Fight Previews
Jeff Lacy’s nickname is a testament to his power and presence. Having a menacing left hook without it being your boxing nickname can push opponents away from you. When it’s a part of your name, as in Lacy’s case, it can have a psychological impact on your opponent. At one point in time, when the…
In terms of championship definition, these are confusing times. It seems that anyone with a Portakabin, Internet access and a fax machine can manufacture the latest sanctioning organization. Of course, rather than recoil at such nuisances, new sanctioning bodies have become to boxing what lingering passers-by are to Jennifer Lopez: if they just hang around…
On August 6, 2005, live from the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa Bay, Florida, former United States Olympian, and current IBF super middleweight titlist Jeff “Left Hook†Lacy will defend his crown, which he won on October 2, 2004, via an impressive eighth round TKO over solid veteran contender Syd “The Jewel†Vanderpool. The…
This is very likely Reid’s last chance at the big time. Can he grasp it? I for one think he has a really good chance. Lacy, in his nineteen professional wins, has certainly looked the part. He is a big puncher with fifteen knockouts to his name. He also has wins over such people as…
It was a rainy Glasgow night and we had yet to witness the most stunning demise of the evening: that of Mike Tyson, who would lace the air with a vile torrent of bizarre ramblings including his impromptu homage to Liston and Dempsey, followed by violent threats of the darkest deviance before praising the Mighty…
California lightweight hopeful Rolando Reyes contends for the vacant NABO title tonight, drawing a tough assignment in the form of former belt-holder Courtney Burton of Michigan. The two square off as the main event on Showtime’s ShoBox broadcast tonight and the fireworks are expected to be fierce with Reyes engaging in his first title fight…
I know what you’re thinking: “Wow, James, what a great title.†Unfortunately, I’m not quite that creative when it comes to headings. In fact, “From Russia with Gloves†is the amusing tagline bestowed upon this weekend’s Alex Arthur-Boris Sinitsin card, a veritable make or break night for the talented, young Edinburgh native. Simply put, if…
Howard Eastman and Brian Magee leave their British homeland in search of victory as they both take the stage in Nurnberg, Germany tonight. Magee has the higher profile assignment as he squares off against Vitali Tsypko in an eliminator for the IBF super middleweight title as well as to see just who will become the…
English starlet Michael Jennings will be given his final exam tomorrow night in Bolton as he meets veteran hard case Jimmy Vincent for the vacant British welterweight title on the under-card of the much-anticipated Matt Skelton – Danny Williams heavyweight showdown. Jennings is already the reigning English titlist but the man in the opposite corner…
WBU featherweight titlist Steve Foster Jr. faces journeyman Jim Betts tomorrow in Bolton in a non-title bout as he gears up for much higher profile contests that are on the horizon for the Manchester area puncher. The son of former Commonwealth light middleweight titlist Steve “The Viking” Foster, Steve Jr. has ripped through the domestic…
The definition of the middleweight division will happen tomorrow and the outcome could be shocking and surprising, as all conflict of who is the ruler of this division will finally settle. Bernard Hopkins versus Jermain Taylor is more than a middleweight showdown of experience versus youth. It is a match-up that will signal the making…
He’s too old. The man has only half of his former boxing skills; his boxing style is far from comely. These are all statements, the middleweight ring king Bernard Hopkins had to endure and listen to since his by the book destruction of the powerful Felix “Tito” Trinidad. The admiration we have for youth can…