GOOD INTENTIONS – The 43rd Round I want to bring to your attention a press release, issued a couple of weeks ago: News Release, February 27,...
The 42nd Round Maybe this is the perfect way to start things off. Because it demonstrates clearly that given the opportunity to make any corrections at...
Can there be any doubt that we will see Jones-Holyfield sometime this year ? It may not be the biggest fight out there but it can...
The 41st Round Since no one has done this yet, at least to our knowledge, despite the fact that there have been several references to it...
The 40th Round Wasn't that kind of a silly presentation during the exchange between Teddy Atlas and Nevada deputy attorney general Keith Kizer on ESPN2 last...
Pointless Until Career Has Heard Last Bell Can we as boxing columnists please stop matching the Champions of today with past greats? It's just my opinion...
The 39th Round I have been doing investigative pieces of one kind or another since about 1986. Since then I have encountered many instances of injustice,...
When Roy Jones moves up to face 'the Quiet Man' John Ruiz, Jones will be facing daunting odds as he's giving away as much as 40...
Who is this guy and why is it so easy to believe him? Seems like he’s in the wrong line of work. Instead of throwing punches,...
The 38th Round I like to play games. And one of those games is “Jeopardy” (the home version). I'm usually the contestant, but today, if you...
The 37th Round In case you haven't seen the letter Senator John McCain wrote to Nevada governor Kenny Guinn several days ago, let me reproduce that...
In developing a fight plan for John Ruiz to fight Roy Jones, I'm making two assumptions. One, Jones is going to move throughout the entire fight...
The 36th Round I have no particular problem with Norman Stone sharing the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) award for Manager of the Year. But...
The 35th Round Amongst all the pre-fight hype for the Mike Tyson fight this past week, this press release, issued by Senator Harry Reid, caught my...
The 34th Round Apparently not content merely with being the vice-chairman of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Tony Alamo Jr. may now have designs on “higher...
The 33rd Round As I write this, it looks as if Mike Tyson and Clifford Etienne will indeed tangleSaturday night. For a little while there, it...
I'm sorry I just don't see it. Never in Boxing history has the caliber of fighters between 160-175 been weaker, worse, or anything else you want to...
The 32nd Round A few letters. A lot of criticism. A little “cease-and-desist” action. I guessthat's what Teddy Atlas gets for straying from the script. When...
Some fighters routinely brush off knockdowns and continue fighting. Johnny Tapia routinely cheats death and goes on with his life. You see, Tapia never does anything...
The 31st Round The Association of Boxing Commissions strengthened itself considerably in the last week,though it wasn't a result of anything it did pro-actively. One of...