When a boxing story has a residual impact on its subject matter, it adds a certain cachet that increases its value, both to the reader and to the sport. Charles Jay, editor-in-chief of The Sweet Science, has built a reputation penning such stories, from his groundbreaking “Operation Cleanup” series through the current book “Body Shots.” …
Charles Jay talks to Randy Gordon, former color commentator, boxing commissioner and magazine editor, regarding the Vitali Klitschko situation that has ultimately produced this weekend’s “interim� heavyweight title fight between Hasim Rahman and Monte Barrett.
Just read Lou DiBella, Jermain Taylor and Broadway Boxing by Bobby Cassidy (nice job by Cassidy as usual) and I couldn’t help thinking that Lou DiBella - who continues to bask in Jermain Taylor’s victory over Bernard Hopkins - would perhaps be best served by taking the high road on this one. It would …
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Guilty Boxing featherweight contender Humberto “El Zorrita� Soto of Mexico faces Ricardo “Rocky� Juarez in a nationally televised 12-round bout for the World Boxing Council’s interim 126-pound championship Aug. 20 in Rosemont, Ill.
Soto, ranked No. 2 by the WBC among featherweights, has a record of 36-5-2 with 21 knockouts while Juarez, rated No. 1 …
Mashantucket, Conn. – Former Olympian Lawrence Clay-Bey, 21-3-1 (16 KOs), Bloomfield, Conn., 258, managed to eke out a hard-fought ten round draw with scrappy southpaw Derek Bryant, 18-4-1 (15 KOs), Philadelphia, 212, at Foxwoods as the headliner of ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights.
Clay-Bey, clearly overweight and unable to fight with consistency, was nevertheless able to fight …
I’ve watched Lacy spar a lot – He’s awesome, not just to look at and figure how those bowling ball muscles could only be 168 pounds, but his punching power. At the Wild Card Gym, where some of the best fighters in the world gravitate, it was hard for him to get sparring partners. Nobody …
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LOS ANGELES – It’s a boxing rarity, putting a group of Olympic fighters who reached the pinnacle of amateur boxing together in the same ring as they attempt to reach world championship status in the pro ranks. In fact, its only been done three times in recent history, as members of the 1984, …
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Two vaunted bantamweight bangers–Jesus Rios of Guasave, Mexico, and Francisco Paredes of Mexico City–meet for the second time when they clash in the 10-round main event on the nationally and internationally televised “Guilty Fight Nightâ€? card presented by Guilty Boxing Friday, Aug. 12, at El Foro in Tijuana.
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Brian Hughes, Robin Reid’s trainer, has relayed the news to us that his 34-year-old British tiger has aplomb. Out of a sketchy literary background, I seem to recall that Mark Twain said he never met a boxer with aplomb he did not like. Or was that Little Jack Horner, sitting in a corner? Perhaps a …
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BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Miller Lite, Southwest Airlines, Sportsbook.com, and Rock Star Energy Drink have signed on as sponsors of Fernando Vargas’ August 20 bout against former world champion Javier Castillejo from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva.
Miller Lite, Southwest Airlines, and Sportsbook.com …
