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Showtime Saturday Night
There have been several great fights lately, but I had been especially looking forward seeing Zahir Raheem fight Acelino Freitas on Showtime tonight. Their fight was the main event, and while it ended with some controversy, it was an entertaining fight.I became a big believer in Zahir Raheem when he...
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February 26, 2008
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Friday Night Fights Results
Friday Night Fights has been entertaing so far this Spring, and tonight was no exception. In the first of the televised bouts, Brian "The Beast" Minto fought the always-game Billy "The Kid" Zumbrun in an eight-round bout.I saw Zumbrun fight Riddick Bowe about a year ago, and despite suffering a fourt...
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February 11, 2008
Almost An Ooops For Allan Green
All things considered, ESPN2 put together a pretty entertaining card for the most recent installment of its "Wednesday Night Fights" franchise.In the main event, super-middle superstar Allan Green was matched up with last-minute replacement Donnie McCrary. McCrary accepted the fight on nine days no...
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February 11, 2008
Alexander "The Pretty-good-so-far"
On the Klitschko/Byrd undercard, Alexander Povetkin, the 2004 Olympic Super-heavyweight gold medalist, faced off against Friday "the 13th" Ahunanya. The six-round bout ended in a Povetkin win by unanimous decision, and was quite the exciting match-up. Both fighters went straight at one another and sl...
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February 10, 2008
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting!
Tomorrow night looks exciting. HBO's card with Ike Quartey and Vernon Forrest has an amazing undercard with Kassim Ouma to fight Sechew Powell, and Andre Berto, one of my favorites, is fighting grizzled veteran Roberta Valenzuela. I don't know if HBO will show both of these undercard fights, but ei...
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February 10, 2008
Klitschko Over Byrd, Again.
Going into this fight, I'd predicted a round seven knockout (yes, I do have witnesses). While I was not surprised to see it happen, I was surprised at how easily Wladmir Klitschko beat Chris Byrd. It was not just a victory, it was a potentially career-ending whupping. Thankfully, Byrd didn't seem to ...
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February 04, 2008
Tomorrow on ESPN2's Wednesday Night Fights
Tomorrow night on ESPN2, the exciting Allan Green will be fighting. Lest you've forgotten, he's the super-hot super-middleweight who delivered unto Jaidon Codrington the most brutal first-round knockout of 2005. He gave Codrington eighteen seconds of Hell, and I'm expecting that he'll give something ...
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February 04, 2008
De La Hoya Dominates the Mouthy Mayorga
My, oh my, Oscar De La Hoya put a whuppin' on Ricardo "The Matador" Mayorga. Taking the WBC light middleweight belt from his foul-mouthed opponent wasn't enough, so the Golden Boy beat and humiliated the tough Nicaraguan brawler, finally finishing him in the sixth round.De La Hoya fought his smart,...
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January 29, 2008
ESPN2's Friday Night Fights
Tonight's card on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights will be fun to watch, though it won't likely be of great importance. The main event will feature Samuel "The Nigerian Nightmare" Peter against 7-foot journeyman Julius "The Towering Inferno" Long. Some would call long a tomato can, but he did win impressi...
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January 27, 2008
One Week and Counting!
As boxing fans, it is hard for us to hear others decry the fall from greatness of the heavyweight division. While the current heavyweight field may do little to inspire some, I still love to see the two-hundred-pound-plus dreadnoughts battle it out. There have always been dull fights between lumber...
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January 27, 2008
touchgoloves.com
You must check out our hero Paul over at touchgloves.
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January 27, 2008
Sloopy Sykes Sags
The Taurus "The Bull" Sykes v Derek "The One-Man Riot" Bryant fight looked to be a potential stinker. The flabby, under-achieving Sykes against the unheralded Bryant.Sykes fights a sloppy style, but against weak competition, he's been able to mug, grab, and win ugly decisions. His only win of any s...
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January 27, 2008
Klitschko v Austin Today!
I'm looking forward to this bout, though many call it a mismatch. Ray "Rainman" Austin, as will most any heavyweight of size, will definitely have a puncher's chance against the oft-rattled Wladmir. I'm predicting a sixth-roound KO win for Wlad, but anything could happen. Austin getting this fight is just another example of how insanity rules the roost at the IBF. Austin simply...
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March 10, 2007
Other Heavyweight Happenings
And lest I forget, Oleg Maskaev successfully defended his WBA strap from Peter Okhello in Russia last weekend. Maskaev knocked Okhello down twice en route to a twelve-round unanimous decision. Often, a new heavyweight champ will take a relatively easy 'tune up and recover' fight, and, while Okhello is tough, he seems to fit that description.The rest of the cream of the heavyweight...
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December 13, 2006
A-Force Strikes Back?
Well, it looks like 'Fraudley Harrison', the 2000 Olympic gold-winner, is getting his butt back into gear. Audley 'A-Force' Harrison up and beat the piss outta Danny Williams in a rematch of the fight that nearly ended Harrison's career.Danny Williams is not a bad heavyweight, but he never was as good as the 'Tyson conqueror' moniker would suggest. He got lucky that a shot Tyson...
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December 11, 2006
Shannon Briggs, "Heavyweight Champion".
Lord, I'm too ashamed of the sport to post the text. Google it.
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November 07, 2006
Recovering.....
I'll admit to nearly having a stroke when the judges announced the split-decision in the Peter v Toney bout. To me, and the three folks with whom I watched the fight, Toney was the clear winner, and the scoring of the bout by two of the three judges appeared to be moronic or dishonest. My scorecard was very close to judge Gale Van Hoy's 112-115 dissenting decision. My companions...
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October 02, 2006
Will It Be "Lights Out" For "The Nigerian Nightmare"
On Saturday night, Showtime will be featuring James "Lights Out" Toney in a heavyweight bout against Samuel "The Nigerian Nightmare" Peter, in what is certain to be a fight worth watching. Toney is a trash-talking slickster who is the most fundamentally sound heavyweight of recent years, and this match-up with the heavy-handed, un-polished, and meagerly skilled Peter will provide...
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August 30, 2006
Paul Williams: Thomas Hearns Come Again?
Is Paul "The Punisher" Williams the second-coming of Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns? It's probably too early to say such a thing, but the long, lanky, hard-hitting welterweight looked impressive as he dissected and demolished the once-great Sharmba Mitchell. The six-one Williams used his much greater height and reach to his advantage, but he also fought in close, showing the ability...
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August 20, 2006
A Friday Night of Ho-Hum Fights
EVANDER FEASTS ON "THE BEAST"Evander Holyfield looked to be in good shape tonight, as he dominated the thoroughly outclassed journeyman Jeremy "The Beast" Bates, winning the fight with a second-round TKO. Unfortunately, this will probably lead to Holyfield moving up to fight someone who isn't a unskilled journeyman, and that will not be pretty. Bates, despite his complete lack...
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August 18, 2006
What A Night, What A Fight!
For all of those who derided last night's HBO PPV ticket, know ye that you were wrong! With the second great heavyweight fight of 2006 (the other being Lyakhovich v Brewster) as the main event, we who were watching were greatly entertained. After an exciting and entertaining undercard, the main event was worth every penny.For those of you who haven't heard, Oleg Maskaev battered...
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August 13, 2006
Whatever Happened to Hawaiian Punch?
I know that a lot of you guys don't follow the light-flyweights, but one of the hardest-hitting mini-flies of all time, Brian "The Hawaiian Punch" Viloria, took to the ring in Las Vegas to defend his WBC title against the deservedly unheralded Mexican fighter Omar Nino Romero. By the end of the night, however, Romero had earned the respect of Brian Viloria and everyone watching...
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August 10, 2006
Spinks In a Squeaker
On Saturday night, Cory Spinks went up in weight to challenge the former Russian bareknuckle brawler Roman Karmazin for his IBF junior middleweight belt. Spinks moved up in weight after he was stunned and stopped by Zab Judah at 147lbs. Spinks had all three of his belts taken by domination in front of his hometown fans, and he was certainly out to redeem himself.Going into this...
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July 08, 2006
Rankings, Smankings
About.com recently published their top 50 active heavyweights. I disagree with a lot of their guy's picks, but hey, that's a big part of the fun of being a boxing fan. Boxrec has their own system for objectively ranking fighters, but their rankings often ends up with varying amounts of craziness (John Ruiz at number five?), making college football's BCS foolishness pale by comparison...
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April 26, 2006
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