Being a boxing junkie my entire life, I've formulated some major pet-peeves over the years. However, one of the ones that has to rank at the...
If there’s a bad guy in this big-time showdown, it’s James “Lights Out” Toney, the jokester with the quick mouth and the even quicker hands. Toney...
On Saturday a decent card was put together in Buffalo which was set to showcase “A Night of Young Heavyweights”, featuring Buffalo’s own “3rd Franchise” –...
This past Saturday night a trio of heavyweight fights took place in Buffalo, New York. The goal: to create some fresh new faces on the heavyweight...
In his last fight, heavyweight Joe Mesi scored a first round knockout over DaVarryl Williamson. This was supposed to be an indicator fight for Mesi. Viewers...
The 92nd Round Bob Arum has acquiesced to not having evidence of a “conspiracy” in the scoring, judging, or selection of judges for the Oscar De...
Now that “Night of The Young Heavyweights” is history, what did we learn? Going into this three fight card, many were hoping to see a possible...
On Saturday night September 27th, HBO will be broadcasting three heavyweight fights featuring six up and coming young heavyweights. I don't need to mention their names,...
Do fight judges really have the best view of the fight? Over the years, I have often thought about what was better, sitting ringside watching a...
The camera rolls and the highlight clip begins. It shows a young, undefeated but green Marvis Frazier dancing while taunting heavyweight champion Larry Holmes. In the...
Pound-for-Pound. Steve Kim ( IBOPboxing.com ) Monday September 22, 2003 ? ???? With Shane Mosley's not-so-controversial win over Oscar De La Hoya, there is a shake-up in the...
Let me make it clear right up front, in my opinion George Foreman of 1973-74 is one of the three or four greatest heavyweight champions in...
Chris Byrd refers to himself as the test, and says nobody wants to study for the test. “It's too difficult.” Not many fighters have ever spoken...
He stands barely over 6 feet tall, weighs somewhere between 208-214, can't punch, and nobody wants to fight him. Unbelievable! You would think in the era...
The 91st Round Okay – now that Bob Arum has dismissed the notion of an out-and-out “conspiracy” surrounding the De la Hoya-Mosley decision, let me get...
Oscar De La Hoya had every right to complain and be bitter about his unanimous decision loss to Shane Mosley this past weekend. Not because he...
Tow-may-to, Tow-mot-to, Pow-tay-to, Pow-tot-to. . . Just Call the Whole Thing off, Oscar. Joey Knish ( IBOPboxing.com ) Tuesday September 16, 2003 ? ????Fred Astaire sang how “you...
On March 9 1987, former heavyweight champion George Foreman stopped journeyman Steve Zouski in the fourth round. Foreman's fight versus Zouski was the official beginning of...
It was a long, rambling poem, though it wasn’t the kind of verse you might hear late at night in a smoky San Francisco coffee house...
Thirty years ago, on September 10, 1973, Muhammad Ali began the journey back to the top to put the final stamp on his career, solidifying him...
