Fresh off his loss of the mayoralty of his country’s capitol, Kiev (Ukraine), retired WBC world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko is having second thoughts about returning to the ring, but on one condition: his former rival Lennox Lewis has to be having second thoughts as well.
The ep started with a comprehensive wrap-up, so anyone who hasn’t been on board from the get-go is in good shape. The rest of us can feel free to visit the bathroom and raid the fridge for a few minutes…
I tried, for those of you aiming to put down some cashish on Saturday’s heavyweight title shot eliminator between James Toney and Sam Peter. I asked Peter’s manager Ivaylo Gotzev what his man would be weighing for the contest and if he liked his level of conditioning.
The net will be offering oodles of goodies on SHO.com for fight fans before and after the big Saturday rumble between James Toney and Samuel Peter.
His guy Manny Pacquiao (42-3-2) will get it on with Erik Morales for the third time on November 18, at the Thomas & Mack Center, and the mischievous Roach took the opportunity to poke fun at Morales, who is like he’s far, far, far away from the super featherweight limit.
It looks like IBF interim lightweight champion Julio Diaz will get it on with Brazilian Acelino Freitas in Brazil, if contractual terms can be hashed out.
First reported by ESPN and subsequently picked up here and there – “We’re negotiating,” Brock told ESPN.com – Klitschko and the Boxing Banker are working out the details for a Nov. 11 date at Madison Square Garden.
A new study in the August issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine has been released which states that boxers actually have a lower risk of injury than athletes in sports such as gymnastics.
According to the BBC, IBF/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe wants Glen Johnson to defeat Clinton Woods in their IBF light-heavyweight title bout scheduled for Sept. 2.
With fame still the coin of the realm, the adage ‘once a celebrity/always a celebrity’ is still in effect. One needs look no further than the Security Square Mall in Baltimore for confirmation of that creaky maxim.
