Why does HBO-PPV have to gouge the boxing public again, by asking us to pay to see the De La Hoya – Campas fight? Just a...
Just a week after HBO brought you the exciting give-and-take fight that was James Toney-Vasilliy Jirov, HBO Pay-Per-View is making you pay to watch the collosal...
The 59th Round There's a big problem with the WBO's campaign to get Freeman Barr stripped of his #1 ranking. Obviously, if you recall from the...
The 58th Round There's this old story – I'm sure you've heard it – about the explorer in the jungle who comes upon a snake, wounded,...
After years of being the bridesmaid, promoter Dan Goossen became the bride, when his man, James Toney won the IBF cruiserweight title with a pulsating 12-round...
James “Lights Out” Toney carries his attitude around with him like it’s pocket change, something to jingle when he’s bored, or pull out and lay on...
This past Saturday night I watched the Antonio Tarver-Montell Griffin fight. The fight was for the vacant WBC/IBF light heavyweight titles vacated by Roy Jones. At...
The 57th Round As dangerous as Toughman contests may potentially be, the company, headed by Art Dore, probably provides the “gold standard” for events of its...
Yory Boy Campas isn’t a warm-up for Oscar De La Hoya as much as he’s a break in the monotony, a little million-dollar side trip on...
Xtra, Xtra, read all about it! Xtra, Xtra, read all about it! Mike “the Myth” Tyson signs to fight another weak-chinned opponent, who lacks confidence and...
The 56 Round As dangerous as Toughman contests may potentially be, the company, headed by Art Dore, probably provides the “gold standard” for events of its...
April 27th of this year will mark the 35th anniversary of one of the World Boxing Association's crowning achievements. The grand finale of their eight man...
For a boxer who had crossed gloves with the likes of Sam Langford, Joe Gans. Philadelphia, Jack O'Brien, Mysterious Billy Smith, Kid Lavigne, George Gardner, Dixie...
At the end of HBO's telecast of the Bernard Hopkins-Morrade Hakkar Middleweight Championship fight on March 29, 2003, HBO commentators Larry Merchant and George Foreman left...
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...
