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I was way off with my prediction on the Trinidad-Wright fight. I did not think it was possible for “Winky” Wright to box so effectively for all twelve rounds, especially when matched up against such a devastating puncher like Felix “Tito” Trinidad. I figured that somewhere down the line, as …

An intriguing ‘B’ level heavyweight fight for the WBO title. Brewster is still an unknown quantity in today’s moribund flagship division, whereas Golota is, as Winston Churchill once quoted about Russia, “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” Supremely talented but with some serious psychological issues, Golota has …

Translated from Spanish to English by Sergio Martinez. “All Golden Boy has to do is put them in line, and I’ll knock them out.”–Jorge Rodrigo Barrios. After taking the WBO super featherweight title from “Mighty” Mike Anchondo via fourth round stoppage on an ESPN 2 Friday Night Fights televised card, …

If you ask the average fight fan to name a boxer in the cruiserweight division, more than likely they will name a heavyweight, or even a light heavyweight. But in a division not as popular as those of the heavyweights and light heavyweights, you have a fighter that is on …

Ahh fight fans! There is nothing like a heavyweight title fight to get the boxing masses out in full force. For some strange reason, call it the sadistic side of the human condition, but when the giants meet, people tend to watch with a hope that one swift powerful blow …

It is official. Athens 2004 Olympic lightweight Silver medalist Amir Khan is to turn professional with none other than Frank Warren as his promoter and manager. The not so shocking announcement came in the immediate aftermath of the eighteen-year-old prodigies’ rousing 19-13 triumph over amateur legend, Mario Kindelan, last Saturday …

Roy Jones Jr., the former number one pound-for-pound great, needs to contemplate on regaining his top status. Read carefully, this is not an immature thought. It is a plea to push a talented fighter into believing in himself and his craft to sweep though the boxing world once again. Why …

“I genuinely think I’ll win beyond a shadow of a doubt.”–Ricky Hatton on his upcoming fight with Kostya Tszyu. © Mike Cleary Almost no one outside of his dedicated fan-base gives Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton a shred of a chance to pull off an upset over heavily favored IBF light …

Standing seven feet tall and weighing 300 plus pounds, Russian heavyweight (I’ll say) Nicolai Valuev is the proverbial man mountain. Despite his obvious physical attractions, Valuev has remained somewhat of an unknown quantity. Although fighting mainly in his native Russia, and of late, his adoptive Germany, he has also travelled …

It is a sobering thought, but perhaps Felix Trinidad’s reign of fire through the middleweight divisions would never have existed had he taken on Ronald Wright all those years ago. Of course, Trinidad devised another course, as did so many others, except Fernando Vargas, and the consensus is that even …

When I think about the fights that I have witnessed, a select few jump immediately to mind. The kind of fight where you learn more than just how skilled a man is, it’s the kind of fight that strips a fighter to his core and displays it for all to …