Fight Previews
Few fighters can claim four attempts at a world heavyweight championship, and even less could do so having endured a career as turbulent as that of Andrew Golota. “The Foul Pole,†is now more affectionately referred to as “The Powerful Pole†by Don King’s promotional company; and a less sinister nickname is not all that…
“Every time I step in to a ring, I fight for all of El Salvador.‖Carlos Hernandez. On May 28, 2005, “El Leon De Culicanâ€, the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez, will headline a fight card that is promoted by Top Rank, and televised as part of Showtime’s pay-per-view boxing series. Although the card remains centered on…
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 been a top-ten contender on…
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 the verge of making the…
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 will produce an exciting, jaw…
“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 welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu. So…
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 see. We have all watched…
On May 21, 2005, televised on HBO’s world championship boxing series, former 1988 Bronze Medalist, and current heavyweight contender Andrew Golota will challenge for his third heavyweight title in a row (the fourth title challenge of his career) when he takes on the WBO titleholder “Relentless” Lamon Brewster. It is a fight that will be…
While many boxing people all around the globe continue to wonder how on earth Felix Trinidad appeared in a prizefight and managed to leave no trace of being so on his opponent, including Trinidad himself, we venture forth into yet another week of boxing. Yes, the Trinidad Express halted, but SaddoBoxing cannot and rolls into…
Click for larger image© Paul Speak Billy Graham is perhaps Britain’s top trainer as the Manchester based former fighter boasts Ricky and Matthew Hatton, Michael Gomez, Paul Smith, Steven Bell, Patrick Maxwell and Matthew Macklin among his superb Phoenix Camp stable of fighters. With the able assistance of conditioning coach Bobby Rimmer and strength coach…
The potential of power like that of Felix “Tito†Trinidad’s turns the improbable to possible, and when it lands, it turns the possible into all but a guarantee. Ronald “Winky†Wright cannot claim such prowess, but his access to one of the finest pure boxing techniques may be enough to keep Trinidad’s monstrous power at…
That stage was set for a dramatic conclusion to the evening’s boxing. Cory Spinks made a glamorous entrance to the ring, accompanied by Rap star Nelly as he played to the record setting St. Louis crowd in attendance. Meanwhile, Zab Judah seethed in the ring, aching for retribution to right the blemish staining his record…