You’ve got to hand it to the folks at HBO. For the hardworking boxing journalists who are either too busy, too harried or too poor to eat, Mssrs. Ross Greenberg, Kery Davis et al treat the members of the press with the kind of dignity they deserve but to which they’re still unaccostomed.
On this day in 1927, Tony Canzoneri beat Johnny Dundee by unanimous decision to win the vacant New York State Athletic Commission World Featherweight Title at Madison Square Garden.
On this day in 1962, Dick Tiger won the WBA Middleweight Title, beating Gene Fullmer by unanimous decision at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park.
Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions has announced plans for CICERO CHILL, the next fight card of world-class pro boxing at Cicero Stadium on Friday, November 10th.
The original plan cooked up by Team Calzaghe was for Joe and Bernard to meet next March for a “£10million showdown,� according to the Sunday Mirror, but the never-at-a-loss-for-words Hopkins put a kibosh on those plans, not temporarily, but once and for all.
On this day in 1926, Harry Greb died of complications from nose and eye surgery in Atlantic City. He was 32 years old.
Tyson described the exhibition as “fun, that’s my first time boxing since my last fight. I didn’t know how tough it would be,” whereas those in the two-thirds full Chevrolet Centre (4000 of 6000 seats were sold) in Youngstown, Ohio and the folks at home who forked over $29.95 didn’t feel or act as though they got their money’s worth of snake oil.
On this day in 1973, Eder Jofre fought his last title bout, knocking out Vicente Saldivar in Salvador, Brazil, to retain his WBC Featherweight title.
Mike Tyson will weigh more than he ever has for a fight – and yes, we know that his fight with Corey (Not Corrie) Sanders is an exhibition – but to look on the bright side, at least he’s not a total tub of goo.
After the retirement of Fabrice Tiozzo, the World Boxing Association (WBA) took the interim title away from Silvio Branco and crowned the Italian its new world light heavyweight champion.
