We all know the side effects boxing has on your health. Speech, motor skills, memory…etc. What I didn’t know is the press can suffer the same side effects. This has become known to me since Roy Jones defeated Prince Badi Ajamu just a little over a week ago. I suppose it is similar to sympathy…
Many boxing experts and fans alike will agree that there were three stages in Mike Tyson’s career. The first from 1985-1991, his prime years, before he was imprisoned, in which until 1990 he was considered unbeatable. The next piece of the Tyson career puzzle covers his first fight since his return from prison, against 36-1-0…
By Simon Jackson Courtesy www.frankmaloney.com The hand struck. Twelve was reached and Cinderella is in trouble. Her coach turns into a vegetable, riches turn to rags and she is again reduced to sleeping on the floor before her improbable triumph over adversity. The WBC version of the story is showing in Las Vegas’s Thomas and…
Former WBA Featherweight World Champion Derrick Smoke Gainer (39-7-1, 24 KOs) will be looking to begin his comeback and establish himself in the 130-135-lb divisions when he faces St. Louis veteran Phillip Bring The Payne for the IBA Americas Lightweight Championship, this Saturday, August 12 at the Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, LA.
Australian light-heavyweight Danny “The Green Machine’ Green will make a return to the boxing ring on September 20 in a return match against Sydney boxer Jason DeLisle at Challenge Stadium, Perth. The bout will be sequel to the successful Western Warfare events that Green’s promotional company – Green Machine Promotions – has staged previously. DeLisle,…
Trainer Richard Poxon is having to hold British super-featherweight challenger Femi “Fire’ Fehintola back in the gym while the unbeaten 9stone 4lbs quicksilver awaits final confirmation of the date for his challenge to champ Carl Johanneson. The 24-year-old “Fire’ Fehintola, 14-0 (1KO), is expected to fight for the British Title in September or October but…
Plus The Report On Juan Manuel Marquez – Terdsak Jandaeng Click for larger image © Natasha Chornesky / Saddo Boxing Rafael Marquez once again defended his IBF Bantamweight title with a hard earned ninth round technical stoppage of Silence Mabuza, Saturday night at the Montbleu Resort Casino & Spa in Stateline, Nevada. Marquez’s convincing win…
Viper Gets Decision Over Bazooka! Ouma A Bad Dream For Iron Horse! Saturday night at the theater in New York’s Madison Square Garden, former welterweight world champions, Ike “Bazooka†Quartey and Vernon “The Viper†Forrest, faced off in a ten round junior middleweight crossroads bout, each attempting to recapture past glory. In round one of…
Courtesy www.frankmaloney.com Roy Jones Jr., and always has been a conundrum. A man with a paradoxical capacity not only for heart-warming kindness but also unconscionable cruelty, he can flash an unassuming, seemingly genuine modesty whilst, usually with a bit more vocal inflection, be equally inclined to launch into an egotistical, cringe-inducing tirade in which he…
The Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) highly commended the “astute efforts” of the Mohegan Department of Athletic Regulation, its Director and its Chief Ringside Physician in thwarting the “egregious efforts” of two boxers to obtain a boxing license and participate in bouts at the Mohegan Sun based upon fraudulent medical records. In announcing such praise,…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Montbleu Resort Casino in Stateline, Nevada saw Mexico’s boxing brothers, Juan Manuel and Rafael Marquez, both win their contests in exciting bouts. Rafael, 36-3-1 (32), defended his IBF Bantamweight belt for the seventh consecutive time, stopping South African challenger Silence Mabuza, 19-2 (15), in the…
Last night at New York’s fabled Madison Square Garden, former welterweight world champions Vernon Forrest and Ike Quartey clashed as light middleweights and when the smoke finally cleared it was the towering Forrest who came away with a disputed win. Failing to hold on to the competitive advantage established early, Forrest found himself timed by…