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Two-Time WBC Lightweight Champion Jose Luis Castillo vs. Former World Champion/WBA & IBF No. 3/WBO & WBC No. 4 130-lb. Contender Joel Casamayor. IBF Super Middleweight Champion Jeff “Left Hook†Lacy vs. WBC & WBO No. 8/IBF No. 14 168-Pound Contender Omar Sheika. Heavyweight Contender Jeremy “Half Man-Half Amazing†Williams vs. Undefeated Heavyweight Contender Samuel…
Lines of history are begun, continued and broken every day of our lives. Therefore, it is in boxing that a fighter embarks upon his journey oblivious to its ultimate end and the many places, people and events that will lead him to it. Diego Corrales and Acelino Freitas are fighters who had already written several…
Round1: A very stop-start round. Salem employed some dirty tactics by hitting Calzaghe’s leg in the clinch. There was also a clash of heads. Very little happened as Salem clinched every time Calzaghe got close. Calzaghe’s round as he worked harder and landed more punches. Round 2: Another scrappy round. Calzaghe received a cut via…
A suitable analogy to explain the current predicament of heavyweight contender Joe Mesi would be to imagine yourself having realized that you are the possessor of a jackpot winning lottery ticket, only, upon attempting to cash the ticket, you are startled to find that its expiry date has already passed. Although the admission from his…
It is Saturday October 25th, 2003. We are at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, where the prodigiously talented Alex Arthur is just moments away from the biggest fight of his professional career thus far, against Manchester’s Michael Gomez. The bell rings and Arthur rushes Gomez with a flurry of lefts and rights, giving the war…
King of the Hill. I bet you did not know that Don King, cultural icon and boxing promoter extraordinaire is also a master of the Japanese art of Origami. Look no further than his magnificent paper champions Chris Byrd and John Ruiz for evidence.. Only, now that he has manipulated them into the desired shape,…
The successful return of “Tito Trinidad’ and the destruction of “El Matador’. The crystal clear demise of Roy Jones Junior. Oscar DLH gets knocked out for the first time. Hopkins solidifies his legacy. James Toney makes a comeback only to go back on injured reserve. Kostya Tszu is coming back versus Shambra Mitchell. What does…
As I lack any kind of originality, I thought I would put spin on an old idea, which I have written about before. A couple of week ago I “celebrated” my 30th birthday, so I thought I would do a little piece to assess the strength of boxing on July 23 2004 against the date…
Whatever website you visit pertaining to boxing, you will invariably find one thing that they all have in common: a tendency to demonstrate less than impartial views. And in my experience, this trend has been most prevalent with regard to the Featherweight division. With this in mind, a candid look at arguably the most exciting…
It was 1936 and Jesse Owens was winning 4 gold medals at the Berlin Summer Olympics. In boxing the new heavyweight prospect was Joe Louis who was unbeaten as a professional on his way to a world title shot. He had beaten former champions Primo Carnera and Max Baer convincingly. The next opponent brought in…
A classic rivalry between two different boxing styles and personalities. Duran who was stepping up to welterweight had been the lightweight champion for 6 years between 1972 and 1978. Leonard was a 1976 Olympic Gold medallist and had won the WBC welterweight championship from Wilfred Benitez in a classic boxing match with a 15th round…
The general consensus is that the 70s was the golden era of heavyweight boxing, and that this helps Ali be perceived as the “greatest’ champion of the division. But some on this site claim Tyson as the best. So I thought I would put Tyson back 25 years, so that his career time mirrored Ali,…