OBERHAUSEN- Yah, Sturm. I was hoping on Saturday night to see the kind of contest that would inspire a German fight crowd to behave with a...
DUSSELDORF (3a.m., wearing presumably the only Phillies hat in Germany) – I'm not going to insult my hosts or new neighbors by assuming I know much...
The assembled northern Germany crowd at Wesner Ems Halle in Oldenburg gave a boisterous hometown ovation to Danilo Haussler, from Frankfurt, as he challenged WBA Super-middleweight...
RARE AIR – Bernard Hopkins is the Fighter of the Year, unless Manny Pacquio knocks out Oscar de la Hoya within five rounds, or unless Vitali...
BERLIN/KLITSCHKOVILLE – The slugging scenario, so to speak, was written in giant glowing script that flashed in a neon scroll around O2 World Arena before,during, and...
BERLIN OR BUST – I've been lucky enough to see, close up, some of the finest action in relatively recent heavyweight boxing history. The biggest thuds...
DUSSELDORF- This Saturday, a short hop away by the 250+ kilometers per hour ICE (inter-continental express) train, undefeated IBF middleweight champ “King” Arthur Abraham looks to...
THE WIDE RANGING BORDERS OF CLASS – There are many ways this weekend's Shane Mosley – Ricardo Mayorga duke out might unfold. Some observers had a...
DUSSELDORF – I'm not certain that undefeated, 20 year old flyweight Susi “Killer Queen” Kentikian is currently the best pound for pound female fighter on the...
BERLIN, BY THE WALL – Somewhere, I hope Ol' Max Schmeling is smiling, while more divisive fellows like Adolph Hitler and Nikita Khrushchev are spinning in...