Culture Buzz This guy's face is how I feel the morning after the Super Bowl. Kudos to the photographer for capturing the exact moment where Steve “USS” Cunningham was pummeled into a pile of regret and concussions.
Sports Buzz The boxing match the world has been waiting for might finally happen. Floyd Mayweather took to Twitter today to challenge Manny Pacquiao to a fight on May 5th. In the past Mayweather's request for blood-drawn, day of the fight, drug testing has kept Pacquiao from getting in the ring with him. You have to wonder if that request will be dropped now that “Money” has taken his challenge public. (via tumblr.thedailywh.at)
TV Buzz Hidden deep inside of the extras of the “Not Just The Best Of Larry Sanders” DVD resides this video of Alec Baldwin and Garry Shandling engaging in a not-so-friendly boxing match. An oldie but a goodie, we thought it worth discussing on with Alec Baldwin's recent spat with American Airlines still in the headlines and the new season of “30 Rock” being so close we can taste it.
Celebrity Buzz Boxing legend Smokin' Joe Frazier lost his battle to liver cancer Monday evening in Philadelphia. The 67-year-old was the first to defeat Muhammad Ali during “The Fight of the Century” at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971.
Sports Buzz In April of 1988, The Greatest Fighter told a reporter in Japan that Smokin' Joe Frazier was the greatest foe he ever faced in the ring — referring to their iconic “Thrilla in Manila” bout in 1971.
You just know the “floats like a butterfly” is going to be at the number one spot.
Last night's welterweight championship highlight wasn't when Floyd Mayweather knocked out (sucker-punched?) Victor Ortiz in the fourth round. It was this.
If they were really gonna copy Scorsese, the photo should have been in black and white. Nice footwork, though.
Boxing is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Boxing.
In 1939, a boxing match took place London’s Wembley Empire Swimming Pool. The cameraman actually looks like he’s suffering more than the fighters.
Sports Buzz Eight-year-old kickboxer Jasmine Parr recently fought another little girl to a draw in front of a paying audience. BREAKING: Some people are upset. (via jezebel.com)
Culture Buzz Photographer Nicolai Howalt followed a group of young Danish boxers and photographed them before and after a match. The shift that happens in their eyes after a fight is seriously unsettling. (via Public School)
Khoren Gevor, an Armenian-German boxer and former EBU Middleweight champion, beats referee Manfred Küchler, furious after being disqualified. Gevor was blamed for the incident in the tenth round, when both fighters slammed hard on the mat and his opponent Robert Stieglitz suffered a bad cut above the right eye.
British boxer Usman Ahmed has enough swagger for a small army. His dance moves on the way to the ring are legendary. Too bad this exit was not nearly as graceful.
Culture Buzz A German video game in which you box AIDS by waggling your penis in front of a webcam. It requires a special e-condom that can be recognized by the game. Chatroulette must be cranking out Cock Out champions by the thousands. Below is a slightly NSFW video of dudes “playing.”
Sports Buzz Brawn and brains combine in a hybrid sport that is equal parts aggression and strategy. This is officially the most awesome sport ever: Five rounds of boxing are interspersed between 6 rounds of chess. It’s our favorite new take on chess since Wu Chess.