After 12 great months of prizefighting, we have a decision, most likely considerably less than unanimous, but “You can’t please everyone, so you got to please yourself.” We seen some really great fights this year, and that was just the promoters.
Hopkins and Chambers doing Philly Proud
December 27, 2006 By 50 Comments
It’s no secret that Antonio Tarver wants a rematch with Bernard Hopkins, who moved up from middleweight to light heavyweight and beat Tarver via unanimous decision last June in
Atlantic City.
An Open Letter to Mr. Claus
December 24, 2006 By 40 Comments
My Dearest Santa . . . This time of year, I know, is a hectic one round the North Pole. Last night took you into the championship rounds. You never miss a Monday column, though; and so I thought to post an open thank-you letter. Bet the kiddies don’t send you many of those.
THE NIGHT “BAD” WAS GOOD
December 20, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Last Saturday, HBO’s Boxing After Dark ended its 10th season on a high note with an exciting card headlined by middleweight marauder Edison “Pantera” Miranda’s eye popping KO of tough Philly fighter Willie Gibbs. And in the co-feature featherweight prospect Jason Litzau lost his undefeated status to Mexican Jose Hernandez, allowing his cockiness to ruin his chances in a very winnable fight.
Jermain Taylor looks to the future
December 20, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Edison Miranda can yap all he wants about Jermain Taylor needing to give him a shot at his World Boxing Council and World Boxing Organization middleweight title belts. But if Lou DiBella has Boxing Organization middleweight title belts. But if Lou DiBella has
anything to say about it, that’s not going to happen any time soon.
Hammering Away
December 17, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Ours is a fine sport. Those who follow boxing through periodicals, television programs, and websites sometimes need a reminder. So negative about our sport are mainstream-media folks, sportscasters, and some veteran boxing scribes, that fight fans can get dispirited.
FANS WILL BE FILING OUT OF THE EXITS
December 13, 2006 By Leave a Comment
I’m against change by nature. I admit it. So naturally I’m opposed to open scoring in boxing. But I feel equally passionate about changes that have, in my mind, hurt other sports, and I just don’t want to see our sport similarly damaged.
Awards time!!!
December 12, 2006 By 1 Comment
Now that everything important has taken place, thought it would be a good time to dole out some awards – good and bad – for 2006. Some of my awards are typical, some are unique. They’re all juicy
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Hypocrite of the Year – Diego Corrales:
Taylor and Ouma Open an Experiment
December 10, 2006 By 1 Comment
There was the undisputed Middleweight Champion of the World, Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor, an offensive fighter of sometimes lax defense fighting in his hometown against a volume puncher whose only chance at victory would be thirty-six minutes of action. Proponents of open scoring picked the right match for an experiment, didn’t they?
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The future of Jermain
December 6, 2006 By Leave a Comment
If either Don King or Bob Arum were promoting Jermain Taylor and said that Taylor has the ability to become one of the top middleweights in history, we would have to take that with a grain of salt. As much as these two master promoters have done in boxing the past 40 years, few can dole out the rhetoric the way they can.
The Tijuana Intangible
December 3, 2006 By Leave a Comment
From training injuries to accumulated wear on cartilage and scar tissue and tendons, from damage inflicted on a prizefighter to damage a prizefighter incurs while inflicting damage, in boxing there is one constant: No athlete is much more than half himself by the halfway point of a championship bout. What a prizefighter does when he is far from his best, though, is a question of intangibles, and often what separates a champion from a talented contender.
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