Recently, HBO replayed some of Mosley and Vargas’ earlier fights – Vargas against Bazooka and Mosley against Oscar, and it’s amazing how different Vargas and Mosley look now.

Fun show at the Manhattan Center in New York last night. My wife came with me, and that was a treat. She met a bunch of people she hears me babble about. She thinks the editor is cute. Even more so when he said he’d send payment soon.

Bryant Gumbel, star of HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, sometimes says the darnedest things.

“My goal right now is to fight Lennox Lewis,” Toney recently told BBC Sport. “I respect Lewis, he’s a good fighter, but he’s not a great fighter like me. Lennox will return – he can’t resist.”

The boxing press slams Winky Wright, but the Wright vs. Jermain Taylor fight is officially on. Fernando Vargas says he’s finally in shape, and Chris Byrd says he’s rejuvenated and ready to face Wladimir Klitschko again.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Weighty matters of this sort, when applied to the sweet science, often turn up some screwy answers.

Winky Wright vs. Jermain Taylor is off again because Winky says he won’t take the short end anymore, Mayweather says he’ll crack Judah’s fragile chin and Chris Byrd is going to Germany to face Wladimir Klitschko, but why?

Fight Promoter University has a curriculum that covers most of what the average Joe needs to know to become a bigwig boxing promoter.

Jose Luis Castillo defeats Roland Reyes in lacklustre bout, questions about Thomas Hearns still fighting, David Tua pulls out of Shannon Briggs bout, Roach says McCullough should stop fighting, Nicolay Valuev in some PR trouble and more in boxing news.

Rolando Reyes is tough. He is durable. He is capable. But he has never faced anyone remotely close to the quality of Jose Luis Castillo.