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Jeff LacyClick for larger image© Tom Casino After two months of intense training, in his hometown of Florida, “Left-hook” Lacy proclaims he’s “ready and tired of waiting.” On Saturday, March 5, 2005, Lacy is set to defend his IBF super middleweight title against Rubin “Mr. Hollywood” Williams. Although Lacy does …

This Saturday, Showtime will air one of the most intriguing cards so far this year. Two excellent match-ups are on tap in two exciting weight classes as Jose Luis Castillo and Jeff Lacy put their world titles on the line against the talented opposition presented by Julio Diaz and Rubin …

Hello again fight fans. It is a busy week in the boxing world and we begin our overview of the coming action by looking at Thursday’s card in New York, where a pair of Russian cousins take the next step in their undefeated careers. Heavyweight Sultan Ibragimov will take on …

After Vassiliy Jirov and James Toney treated us to the fight of the year in 2003, the cruiserweight division since then has remained quiet. This is due partly to the abundance of fighters moving up north to fight at heavyweight. Also, some fighters in the process of moving up in …

Big things are happening in the light welterweight division. In 2005, we will certainly see Kostya Tszyu fight Ricky Hatton in one of England’s richest and most significant fights. Meanwhile, stateside we now know that Arturo Gatti will meet Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a real super-fight. Preceding all of this …

Once again, Zab Judah has managed to get his name to pop up in all conversations regarding boxing. The only difference is, this time it is for the right reason. With his back against the wall, and in a must win-situation, he delivered in the clutch. In what was a …

Michael Watson’s career never quite took off in the way many experts predicted after his impressive triumph over Benn. He was put in against and well beaten by WBA middleweight champion Mike McCallum, though he earned praise for a valiant effort. Following that loss, he notched up a few credible …

So far this year we’ve seen the first of the big fights between a super champion and challenger ending in victory for the champion, in this case Bernard Hopkins decisioning Howard Eastman in Los Angels last weekend. I never watched the fight because I always felt it was going to …

Undefeated British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Matt Skelton has won all sixteen of his contests since turning pro in 2002 and the fearsome 250lb brawler looks forward to adding another trophy to his collection on Friday night as he meets Argentine strongman Fabio Moli for the vacant WBU crown. Moli …

Since the retirement of Lennox Lewis, the “clinically dead” heavyweight division has been in search of a much-needed star to resuscitate the worst division in boxing. Let’s begin by looking at all the champions. In the WBA, John Ruiz reigns supreme. Now I am not going to knock the “Quiet …

Former kickboxing star Matt Skelton has thoroughly terrorized the heavyweight set in Britain, winning the British and Commonwealth championships despite having only been participating in professional boxing since August of 2002. Julius Francis, Michael Sprott, Michael Holden, Keith Long and Jacklord Jacobs have all fallen to the six-foot-three, 250-pound nightmare …

The death of Jimmy Young at the age of fifty-six was a sobering piece of information for most of us who grew up watching the great heavyweights of the 1970’s. I have written articles on Ali, Shavers, Lyle, Quarry, Ellis, etc…but never Jimmy Young. Why? Well that is a very …