GELSENKIRCHEN – Once again consensus heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko did what he was supposed to do, in the manner most predicted, as he completely controlled and...
RUMBLING ON THE RHEINE – There was a brief spell of bitterness around Ruslan Chagaev's camp after his rematch with Nikolai Valuev was cancelled, but it...
GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY, NORTH RHINE OR NO WHINE ZONE – Back almost five years to the day before Wladimir Klitschko was scheduled to face David Haye, June...
TALES FROM THE BASHING BLACK FOREST – Things have been looking up lately in the heavyweight ranks. Public perception of the big boys still has a...
INSIDE CELLULOID RINGPOSTS – “Tyson”, the autobiographical documentary of boxing's mercurial mauling icon “Iron” Mike by director James Tobak that garnished a strong reception at the Cannes and...
KRAZY KREFELD – Sometimes a guy basically gets his face pounded flat. That's pretty much what happened to Japanese visitor Koji Sato during his WBA middleweight...
DUSSELDORF – After the two past weekends where high profile performers in Stuttgart and Los Angeles were unable to raise the battling bar in the mainstream...
STUTTGART – This funky city is an old school industrial automotive metropolis, with lots of working class characters and a modernized central area that seem ready...
ATOP THE EUROPEAN HITTING HILL- Even if you're an undefeated champion, as the old saying goes, sometimes it's lonely to be the King. After stopping Raul...
DUSSELDORF – As a true native told me upon an early visit to an Arizona reservation, “It's different here.” That concise, accurate description fits perfectly to...