http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/players/james_page/74508 Recent articles about James Page en-us Saturday night, on a small club show in Natomas, Calif., former WBA welterweight beltholder James Page returned to the ring for the first time in more than a decade at 41 years of age in the six-round main event at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel against journeyman Rahman Yusubov of Azerbaijan. In the first 30 seconds, Page (25-5, 19 KOs) nearly made it a triumphant return as he wobbled Yusubov (9-9, 7 KOs) with the first left hook he landed, but due to a deterioration of skills caused by spending 11 years behind bars after being a party to multiple bank robberies, he was unable to land the follow-up barrage that would have ended the night early. In the closing seconds of the opening round, Yusubov landed some harsh shots with Page on the ropes that rocked the comebacking Pittsburg, Calif. native badly. In the 2nd round, Yusubov would continue his assault, landing tremendous blows that had Page in bad shape from the first moments of the round. Page took shot after shot, so... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:32:44 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/james_pages_comeback_unsuccessful_stopped_in_two_rounds/12253018 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/james_pages_comeback_unsuccessful_stopped_in_two_rounds/12253018 James Page's Comeback Unsuccessful, Stopped In Two Rounds http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/james_pages_comeback_unsuccessful_stopped_in_two_rounds/12253018 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png There is an old boxing adage that a fighter's power is usually the last thing to go. Before that, they lose their reflexes, stamina and often their punch resistance. Saturday night, on a club show in Natomas, Calif. at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, 41-year old former welterweight titleholder James Page of nearby Pittsburg will attempt to prove that old adage correct, as he returns to the ring for the first time in over a decade after spending 11 years behind bars as he served time for multiple bank robberies in the Atlanta area at the early part of the millennium. Page last saw action as a professional pugilist in 2001, when he was stopped by Andrew Lewis in seven rounds in an HBO Boxing After Dark bout where he was attempting to regain the WBA belt that he'd been stripped of the year before for failing to show up to the weigh-in for the initially scheduled Lewis bout. Saturday, he'll face Rahman Yusubov, a loser of his last seven, in a junior middle... Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:08:47 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/former_titlist_james_page_continues_his_unlikely_ring_return/12236977 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/former_titlist_james_page_continues_his_unlikely_ring_return/12236977 Former Titlist James Page Continues His Unlikely Ring Return http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/former_titlist_james_page_continues_his_unlikely_ring_return/12236977 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Photos courtesy of Erik Killin, ringsideFriday night in Sacramento at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Sacramento favorite and former winner of the boxing reality show “The Next Great Champ” Otis Griffin (24-10-2, 10 KOs) found the win column again as he stopped the tough but inexperienced Adam Collins (11-8, 8 KOs) of Ironton, Ohio. The end came in the 2nd round of their scheduled 10 round over the limit light heavyweight bout and it was Griffin's first fight in Sacramento in The fight was closely contested in the opening round until a shot near the top of Collins' head put him down in the final seconds of the opening round. Collins was not recovered from that blow as he kept pointing to the back of his head before getting dropped again early in the 2nd. Collins looked as though he rebounded well from the knockdown but was finished later in the round by a left hook before referee Dan Stell called the fight. Official time of the stoppage was 1:22 of round two. In the middlew... Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:42:52 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/otis_griffin_gets_back_in_win_column_in_sacramento/11548624 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/otis_griffin_gets_back_in_win_column_in_sacramento/11548624 Otis Griffin Gets Back In Win Column In Sacramento http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/otis_griffin_gets_back_in_win_column_in_sacramento/11548624 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Team Eloy Perez Moves Camp To SoCal In Prep For Adrien Broner With just three weeks to go before they make their arrival on the big stage, Team Eloy Perez has relocated their training camp to Oxnard from Oakland, Calif., according to assistant trainer Sam Garcia. The move is in preparation for his HBO debut against WBO 130-pound beltholder Adrien Broner, set for Feb 25 in St. Louis, Mo. in the co-feature to the intriguing welterweight scrap between Devon Alexander and Marcos Maidana. Perez and company have been working at King's Gym in Oakland for the past few weeks with Virgil Hunter and his growing stable of fighters, including junior welterweight Mike Dallas Jr. and lightweight Stan Martyniouk. Perez will now be down in Oxnard at Robert Garcia's gym to spar with undefeated former WBA 135-pound titlist Brandon Rios as well as fellow junior lightweight Argenis Mendez. The Perez camp will bring along with them budding junior welterweight Keandre Gibson down to Southern Ca... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:21:44 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/norcal_boxing_report_feb_4/9761872 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/norcal_boxing_report_feb_4/9761872 NorCal Boxing Report: Feb. 4 http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/norcal_boxing_report_feb_4/9761872 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png (above) Head coach Andy Leroy will attempt to win DU's 22nd NCAA Skiing Championship in MarchFrom: NCAA.comby Jen GunnelsSkiing is one of the NCAA’s oldest championships, but only four individuals in the long history of the sport have captured an individual national title as a student-athlete and then gone on to coach a team to a national title. University of Denver head coach Andy LeRoy completed the feat most recently when his Pioneers captured the first of three consecutive national championship titles in 2008.It was an accomplishment that had not been reached in more than 30 years of NCAA skiing.Denver’s John Cress captured an individual national title in 1956 before going on to coach Wyoming to a team title in 1968; Colorado’s Bill Marolt captured individual titles in 1963, ‘65 and ’66, then led his alma mater to seven consecutive team titles from 1972-78. James Page skied to a national title for Dartmouth in 1962 and 1963 before leading the Big Green to a tie for the title... Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:26:00 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/dus_ski_coach_has_winning_pedigree/9403070 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/dus_ski_coach_has_winning_pedigree/9403070 DU's Ski Coach Has Winning Pedigree http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/dus_ski_coach_has_winning_pedigree/9403070 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png