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...
Choose One: USA Vs. Iraq Lewis Vs. Tyson II By Rick Folstad ( IBOPboxing.com ) Thursday January 30, 2003 ? ???? There’s supposed to be...
The 30th Round A lot has happened in the last seven days or so. Among other things, you've got guys fromESPN referring to my stories (without...
The 29th Round Last week Teddy Atlas did a good job of reading our January 21 story (21st Round – IFYOU'RE THINKING “CLEANUP”, REMEMBER ALAMO) to...
The 28th Round Over the last week or so, I've spoken with enough people to know that the other casinointerests in Las Vegas are not exactly...
The 27th Round Well, let's say I was in that Senate meeting room today. This is what I might have to say: I shall only make...
The 26th Round If you're a reader of the “Operation Cleanup” series, it's quite possible thatyou'll be tuned into C-SPAN this morning when the Senate Committee...
The 25th Round This coming Wednesday in Washington, DC, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation is going to be holding another one of those...
