A former athletic commissioner from the state of Kentucky has revealed to us that he was threatened with discipline, and later dismissed, for having the temerity...
If I’m Clinton Woods, I’m betting heavy on the other guy. I’m rounding up my family’s life savings, robbing my piggy bank, taking out a loan...
This Saturday in the world of college football, Colorado is a hefty 24 point favorite over San Diego St., Washington St. is a big 28 point...
LaMotta, known for his ability to assimilate and resist punishment while marching forward in the ring, was smiling and moving his head with every word we...
As we mentioned in the previous chapter, one thing that gets lost when people talk about the business of boxing is that the promoter, in the...
One thing I've noticed when I look over the Muhammad Ali Act, and the new legislation that will supplement it – the so-called “United States Boxing...
A few years ago, four former boxing champions -Floyd Patterson, Rocky Graziano, Jake “The Raging Bull” LaMotta, and I- were in a television studio ready to...
It was like interviewing the young man who asked if he could marry your daughter. Polite, soft-spoken, respectful, all the right answers. If you were looking...
It was like interviewing the young man who asked if he could marry your daughter. Polite, soft-spoken, respectful, all the right answers. If you were looking...
Well, as we predicted, John Ruiz lost to Don King the other day in U.S. District Court in New York. That was really the only plausible...
This litigation involving WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz and Don King Productions (DKP) has the potential to be a very instructive case. For the time being,...
Some time between now and its annual convention in Washington, which takes place September 11-13 – perhaps sooner than later, the World Boxing Association is likely...
“JACK – DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOUR ASS ON THE WAY OUT” That was going to be the title of this chapter. Unfortunately, things didn't...
On Friday night in Atlantic City, ESPN2 televised a scheduled ten-round junior welterweight fight between Michael Stewart and Brad Jensen in one of its featured slots....
Sometime today, it will be announced that Duva Boxing, the promoter of Kirk Johnson, who was disqualified in a World Boxing Association heavyweight title fight against...
By now, all of you know the amount of controversy surrounding the July 27 fight between John Ruiz-Kirk Johnson for the WBA heavyweight title; a fight...
For those poor souls who simply can't do without their daily dose of dirt, I've got a story that might just hit the spot. In 1995,...
These are tough times for former junior-lightweight champ Steve Forbes. He’s a junior-middleweight fast on his way to becoming a light-heavyweight, a growing man trying to...
Within Section 11 of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act, covering “SANCTIONING ORGANIZATIONS”, the following passage appears under “Public Disclosure”: “(1) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION FILING- A...
For the past four years, Russell Peltz has functioned, more or less out in the open, in a dual role – simultaneously serving as a boxing...
