Archive for May, 2007

Vanda, Kost Hate Each Other

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

ST. PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS (May 31, 2007) - Matt “The Predator” Vanda is actively stalking his bitter rival Kenny “KO” Kost for their 10-round main event, headlining “The Brawl In St. Paul: A Father’s Day Special,” on June 15 at “The Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St.. Paul.
Vanda (36-3, 21 KOs), former IBA Americas light middleweight champion, …

June 29 Fight Card/Atlas Benefit In NYC

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Staten Island, New York, May 31—Duva Boxing will present Friday Night Fights: Staten Island Knockouts on Friday night, June 29, at the St. George Theater (34 Hyatt Street), in conjunction with the Dr. Theodore Atlas Foundation.
Duva Boxing president Dino Duva announced today that part of the proceeds from event ticket sales will go to the …

Writers, Fighters Event In NYC

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

New York, May 30—Fighting Irishmen: Celebrating Celtic Prizefighters 1820-Present will present “Writers and Fighters,” a panel discussion on the “Sweet Science” on Tuesday night, June 12, at The Down Town Association. The forum will include unbeaten Irish middleweight James Moore, former heavyweight contenders Seamus McDonagh and Renaldo “Misterâ€? Snipes, Irish standout boxer Maureen Shea, and …

Judahs Con On Conference Call

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

Today’s “Zab” Judah media conference call was too good to be true. It started on time. Media attendance was record-breaking. Oh, and the trainer, formerly known as Zab during the call, was, in reality, his father and trainer, YOEL Judah.

Boswell Wants Big Bout

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

Fresh off of his first-round destruction of veteran Steve “Storm� Pannell (34-13, 28 KOs) last Friday night in Colorado, Cedric “Bos� Boswell believes he’s ready to take on the any of the world’s top heavyweights.
Boswell (24-1, 19 KOs), fighting out of Atlanta, is lucky he doesn’t get paid by the minute. His last two opponents, …

Merchant Tells Spinks To Get New Job

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

I can’t help it, I love Larry.
But…I must disagree somewhat with his stance on Taylor, and his saying that JT clearly deserved to win that fight because he was trying to press the issue, make the fight.
Taylor threw a sad 319 punches over 12 rounds, and I make the case that really, neither guy acted …

Lampley Tells It Like It Is!

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

Go Jim Lampley!
He called Taylor/Spinks “dreadful” and “borderline unwatchable.” He ripped Spinks a new one for acting like he was auditioning for Dancing With the Stars. Bravo!
Oh, and then Lamps said Dick Flaherty should never judge a major fight again for turning in a 117-111 card for Spinks. Hardcore commentary, and most welcome in this …

Stevie Johnston Result

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

“ROCKY MOUNTAIN MAYHEM: RETURN OF THE CHAMP�
May 18, 2007 – Broomfield Event Center, Broomfield, CO
Main Event – IBA Lightweight Championship
Stevie “Lil’ But Bad� Johnston (41-4-1, 18 KOs), Denver, CO
WDEC12 (120-108, 119-109, 118-110)
Humberto “El Fuerte� Toldeo (31-4-2, 19 KOs), Quito, Ecuador
(Johnston retains IBA title)
Co-Feature – IBA Light Welterweight Championship
Adrian “Juanitoâ€? Mora (19-0-1, 11 KOs), …

Comments Option Is Open Again!

Friday, May 18th, 2007

For real.
My apologies to all who wrote in and were angry that their comment didn’t get posted.
That has been addressed, and I accept full responsibility for lagging to this point.
I deserve your scorn!
Enough mea culpa?
Thanks!

Tim Bradley, James Kirkland Info

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

Two of boxing’s most-talented, world-ranked, unbeaten prospects look to elevate there status to legitimate world title contenders when James “Mandingo Warrior’’ Kirkland (18-0, 16 KOs) and Timothy “Desert Storm’’ Bradley (19-0, 11 KOs) co-headline in separate bouts Friday, June 1, on “ShoBox: The New Generationâ€? (SHOWTIME, 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).
Gary Shaw …