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On May 27, 2005, at the Arco Arena, in Sacramento, California, former 2004 U.S. Olympian and current super featherweight prospect Vicente “Chente” Escobedo (3-0-0 with 3 KOs), will return to ring for his fourth professional bout. Fresh off his three round demolition of the tough Mexican, Geronimo Click for larger image© Sergio Martinez “Torito” Hernandez,…
A feeling of change sweeps across the middleweight division, as an aging champion embarks on farewell tour, realizing that there is little glory left to savor. There is no shortage of willing pretenders waiting to scavenge what they may from the eventual demise of that champion’s historic reign, but the refusal of Oscar de la…
Ronald “Winky” Wright will enter Saturday’s fight, still the unknown fighter in the eyes of the mass media and the boxing public. With a record of 48-3 (25 KOs), Wright has to be one of the most underrated boxers in the sport with over fifty fights. Having had a rollercoaster of a career, Wright fought…
South African bantamweight phenomenon Silence Mabuza has ripped through seventeen straight opponents, knocked out fifteen of them and has yet to lose. But he has never faced a fighter the caliber of Mexican terror Cruz Carvajal, a dangerous former WBO and Mexican champion. That will all change on Friday night when Mabuza puts his IBO…
Click for larger image© Mike Cleary Weaknesses are not always readily available to the eye, but in boxing, they have a way of finally seeping through to the surface. In Miguel Cotto, the cracks have begun to appear. Despite a precocious ascension through the light welterweight ranks to the elevated platform of world championship status,…
In preparation for his June 4th showdown against IBF Light Welter champion Kostya Tszyu, Ricky Hatton has brought in two South American sparring partners and the Argentines have, along with Hatton stablemate Matthew Macklin, been instrumental in helping the Manchester man prepare for the biggest test of his career. “We’ve brought in Guillermo Saputo who…
Remember the night Mike Tyson lost to “Buster†Douglas? Often called the greatest upset in sports history, Douglas, a 42-1 underdog, shocked the world and Don King in front of a reserved Tokyo audience with a stunning tenth round knockout. Nobody believed that anyone, let alone a journeyman heavyweight fighter, could defeat the twenty-three-year-old phenomenon….
Felix “Tito” Trinidad is a boxer, fighter and first class individual, when it comes to loving his sport unconditionally. At the time it was announced, Trinidad’s retirement seemed shocking and as time evolved, it felt official. Once in a while, we would hear things like “Tito is coming back,” the Don King public appearances, laced…
1. Kostya Tszyu: A technician, a tactician with power, poise and precision, Kostya Tszyu is a boxing legend. Great amateurs should translate into great professionals, and Tszyu is the example of that philosophy. Victims of Tszyu’s power are legion, but not shamed in being so, as the naturalized Australian conceivably carries middleweight power in a…
Hey there fight fans. After knocking out our very own editor, Jimmy the Gent (I’m sure he will love me saying this), I have now been given some fresh meat. Yours truly shall now take on our very own James MacDonald. After reading some of his work, this should be a worthy challenge. James, as…
OK fight fans, in the absence of the invention of a full-blown recovery kit for fights such as Corrales-Castillo, I hope you can at least scrape your chins off the floor in time for Tuesday, which is the day we return to the ring and the starting point for this edition of “This Week in…
You know fight fans, I’m really upset right now. I turned on the television to see what kind of coverage ESPN was giving the amazing fight that took place last night between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo. To my dismay, they covered everything from rugby (yes rugby), to college volleyball (I’m not even going…