“You know, being compared to Oscar is amazing because he is such a phenomenon in the sport of boxing. It makes me feel good inside and it makes me want to train even harder because I’m representing him.‖Vicente Escobedo on comparisons to his promoter Oscar de la Hoya. On May 27, 2005, Vicente “Chente†Escobedo,…
The past three weeks have been great for our beloved sport. We saw the legends of Castillo and Corrales grow as they put on a thriller. Then, we witnessed the culmination of years of hard work for Ronald “Winky†Wright as he completely befuddled Puerto Rican Monster, Felix “Tito†Trinidad. And, last night, we were…
It is hard to believe but May 25 sees the fortieth anniversary of one of the most controversial fights in heavyweight history. Much had happened since Cassius Clay, as he was then known, won the world heavyweight championship from Sonny Liston in February 1964. Born in 1942, Clay’s only reason for boxing came when, as…
Ricky Hatton knows that Kostya Tszyu is the single most feared fighter on the planet. He’s well aware that the native Russian was unstoppable in the amateurs and went on to clean out the most competitive division in boxing earlier this decade, unifying the three major titles at light welter. Hatton also hasn’t lost sight…
Daniel Jacobs of New York City defeated Williams Boggs of Pennsylvania to capture the 165-pound division of the National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions on Saturday night at State House Convention Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. Jacobs was one of 11 champions crowned, with two fighters from nearby Knoxville — Roberto Ceron (106 pounts) and…
Lamon Brewster. They can’t see me. When God is with you they can’t take it away. If we can’t work and make it we can still take it. Andrew Golota was the only thing keeping me from the land of milk and honey. I’ve got more than just heart – I’ve got skills. I was…
Former IBF cruiserweight champion of the world Kelvin Davis had to suffer the indignity of seeing the title he never lost in a ring go to O’Neil Bell on Friday night, and now, a fourth round stoppage at the hands of unheralded Guillermo Jones. The fight was a fairly even affair until Davis was hurt…
Unbeaten Polish light heavyweight Tomasz Adamek won the vacant WBC championship tonight in one of the evening’s featured attractions to the Brewster-Golota championship fight. The fight went to the scorecards after twelve rounds of action and Adamek took the victory after one card read 114-114 even, another read 117-113 and the last read 115-113 in…
WBO heavyweight champion of the world “Relentless” Lamon Brewster lived up to his nickname tonight in Chicago, Illinois as he wiped away the challenge of Polish contender Andrew Golota in less than a minute. Brewster managed to get inside of Golota’s defense almost immediately to land his vaunted left hook, and Golota found himself on…
In exactly the type of exciting, non-stop-action brawl that typifies what “ShoBox: The New Generation” is all about, unbeaten lightweight Americo Santos did just enough to record a disputed 10-round split decision over previously undefeated Isaac Mendoza Friday on SHOWTIME. In the co-feature, undefeated super middleweight Allan Green scored a seventh-round technical decision over Rocky…
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…
Tonight, live on ESPN 2’s Friday Night Fights series, O’Neil “Give ’em Hell” Bell faced Dale “Cowboy” Brown for the vacant IBF cruiserweight championship. Round one: Dale “Cowboy” Brown (33-4-1 with 21 KOs) comes out in his orthodox stance, using a quick, stiff jab against the right handed O’Neil “Give ’em Hell” Bell (24-1-1 with…