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Showtime Saturday Night
February 26, 2008 by
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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...
Friday Night Fights Results
February 11, 2008 by
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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...
Almost An Ooops For Allan Green
February 11, 2008 by
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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...
Alexander "The Pretty-good-so-far"
February 10, 2008 by
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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...
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting!
February 10, 2008 by
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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...
Klitschko Over Byrd, Again.
February 04, 2008 by
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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...
Tomorrow on ESPN2's Wednesday Night Fights
February 04, 2008 by
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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...
De La Hoya Dominates the Mouthy Mayorga
January 29, 2008 by
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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...
ESPN2's Friday Night Fights
January 27, 2008 by
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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...
One Week and Counting!
January 27, 2008 by
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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...
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January 27, 2008 by
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You must check out our hero Paul over at touchgloves.
Sloopy Sykes Sags
January 27, 2008 by
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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...
Klitschko v Austin Today!
March 10, 2007 by
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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...
Other Heavyweight Happenings
December 13, 2006 by
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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'...
A-Force Strikes Back?
December 11, 2006 by
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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...
Shannon Briggs, "Heavyweight Champion".
November 07, 2006 by
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Lord, I'm too ashamed of the sport to post the text. Google it.
Recovering.....
October 02, 2006 by
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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...
Will It Be "Lights Out" For "The Nigerian Nightmare"
August 30, 2006 by
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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...
Paul Williams: Thomas Hearns Come Again?
August 20, 2006 by
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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...
A Friday Night of Ho-Hum Fights
August 18, 2006 by
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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...
What A Night, What A Fight!
August 13, 2006 by
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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...
Whatever Happened to Hawaiian Punch?
August 10, 2006 by
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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...
Spinks In a Squeaker
July 08, 2006 by
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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...
Rankings, Smankings
April 26, 2006 by
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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...
What a Week!
April 21, 2006 by
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I'm getting settled in to watch Taurus Sykes fight Derek Bryant (after an entertaining undercard), and looking forward to the Klitschko v Byrd fight tomorrow night, and then Samuel Peter v Julius Long on next week's ESPN2's Friday Night Fights.Spring is definitely the best...
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