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This past October 14th, Fingerspoon Promotions made their promotional debut with a card titled “Redemption†featuring some of the best fighters in Philadelphia. In the co-main event, Max Alexander, 12-0-1, was scheduled to face off against Marty Lindquist, 12-4, in a fight that most thought would be a showcase of Alexander’s skills. That was not…
By Simon Jackson Come On, Everyone Knows This Any horse trainer will tell you the best form is recent form. It doesn’t matter what his stable star did last year, the key is how he’s doing today. Boxing trainers are the same and know a fighter who has won his last five of ten is…
When Trevor Berbick was killed on October 28,of this year, a wave of news about the passing of the former WBC Heavyweight Champion hit the TV and Internet. You would have thought that a major world event just took place. Being a writer and the fact that I deal with so many different people and…
Will He or Won’t He? Click for larger image© Tom Casino Showtime Boxing I remember Shannon Briggs’ first loss. He was hammering Darroll Wilson for two rounds and it looked like he was on his way to an impressive KO win, but “The Cannon” ran out of gas and Wilson cleaned his clock. George Foreman…
Four Title Holders And No Champion If any of you can figure out what is going on with the light heavyweight division, you have a better grasp on things than I do. We have four different champions, limited rising prospects and since the return of Roy Jones, the Ring Magazine title has changed hands more…
Famous For All The Wrong Reasons It has been reported that in rural Jamaica, former WBC Heavyweight Champion Trevor Berbick was found dead in a church courtyard early Saturday morning with contusions to the head that match up with that of a large knife or machete. In a way, it is odd that the former…
Over the years, Philadelphia has produced many men that have made great contributions to the sport of boxing both inside and out of the ring. From Bernard Hopkins and his improbable title run, to George Benton molding champion after champion, to Russell Peltz setting the bar on how to promote a show, this city has…
WBO Light Middle Champ Victorious Saturday, May Face Wayne Alexander Next Sergiy “Razor” Dzinziruk disposed of Russian opponent Alisultan Nadirbegov last Saturday at the Brandeberge Arena in Halle, Germany via a wide points decision in what amounted to little more than a tune up fight but the German based Ukrainian WBO Champion will certainly have…
British Heavyweight Champion Keeps His Eyes On The Road To Success Within a week of his recent destruction of British Heavyweight title challenger Micky Steeds, Scott Gammer covered the next mile on his road to success, by passing his driving test. Now that his wheels are moving, and his first defence of the belt completed,…
He once held the IBO Light Middleweight Championship and has only ever lost in world championship fights, with the exception of one points loss in his second pro fight, yet Richard “The Secret” Williams is the man who will take on Howard Eastman for the vacant British Middleweight title on December 15 at the York…
With last weekend’s double shooting fresh in the memory, local promoter Derek Williams teamed up with anti-street violence organization Mothers Against Guns to bring to Elephant & Castle an auspiciously timed message wrapped within an action-packed night of boxing. Lucy Cope, chairperson of Mothers Against Guns, co-promoted the heavily-stacked card which took place on Saturday…
Joe Calzaghe’s much anticipated return to the ring following his destruction of Jeff Lacy didn’t go quite to plan. What was supposed to be another sizzling performance by the Welshman turned into a bit of a bar room brawl with both Calzaghe and Cameroonian Sakio Bika guilty of roughhouse tactics. But if we are honest,…