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...
What would an HBO boxing telecast be like without the voice and input of guest judge Harold Lederman? Harold has become a mainstay with the popular...
For the past four or five years ESPN Classic Sports has shown two hours of classic boxing on Tuesday nights. That's the good news. The bad...
David Tua has to be the luckiest fighter in the world. How many times does a fighter get three chances to do something right, once? It's...
This Saturday night in Las Vegas Oscar De La Hoya gets his shot at redemption against Shane Mosley, who defeated 'the Golden Boy' in June of...
Ever go to a store where you need to buy something or get something serviced only to walk up to the front door and see a...
Look out, Shane Mosley. Tighten your jaw, toughen your resolve and spend some extra minutes in the gym every day. Don’t smile too often or say...
