Weather reports indicate some dramatic meteorological action Saturday night in Atlantic City. The prediction is for “Thunder and Lightning,” which is shorthand for Floyd Mayweather Jr. challenges...
The man works in the background, far from the glare of center ring. But he is linked irrevocably to that ring. And his career has spanned...
NEW YORK (June 23, 2005) – With a world title unification showdown against World Boxing Organization (WBO) 168-pound titleholder Joe Calzaghe all but set for later...
While growing up in the Sugar Hill section of Harlem, New York, in the forties and fifties, Sigmund Wortherly had no shortage of positive role models....
He’s known as “Vicious,” but perhaps Vivian Harris would be better served to sport Glen Johnson’s moniker “The Road Warrior.” Ever since his title-winning knockout of...
The only thing Arturo Gatti is missing is a white hat, a trusty sidekick and a faithful horse that comes when he whistles. In another time...
LOS ANGELES (June 22, 2005) – Just two days before the best middleweight in the world, Bernard Hopkins, puts his title on the line against top contender...
Arturo Gatti had participated in a darn good fight with Tracy Harris Patterson in December 1995. And, before that, there were some thrilling battles as the...
BOSTON (June 22, 2005) – The thrice-weekly New England Ringside Radio Show goes from pillar to post this week, starting with the women of boxing and...
CHICAGO, Ill. (June 22, 2005) – Dominic Pesoli's 8 Count Productions, home of THE BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING presents KO CHICAGO RADIO every Wednesday night at 5:30pm...
I was at the Mohegan Sun covering the fights not long ago and it was as festive as only live boxing can be, yet the occasion...
NEW YORK — The names Chavez and Mayweather are featured prominently together on the marker board which keeps everyone apprised of upcoming dates and fights at...
ATLANTIC CITY (June 21, 2005) – On June 25 Arturo “Thunder” Gatti will put his WBC Super Lightweight Championship on the line in one of the...
SANTA YNEZ, California (June 21, 2005) – It’s back to reality for junior middleweight AHMED “HOLLYWOOD” KADDOUR. Kaddour will be the first contestant from NBC’s reality...
NEW YORK (June 21, 2005) – The Yory Boy Campas (86-7, 70 KOs) vs. Matt Vanda (33-1, 21 KOs) main event (12-round super welterweight bout), and...
There was a time in boxing when quitting was simply not an option – it wasn’t considered and it didn’t happen. Today, it seems that turning your...
When Oscar De La Hoya and Shane Mosley both announced their return to the welterweight division, fight fans began to buzz about the newfound potential in...
Ehinomen Ehikhamenor, a cruiserweight from Queens, thought he was unbreakable until he came to face-to-face with everyone’s worse childhood fear: a pop quiz. Ehikhamenor, who is...
It is so simple to talk the talk. So many can talk the big fight, almost mesmerize us with words as they chatter on endlessly about...
Much of the boxing media is abuzz with the prospect of recent Mike Tyson conqueror, Irishman Kevin McBride, facing freshly reinstated WBA belt-holder John Ruiz. While...
