The good news was that Thomas Hearns was able to go eight rounds and was strong enough to be laying some hurt on his opponent as the fight wore on.
The bad news was that the opponent was pedestrian John Long.
The 46-year-old Hearns prevailed as Long retired in his corner between the eighth and ninth …
BROCKTON, Mass. (Campanelli Stadium) – Rodney Toney, 28-4-4 (17 KOs), 176¾, Boston, easily decisioned James Lubwama, 16-3-2 (9 KOs), 176, Uganda, over 10 rounds on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights.
Toney, 37, patiently stalked the very awkward southpaw Lubwama throughout. While he landed only sporadically, Toney clearly outworked Lubwama whose style is geared toward survival.
Lubwama …
(From press materials provided by Don King Productions)
RICARDO MAYORGA takes on former IBF welterweight champion Michele Piccirrillo for the vacant WBC super welterweight title at the United Center in Chicago and on pay per view on Aug. 13.
Ricardo Mayorga with his trainer Yoel Judah
July 26, 2005 Conference Call Transcript
Miami, Florida Training Camp
RICARDO MAYORGA: I …
In the spirit of mixing business with pleasure, a quartet of people from The Sweet Science came together at a buffet restaurant at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino for a free-wheeling discussion about the current state of boxing.
Discussing Hopkins vs. Taylor, Randy Gordon says that while he picked Bernard Hopkins to win a narrow decision, Jermain Taylor won their middleweight showdown fair and square. Randy also does some verbal jousting with Charles Jay with regard to Hopkins’ rightful place in history.
At its annual convention in Atlantic City on September 23, the American Association of Professional Ringside Physicians (AAPRP) will be giving its “Administrator of the Year” award to the executive director of the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board (NJSACB), Larry Hazzard. Now, to be honest, I’m writing within a certain context here; after all, …
Like many of the writers at The Sweet Science, Joe Rein has a style all his own. And that style helped him win the May 2005 CJ Award for superlative boxing journalism. In this installment of Boxing Channel Radio, Charles Jay chats with the Los Angeles-based Rein.
ODDS THAT NEVADA COMMISSION WILL OVERTURN DUANE FORD’S SCORING OF ROUND 12 OF HOPKINS VS. TAYLOR:
250,000–1
(Press Release)
MASHANTUCKET, CT– Foxwoods Resort Casino will play host to yet another knockout night of boxing, as ESPN 2’s “Friday Night Fights” returns Friday, August 5th at 8 PM. Fight fans will experience two of boxing’s most exciting heavyweight performers, as Hartford’s own Lawrence Clay Bey (18-4-0, 15 KOs) battles Derek “The One Man …
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Challenger Agapito Sanchez, 37-9-2 (22 KOs), 122, Bronx, NY, stopped defending, and highly rated, Art Simonyan, 14-2-1 (7 KOs), 122, Armenia, to take the USBA 122 pound title in the fifth round of a scheduled 12.
Although Simonyan, 29, working behind straight and short punches, won a close opening round, Sanchez, 35, began …
