Just who does the IBF think they're messing with? This is Roy Jones Jr., they're talking about. This is the Big Cheese, the Top Dog, the...
About three-quarters of the way through this thing, somebody asked me, “In the process of compiling 'Operation Cleanup', who has your opinion changed about the most?”...
I've always got a lot on my mind- of course some would say I don't have anything between the ears, but that's a matter of opinion-...
Several days ago, in something that has heretofore gone largely unreported, the California State Attorney General's office, acting pursuant to consultation with the athletic commission, agreed...
In what was, in my opinion, a somewhat ordinary fight nine days ago in Las Vegas, one thing clearly stuck out in my mind. It was...
Travis Simms stopped Anton Robinson in the eighth round last Friday night to win the North American Boxing Association's 154-pound title. But the next morning, it...
Ya' know, there's a reason why I hate going to fancy banquets and social gatherings where people are being honored. No, not only because I'd have...
We've all heard the story. It's a poignant tale about a hard-luck kid growing up in the wrong part of town, how he would have been...
It's a Keystone Kops lineup of heavyweight hopefuls looking to pick up a fast buck on what would otherwise be a slow Saturday night. Cedric Kushner's...
Johnny Tapia reminds me of a guy who always arrives at the airport five minutes before his flight is due to leave. There’s a certain amount...
It has recently been revealed that a fighter named Juan Carlos Rubio was fighting under suspension when he scored a ten-round decision over prospect Francisco Bojado...
“Since its passage in 1996, the PBSA (Professional Boxing Safety Act) has not been adequately enforced. Many unscrupulous participants in the professional boxing industry are aware...
Over the last few weeks, a bandwagon of would-be boxing reformers has been created, in part, by the people over at ESPN, who seized upon the...
It’s a well-constructed letter supposedly written by IBF mandatory challenger Robert Allen, asking middleweight champ Bernard Hopkins if he’d like to step outside and settle things....
When Michael Spinks won an Olympic gold medal at the 1976 Olympic games in Montreal as a middleweight, he was overshadowed by his older brother Leon...
As I rant and rave about the importance of having neutrality in officiating, I'm occasionally encountered with the devil's advocate who asks, “What's the big deal...
It was erroneously reported in one newspaper that “the WBA screened a tape of the (Ruiz-Johnson) fight for a group of 55 boxing officials and judges,...
No doubt you're aware of the special hearing this Wednesday where the WBA will explain its movements in the latest heavyweight rankings. Such moves have caused...
This press release came to me from WBC President Jose Sulaiman, dated August 5, 2002: “The practice of active litigation is not customary nor a part...
It’s like poking a dead dog with a stick. You’re pretty sure there’s no bite left in it, but you’re a little concerned about the smell....
