Montreal’s Arturo Gatti has experienced ring success in recent years, but overall Canada has not produced a wealth of talent. Is there a shot that can change? On this edition of the Russ Anber Show, our man-about-boxing north of the border takes a look at the up-and-coming boxers in Canada.
(Press release from 8 Count Promotions)
Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions, HOME OF THE BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING, and Bob Arum’s Top Rank Incorporated in association with Miller Lite and TCF Bank are proud to announce further details of VIVA MEXICO, a Chicagoland celebration of Mexico’s Independence Day on September 16th at the Aragon Ballroom.
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While middleweight champion Jermain Taylor has truly reached the apex of his profession, his home state of Arkansas is still in the dark ages in terms of regulating the sport of boxing. That’s the theme of a recent, well-written piece in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette by a young man with a name that was built for [...]
Tim Graham, in the process of doing his job as beat reporter for the Buffalo News, disclosed that MRI’s taken of undefeated heavyweight Joe Mesi revealed multiple subdural hematomas. Tim Graham talks to Charles Jay about how far he would go to protect his sources.
I recently read in a press release where there were 5000 tickets sold in the first three hours for the Antonio Tarver-Roy Jones rubber match, to be held at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa on October 1. Reportedly 15,000 paying customers were present for the Jeff Lacy-Robin Reid fight, which was held at [...]
(From Don King Productions press release)
CLEVELAND—Cleveland native and heavyweight contender Ray “Rainman� Austin got a call Thursday that most boxers only dream of when his promoter, Don King, notified him that another boxer had suffered a training injury, paving the way for him to step into the co-featured main event for the USNBC heavyweight championship [...]
(The following is a press release)
Ebo Elder of Newnan, Ga., generally regarded as the most promising lightweight in the sport, has signed an exclusive promotional agreement with Guilty Boxing, it was announced today.
Elder’s first fight with Guilty Boxing is a 12-round, World Boxing Association lightweight title-elimination bout on a [...]
On the latest installment of The Russ Anber Show, Russ talks about working Lawrence Clay-Bey’s corner in a recent fight against Derek Bryant. Then Charles Jay engages him in a mini-debate about whether the fighter should have a voice in the corner’s decision to stop a fight.
On today’s Ramble, Charles Jay asks the question - when the fighter and his chief second disagree strongly about whether a fight should be stopped, whose word should carry more weight with the referee? Is it something that should be, or even can be, incorporated into the rules?
Recently middleweight Ishe Smith took some shots at the TV show “The Contender” on another website. One of the other participants in that reality show - Tarick Salmaci - undertook to respond to Smith’s attacks. This submission is not an exclusive to The Sweet Science, but rather the product of an email sent by Talmaci [...]
