Let's face it – there isn't anyone on that committee today who wants to hear what someone like me has to say. I guess anything I...
Today is the day that the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, through its Consumer Affairs Sub-Committee, holds a hearing concerning boxing legislation. In case...
PELTZ SQUEEZES FROM BOTH ENDS IN DUAL ROLE – “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him...
Sometimes I think it's important to establish what should NOT be part of a boxing reform package. One of the things I hear from people that...
For the past seven years or so, representatives of the federal government, most notably Senator John McCain of Arizona, have sold people on the fact that...
Mickey Ward Does Not Live In A Mansion – Junior-welterweight Mickey Ward doesn’t own any big-time world title belts. He doesn’t live in a 40-room mansion,...
Here’s a little secret. The third guy holding one of the three major junior-middleweight titles goes by the nickname of “Winky.” He’s 30, a southpaw, is...
The two best heavyweights in the world need passports to see the Statue of Liberty. They both talk with an accent, use strange currency, can’t vote...
The Prophet was a no-show, so we didn’t get a chance to ask him about his clever nickname. If Daniel “The Prophet” Attah had shown up...
In the down-home, country-fried words of promoter Cedric Kushner, “Merciless” Ray Mercer is “one tough cookie.’’ Kushner meant that in the sense that Mercer has a...
It’s been seven months since the legend of “Sugar” Shane Mosley went up in a puff of controversy. Right hands and left hooks always tell the...
Tua vs Moorer teleconference – There wasn’t any carnage left behind after the Michael Moorer – David Tua teleconference earlier this month, no carcass left in...
Maybe you’ve heard of John Ruiz. He’s the WBA heavyweight champion of the world, though you probably don’t know where he’s from (Boston) or how to ...
During the final countdown of the past millennium, we had been subjected to an overwhelming number of Top Ten lists. I had paid particular attention to...
The late 60’s and early 70’s spawned an array of fistic talent in the heavyweight division. From the great champions Patterson, Liston, Ali, Frazier and Foreman...
The Rubber City of Akron has probably never produced anything resilient then a boxer named Doyle Baird. Rugged and balding, he was often compared to Carmen...
From 1991 to 1994, James Toney was arguably the best fighter in the world pound-for-pound. This self described 'old-school' fighter mowed down everyone in his path...
The 5’11”-200lbs. Spencer began his professional journey on May 3,1960 with a third round knockout over Frankie Rowe. He racked up five more wins before losing...
Rick Assad has covered sports in Southern California for nearly three decades and has written for the Pasadena Star-News, Glendale News-Press, Los Angeles Times (Valley Section),...
It's too bad that I'm just a lowly little writer and not the benevolent dictator of the world. Oh, not the whole world- those problems are...
