Last week HBO sports announced that the pay-per-view heavyweight title fight between Vitali Klitschko and Danny Williams registered a disappointing 120,000 PPV “buys,” approximately the same number as the November 13th heavyweight show at Madison … [Read more...]
MAY-HEE-CO!
December 2, 2004 By
MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA WINS MAJORITY DECISION OVER ERIK MORALES IN FIGHT OF THE YEAR CONTENDER TO TAKE WBC WORLD SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT CROWN … [Read more...]
THE MELEE AT MANDALAY
November 21, 2004 By
Winky Wright and Sugar Shane Mosely Stage Thriller While Demonstrating the Meaning of “Role Model” in sports. … [Read more...]
BALLROOM BRAWLING
November 18, 2004 By
MARYLAND., November 18., If Ballroom Boxing had nothing else going for it, and it has a multitude of things that the do better than anyone of their ilk, that would be matchmaker Chris Middendorf. The latest installment seemed to be a dud on paper, … [Read more...]
Heavy Duty Analysis
November 15, 2004 By
We did learn something about the state of heavyweight boxing on Saturday night, November 13th. When good matches are made, a high level of excitement can exist, despite some strategic or technical flaws of the fighters. This doesn’t have to be the … [Read more...]
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE FIGHTS
October 15, 2004 By
WALDORF, Md., October 15., Upon arrival tonight fans were advised that the customary bout sheet listing the matchups was unavailable due to the number of last minute changes. When all was said and done, the seven fight card was reduced to five, and … [Read more...]
NO DEBATE HERE TONIGHT
October 1, 2004 By
GLEN BURNIE, MD., The new season of Ballroom Boxing began tonight in an event that proves conclusively that in boxing, just as in politics, business, or other sports, when you have strong, proactive leadership coupled with a bright , highly motivated … [Read more...]
NO CAKEWALK TO CANASTOTA
September 27, 2004 By
This is not an easy column to write. I'm a fan, and I don't want to be guilty of piling on or maybe more appropriately, to kick a man when he's down. But, in a little more than a week, I've heard the terms “Great” and “Future Hall of Famer” … [Read more...]
FOOTPRINTS…PART ONE
September 21, 2004 By
Most fight fans are justifiably salivating on the prospect of action and drama in matchups such as this past weekend's Hopkins- De La Hoya, and upcoming matchups of Jones Jr. -Glen Johnson, and Trinidad- Mayorga, particularly coming within a two week … [Read more...]
A Wisp of the Wizard A Look Back at Ali-Shavers and the Classical 15 Round Era
August 14, 2004 By
The Seventies were, without doubt, the preeminent decade in the long, distinguished chronicles of Boxing’s Heavyweight Division. Champions such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, and Larry Holmes would have defeated, or at least been … [Read more...]
