On Wednesday, ESPN’s Dan Rafael revealed that Top Rank had won a purse bid for the Vitali Klitschko-Hasim Rahman fight for the WBC heavyweight title, which would be expected to take place sometime in mid-November. Todd duBoef, the president of the promotional company owned by stepfather Bob Arum, obviously expecting someone to bid $12 million, …

Mitch Abramson is someone very much in touch with the boxing scene around New York City. He talks to Charles Jay about his recent column which won the CJ Award for superlative boxing journalism and about the boxing scence in New York.

So now Hasim Rahman is an “interim� heavyweight champion and Ricardo Mayorga has won a world title in a second weight class. What does it all mean for the future of their respective divisions? That subject is discussed on the latest edition of Randy’s Ringside, co-hosted by Charles Jay.

Yes, Charles Jay rambles on. In this maiden podcast, he talks about tonight’s pay-per-view card in Chicago, featuring Hasim Rahman vs. Monte Barrett, as well as the rest of the boxing sked for this Saturday.

On this edition of The Russ Anber Show, Russ talks with Charles Jay about Jermain Taylor’s middleweight title win over Bernard Hopkins, and what he would advise Hopkins to do leading up to the rematch. He also brings into question the 10-point scoring system.

Hasim Rahman vs. Monte Barrett — August 13
If you had the Palomar Telescope, you still couldn’t find my interest in this fight. It’s hardly a matchup that’s had me breathless – let alone willing shell-out for PPV. Back-in-the-day, this would’ve been a routine Friday night main-go at the Old Garden, with nothing more at stake …

In our release announcing the CJ Awards the other day, we mentioned that Ed Schuyler’s story, “The Long Count vs. The Long Stand” (which was a runner-up for the award) influenced a modification to the New Jersey rules regarding replacing the mouthpiece in the event of a knockdown. Here, in its entirety, is the memo …

Hasim Rahman vs. Monte Barrett — August 13
This is a big fight, so why aren’t people excited? This is the former heavyweight champ of the world versus the former WBC Continental Americas champion (what?). For some reason, I can’t see either fighter winning, so I’ll go with the guy I’m rooting for: Monte Barrett, who …

Hasim Rahman vs. Monte Barrett — August 13
Tough fight for Rahman who has his sights set on fighting Vitali Klitschko for the WBC title but instead must settle for a smaller payday versus Barrett and an interim title. The Rock was hyperactive in 2004 fighting five times and winning four by KO in going undefeated. …

Bobby Cassidy Jr. of The Sweet Science was at Lou DiBella’s “Broadway Boxing� card in New York the other night, and had the opportunity to talk with DiBella about his fighter, world middleweight champion Jermain Taylor, and the rematch with Bernard Hopkins. Also, Bobby speaks with former bantamweight and junior featherweight champion Junior Jones.