I recently had the opportunity to talk with Brandon Mitchem, 22-4 (8), a promising middleweight who recently made the move from Las Vegas to Kingston, NY. After taking some time off from the sport to pursue his academic studies and spend time with his family, the 28 year old makes his return to the ring…
Pugnacious Kicks Off Their 2006 Season on St. Patrick’s Day! Pugnacious Promotions is kicking off their 2006 boxing season at the Armory in Albany, NY on March 17th with a quality fightcard they’re calling “St. Patrick’s Day Showdown.” After an impressive 2005, the upstate New York based company is hoping to do more of the…
Amazing Now And Forever!  I am a fan of nostalgia. Anything old. Movies, books, etc… I even make my family go to those old historic mansion tours with me, although I should probably stop because no one ever seems to have a good time but me. I even owned a 1932 Ford truck once….
2006 will be the last year for one of these fighters! 2005 brought a changing of the guard in boxing as longtime champions and top pound for pound kings either fell hard or had time finally catch up with them and 2006 so far has brought more of the same. 2005 cemented the end of…
Since turning pro almost five years ago, Nonito Donaire has steadily made his way up the ladder and currently boasts a 13-1 (8) record after winning his last ten contests. Before embarking on a stellar amateur career that included two national titles and Junior Olympic gold at 106lbs, Nonito started boxing at age ten with…
History repeats itself. Don’t let it repeat on you…. I was at the video store the other day in the section where they keep the movies that almost no one ever rents (sometimes you find an oldie you’ve been looking for). I came across a movie named “Champion”, a foreign film about the late Korean…
They don’t know it yet but there’s more than just a title at stake James Toney and Hasim Rahman have one of the biggest heavyweight title fights in the last five years scheduled for 2006. Both fighters right now are on top of their game and possibly the two best heavyweights in the business. Rahman,…
Every year we sit and make resolutions for ourselves. We claim that we’re going to quit smoking, spend more time at the gym…etc. Resolutions that we almost never live up to for more than a week or so. I myself am comfortable with my bad habits. I look at my habits as the only things…
If you can’t perform like a champion at least act like one. I have been a detractor of John Ruiz since his first bout with Evander Holyfield. He was an undeserving opponent who in all reality was considered a safe opponent for the aging Holyfield. Up until that time, Ruiz’s most notable fight was a…
I have seen many things in this sport. I’ve seen a lot of great champions come and go, promoters putting on the first one hundred million dollar shows, upsets of the century, fights thrown, world titles bought and everything else in between. With the days of boxing just being boxing gone, everything has to be…
“Sugar” Shane Mosley was once one of the most exciting fighters in the sport. He was a top three pound for pound champion. He racked up win after win by either quick knockout or one sided decision; he was “Sugar” in the ring. Now bearing a 41-4 (35) record after having lost to only two…
Whenever there are relatives in the same sport, they are constantly compared to one another. In racing there was Dale Earnheart Sr and Jr, while in the sport of tennis, Serena and Venus Williams come to mind. In boxing over the last twenty odd years in there has been the Mayweather brothers, Floyd Sr, Roger…