Boxing Articles
Two weeks from this Saturday night two of boxing’s pound for pound best clash in an eagerly awaited rematch of their hotly fought encounter last year. In one corner we have Erik Morales, Mexico’s warrior, one of the few fighters in today’s era that puts his money where his mouth is. A fighter that even…
There’s Still Hope! After a quiet 2005 on the world heavyweight boxing front, what can we look forward to in the new year both domestically and internationally? The retirement of former WBC kingpin Vitali Klitschko for some people meant the division would fall into an even bigger state of depression but I think it opens…
Back on May 19, 2005, I spoke with O’Neil Bell just hours before his fight with Dale Brown for the vacant IBF cruiserweight title. Then, Bell felt as though he was the uncrowned champion of the division, he felt deep down inside that he was stronger and faster than all of the cruiserweights. He always…
Jose Luis Castillo Just 147lbs A Month Before 3rd Fight With Diego Corrales Last Thursday, January 5, the Boxing Commission of the State of Mexico reported that former lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo weighed 67.200 kg (148lbs) at his 30-day weigh-in, in preparation for his upcoming battle against Diego Corrales on February 4 in El…
They don’t know it yet but there’s more than just a title at stake James Toney and Hasim Rahman have one of the biggest heavyweight title fights in the last five years scheduled for 2006. Both fighters right now are on top of their game and possibly the two best heavyweights in the business. Rahman,…
On a crisp, cold night in New York City, the last thing on a persons mind is going anywhere in this type of weather, but this in New York and nothing holds us back. That is why a few thousand screaming city dwellers packed the Theater at the Garden to see Zab Judah defend his…
Jean Marc Mormeck, 31-2 (22), will attempt to become the first undisputed cruiserweight champion since Evander Holyfield, when he will defend his WBA and WBC belts against the hard-hitting O’Neill Bell, 25-1-1 (23), and try to capture Bell’s IBF belt .“I think that O’Neill Bell is a great champion because he has his IBF title, 
He was perhaps the most talented boxer ever to grace the ring; super fast hand speed, the welter/middleweight version of Mohammed Ali, unrivaled footwork and a heart that matched that of any champion to go before him. Sugar Ray Leonard must surely go on any boxing fan’s list of greats. He hit “The Hitman” into…
Due for 31st of March, an interesting British Isles bout put on by Maloney Promotions is scheduled to take place. Undefeated yet untested Carl Froch from Nottingham will take on the Irishman Brain Magee for the British and Commonwealth Super Middleweight titles in a match that could be as fiery as the men themselves. Froch…
Every year we sit and make resolutions for ourselves. We claim that we’re going to quit smoking, spend more time at the gym…etc. Resolutions that we almost never live up to for more than a week or so. I myself am comfortable with my bad habits. I look at my habits as the only things…
One of the best lighter weight fighters to lace up the gloves in the last thirty years, Jeff Fenech, finds himself in a tight spot after being arrested in the resort town of Broadbeach on Australia’s Gold Coast and charged with allegedly shoplifting three watches with an alleged accomplice. Today the hall of famer pleaded…
There is old saying that goes, “It is not what happens to you that counts, it is how you react to it!” It seems that Acelino Freitas’s negative mental reaction to his loss to Diego Corrales last August has created far more damage then the mere loss of a fight regardless how brutal that loss…