This past weekend I was making my way to my assigned seat in press row for the massacre that was Marco Antonio Barrera- Kevin Kelley at...
Vassily Jirov is taller than James Toney, younger than James Toney and hits harder than James Toney. The reigning IBF cruiserweight champ, Jirov has always been...
The 55th Round Years ago, when I was doing a little matchmaking, both on the pro and amateur level, in the Tampa Bay area, I was...
The 54th Round Last Thursday, the Texas state Senate approved a bill to ban “elimination boxing tournaments” – a measure squarely aimed at those events referred...
Every once in awhile a few thoughts get into my mind that get me wondering. No, not thoughts like, 'why is the sky blue?' but more...
Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather Jr., is calling out junior-middleweight champ Oscar De La Hoya, which is like Barney Fife calling out Atilla the Hun. Before it’s...
Over the past couple years, boxing fans have heard many commentators talk about the size of today's heavyweights. The announcers make a big deal over how...
Seven and a half years ago the very personable and popular Ken Norton was enshrined in Boxing's Hall of Fame. It couldn't have happened to a...
The 53rd Round Doug Morris, an attorney for Greg Page, sat while deposing Dr. Manuel Mediodia and quickly came to the conclusion that Mediodia, in the...
This past weekend in Philadelphia, the undisputed middleweight champion of the world Bernard Hopkins successfully defended his crown by chasing Morrade Hakkar out of the ring...
The 52nd Round (NOTE: The “Q & A” passages in these reports, as well as the direct quotes, are a product of a deposition taken from...
The 51st Round (NOTE: The “Q & A” passages in these reports, as well as the direct quotes, are a product of the deposition taken from...
It's Saturday night and you are watching the big championship fight with your buddies. If you're like most fight buffs, you score the fight along with...
The 50th Round One of the figures who is at the center of attention in Kentucky's Greg Page tragedy, and who indeed is a co-defendant in...
Saturday night in Philadelphia, the fight game took another sucker punch from one of its own, a cheap shot thrown by the WBC that landed in...
The 49th Round Following our story a couple of weeks ago about the International Boxing Union (IBU), in which we relayed that Don “Moose” Lewis, president...
The 48th Round This past week, heavyweight fighter Joe Mesi and Sugar Ray Leonard ended their legal dispute by coming to a settlement that allowed Mesi...
A few years ago, lightweight contender Angel Manfredy discovered he was fighting for the wrong side. This is a scary thing to realize, that the spiritual...
Larry Merchant has traveled the world the past few weeks. Only recently has he settled down back home in Southern California. His duties have taken him...
Is there anything in sports that sparks more passion and debate between sports fans then the “what if” argument? What if Wilt and Shaq had to...
