Nope, not Rafael.
Kellerman?
Can he write? I know he can talk….

An all-time great comes aboard TSS next week.
He’s an award-winning writer, with decades of fightwriting experience tucked under his belt.
Get psyched.

The frontrunner for 2007 Manager of the Year, Cameron Dunkin, has brought two more fighters into the stable that is fronted by middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik.
Undefeated junior welterweight contender Demetrius Hopkins (28-0-1, 11 KOs), from Philadelphia, and former top-rated amateur standout Terrence Crawford from Omaha, who will be making his pro debut as a …

Get ready, TSS Universe.
Next week, we welcome a new writer to the team.
He’ll be new to TSS, but well-known to readers of the sweet science.
For my money, he’s the best in the business, actually.
Check back frequently, please.

The better team won Sunday.
Tip o’ the cap to you, Giants, for being hungrier, and showing you wanted it more in Arizona.
Maybe the Pats were a tad overconfident? Maybe Tom Terrific spent a bit too much time canoodling, and hitting hotspots in NYC, instead of studying Giants sets and resting his bum ankle? …

I feel bad, I do. But I blame the fact that there are too damn many belts floating around. I just can’t keep track of ‘em all. I know, I should be able to keep track, that’s why I get the big bucks. That aside, Cory Spinks, the IBF’s 154 pound champ, will face off …

They used video of Pantera’s FNF KO of Banks on CNBC’s Fast Money tonight.
They set up their Pops and Drops of the Day segment with a snippet of Banks getting KTFO, as a prime example of a drop.
Ouch.
Sorry Banks.
But always good to see the sweet and savage science getting some play outside the normal channels…

PROVIDENCE (November 20, 2007) – Saturday night’s scheduled “Pinnacle FiteNite: The Heat’s on In Hartford,� featuring NABF cruiserweight champion Matt “Too Smooth� Godfrey and Jeremy “Half-Man, Half-Amazing� Williams, has been cancelled due to Pinnacle FiteNite reneging on its financial funding and television agreement.
“We regret having to cancel the show but it was out of our …

Emanuel Steward is no longer the trainer of former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor.
The four-fight pairing is kaput, Dan Rafael reported.
Taylor co-trainer/mentor Ozell Nelson is credited with being the impetus behind the move.
Kelly Pavlik (32-0, 29 KOs) will rematch with Taylor (27-1-1, 17 KOs) on Feb. 16.
Will former trainer Pat Burns be back in Taylor’s …

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