Cuba is a country that holds several visual images when you contemplate the island nation. From Fidel Castro’s beard and way of running his country, to warm temperatures, the 1980’s classic Scarface, Florida and the Spanish language are all mental points we may share while studying this country. Another unknown trait Cuba carries is the…
The Middleweight division has always been economical when in comparison to the other weight divisions. A weight class with Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Robinson, Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and a whole list of other quality boxers. The current Middleweight division is home to Felix “Tito” Trinidad, Jermain Taylor and to dip a…
Floyd Mayweather Jr., a boxer with tremendous skills in the areas of speed and effective punching. Add that to his skyscraper height of self-confidence and agile defense and you have a high-toned fighter who can take over the light welterweight/welterweight divisions with an iron fist. From the super featherweight title fight on December 19, 1998,…
I am focusing my thoughts on the current arrangement of the heavyweight division that has emerged into a boxing fan’s worst nightmare. It seems as if we have entered into the everlasting obsession that bigger is better and it seems as if we lost translation of what it takes to be a legitimate boxer in…