Nestled between the classic featherweight and lightweight divisions, we have the 130-pound super featherweight division. If you are a boxing purist, perhaps you do not agree with the creation of such weight classes deviating from the original weights as intended. What you cannot possibly disagree with is the legitimacy of the fighters currently occupying this…
Tonight, live on ESPN 2’s Tuesday Night Fights boxing series, “Smooth” Rodney Jones continued his quest for a world title shot as he defeated Teddy “Two Guns” Reid via split-decision. Let me tell you fight fans, it was not even that close. How one of the judges scored the fight for Reid is unbelievable. Still,…
Who would have “thunk it?” What an awesome fight, fans. No slow motion camera tricks. No music during fights. No nonsense! All that the fans were treated to was a great seven round war between two young guns. Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora clearly out-thought, out-fought, out brawled, and out-classed the tough and determined Peter…
Well fight fans, welcome to another addition of the “Big Debate.†I must say my fellow fanatics; boxing is really picking up a head of steam as we make our way into the summer months. This weekend brings some excellent match-ups with the most interesting one being Jesus Chavez vs. Carlos Hernandez. This clash brings…
1. Jean Marc Mormeck: As the current unified WBC/WBA cruiserweight champion, Mormeck’s introduction to the world is somewhat belated. Nevertheless, having beaten Wayne Braithwaite, Virgil Hill (twice), Alexander Gurov and Dale Brown in his last five fights, Mormeck deserves his place atop this list. Under the promotion of Don King, Mormeck could conceivably be involved…
I still have very little trouble listing off the linear heavyweight champions all the way back to John L. Sullivan. Sullivan, James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Jim Jeffries, Marvin Hart, Tommy Burns, Jack Johnson, Jess Willard, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Max Schmeling, Jack Sharkey, Primo Carnera, Max Baer, James Braddock, Joe Louis, Ezzard Charles, Joe…
On paper, this is one of the most evenly matched bouts in years. Both fighters suffered an early career learning loss to OK opposition. Both lost in title shots against Floyd Mayweather in 2001; Hernandez by a clear unanimous decision (although forcing the first count of Mayweather’s career when a stumble led to Pretty Boy’s…
By Curtis McCormick. Kostya Tszyu has landed in Britain and yesterday attended a Sports Network press conference yesterday at Manchester’s premier hotel, The Midland. Team Hatton photographer Paul Speak was in attendance as the great IBF champion held forth along with his promoter Vlad Warton, trainer Johnny Lewis, manager Matthew Watt and Sports Network’s superb…
Ricky Hatton was in an extremely relaxed mood earlier this evening, taking questions from various reporters around the globe. The questions came thick and fast as we gauged Ricky Hatton’s mindset ahead of the biggest fight of his career. Topics ranged from the possibility of crowd violence and, much to Ricky’s amusement, an American reporter…
“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…