What is past is prologue. It was 10 years ago this weekend that Roy Jones Jr. put on a virtuoso performance against Vinny Pazienza – a...
Undefeated virtuoso “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 139, 34-0 (23 KOs), forced defending WBC super lightweight champion Arturo Gatti’s trainer Buddy McGirt to stop...
With unbeaten Jermain Taylor – a rising star with credentials – taking on Bernard Hopkins – the long-reigning middleweight champion who is considered by most to...
In boxing, it seems that an attempt to measure toughness is a redundancy. Aren't all boxers tough? Of course they are. But Arturo Gatti's toughness resides...
Al Certisimo was a professional lightweight boxer from Hoboken, New Jersey, who compiled a 9-1 (4 KOs) professional record between 1953 and 1954. All of his...
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...
