Rating heavyweight fighters has always proven controversial. Sanctioning bodies, boxing magazines, and guys at your local tavern will never agree with precision on a firm top...
Last time out, these two warriors gave us one of the best fights of the modern era (or any era), so this rematch needed no hype....
LAS VEGAS (Oct. 8, 2005) – Showtime Championship Boxing will replay the lightweight rematch between WBC/WBO lightweight champion Diego Corrales and former WBC champion Jose Luis...
Jab, right hand, hook to the liver. Left to the liver, left to the liver. Right hand over the top, left to the liver, hook to...
LAS VEGAS (October 7, 2005) – Jose Luis Castillo failed to make weight for Saturday’s eagerly anticipated rematch with WBC/WBO lightweight champion Diego Corrales of last...
Early fame garnered or bestowed is an indelible precedent in the court of public opinion. Fame in sports may be incremental, but when notoriety comes early,...
Fight of the year? How about fight of a lifetime. Diego “Chico” Corrales (40-2, 33 KOs) and Jose Luis Castillo (52-7-1, 46 KOs) will be doing...
Do you remember the old saying The bigger they are, the harder they fall? It perfectly fits Nicolay Valuev – at least judging by October 1....
Where else would a fight fan rather be right now than in Las Vegas for the rematch between Jose Luis Castillo and Diego “Chico” Corrales? I...
For quite some time, Carl Moretti, the Vice President of the New Jersey-based promotional firm Main Events, had been hearing about Joel Julio, a teenaged welterweight...
After last week’s shenanigans, it looks like we’ve got the real deal coming our way this Saturday. From Las Vegas, broadcast via Showtime pay-per-view, Diego “Chico”...
The rematch between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo is about second chances. It is another chance for Castillo to prove that he is the better...
Robert Cassidy Jr., a feature writer for The Sweet Science as well as Newsday, gets together with his dad, former light heavyweight contender “Irish” Bobby Cassidy,...
CHARLOTTE, NC (October 6, 2005) – Top 10 ranked heavyweight contender Calvin Brock will travel home to Charlotte, NC on Saturday, November 19, to challenge for...
Reformists are everywhere in the world of sports. The issues are always the same: Ways to play, run and pay a sport better. Boxing is not...
It is almost passé to bemoan the state of the heavyweight division, but this past weekend showed that boxing’s glamour division is on life support. On...
Junior Witter will meet Italy’s Gianluca Branco in a final eliminator for the WBC light welterweight title once he has successfully defended his British, Commonwealth and...
Most of the time, after a great fight, we are left to wait years for the rematch – if it happens at all. Sugar Ray Leonard...
“This is Burma and it will be quite unlike any land you know about.” (Rudyard Kipling 1898) When most fans think of boxers, they almost certainly...
OLDENBERG, Germany – Moments ago, at Eve Arena, Italian Paolo Vidoz defended his European Heavyweight Title against Great Britain’s Michael Sprott. Since Sprott is a respected...
