that Oscar De La Hoya received $5 million to appear at Affliction/M-1 Global’s “Day of Reckoning,”... [Read More...]
Varner suffers broken foot and hand during split decision victory over Cerrone
Sunday’s WEC 38 event proved to be a rough one for WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner. The 24-year old Arizona native was declared the split decision winner during his WEC lightweight title defense against Donald Cerrone after becoming the recipient of an illegal blow. As a result of the infraction, the fight was stopped with three and a half minutes remaining since Varner could not continue.... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain to appear on Monday’s edition of “The Scott Ferrall Show”
FiveOuncesOfPain.com founder and publisher Sam Caplan will be appearing on Monday’s edition of ”The Scott Ferrall Show” between 8-12 p.m. ET on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 101 to help review past this Saturday’s Affliction/M-1 Global “Day of Reckoning” event while also helping preview this weekend’s UFC 94 event. Five Ounces of Pain makes media appearances... [Read More...]
Affliction: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Whether or not Affliction made a dime from their second mega-card, “Day of Reckoning,” it would be hard to deny the event was a huge success from an aesthetic viewpoint. Every fight on the card was everything fans could of wished for (although it took Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Vladimir Matyushenko a round to get going). At the end of the year, this will surely be in the running for best... [Read More...]
5 Oz. Video: Tom Atencio discusses, attendance, PPV buy rates, and Affliction’s future
FiveOuncesOfPain.com was recently in Anaheim, Calif. to cover Affliction and M-1’s “Day of Reckoning”. After the event, the site conducted an exclusive video interview with Affliction VP Tom Atencio. During the course of the interview, Atencio discusses many topics including, attendance, the next main event, the possibility of a third show, and much more. Read More →
