Couple days ago it was super talented under-the-radar welterweight Antwone Smith. Today, Lou DiBella scooped up an underused super middleweight who was in the Don King stable, Marcus Johnson (16-0, 13 KOs). One week, two rock solid prospects. Good week for Lou.
DiBella set himself up with two fighters who could easily be fighting for [...]

The bill to sanction MMA in New York couldn’t make it out of the State Assembly to the Senate, for a vote, as the legislature is bogged down with the after-effects of a GOP power grab on June 8.
There are simply too many bills, of greater import to a wider segment of the New [...]

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Tragedy has befallen former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. His four-year-old daughter Exodus was pronounced dead on Tuesday in Phoenix, after she was found with a chord from a treadmill wrapped around her neck at her home.
Her 7-year-old brother found her unconscious and alerted her mother. The mother tried to revive the child of the [...]

Greg Page, who held a version of the heavyweight crown in 1984, died in Louisville. He was 50 years old.
Here is a link to a story on Page’s passing.
http://www.fanhouse.com/news/main/former-boxing-champ-greg-page-dies-at-50/447861

Ex junior lightweight champion Kendall Holt, just off a disappointing loss to Timothy Bradley last month, plead guilty to money laundering charges. The 27-year-old New Jersey native brought money derived from drug dealing to his ex manager, Henry Cortes, who plead guilty to drug dealing in February. Here is a link to a story on [...]

John Scully was kind enough to alert us to the death of a legit good guy in the sport.
“Just dropping you –and your publication a little note on something sad that seems to have flown under the radar in the boxing world. I am in Mexico right now but I unfortunately just got word from [...]

Wladimir Klitschko and former cruiserweight champion David Haye will battle on June 20, Dan Rafael reports.
Most likely, the bout will take place in Germany.
This fight will be the most anticipated heavyweight bout since…Lord…I don’t know when….Maybe you all have a suggestion for me.