By now, all of you know the amount of controversy surrounding the July 27 fight between John Ruiz-Kirk Johnson for the WBA heavyweight title; a fight...
For those poor souls who simply can't do without their daily dose of dirt, I've got a story that might just hit the spot. In 1995,...
These are tough times for former junior-lightweight champ Steve Forbes. He’s a junior-middleweight fast on his way to becoming a light-heavyweight, a growing man trying to...
Within Section 11 of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act, covering “SANCTIONING ORGANIZATIONS”, the following passage appears under “Public Disclosure”: “(1) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION FILING- A...
For the past four years, Russell Peltz has functioned, more or less out in the open, in a dual role – simultaneously serving as a boxing...
Let me tell you a little story about what can potentially happen when you've got no supervision, or supervision that is lacking, for a professional boxing...
When the Association of Boxing Commissions convenes for its annual meeting this week in Miami, one of the items on the agenda will be the method...
Mr. Jack Kerns is in a position where he can lend a helping hand to the cause of boxing reform in America. All he has to...
On May 31, former world champion Meldrick Taylor stepped into the ring in Birmingham, Alabama, amid much controversy. Doctors and commissioners from across the country protested...
“There are not too many altar boys in the boxing arena.” — Dickie Cole, boxing administrator, Texas Boxing Commission Several issues have been raised thus far...
The latest incident in Indiana, in which the World Boxing Council essentially, and successfully, hijacked the process of officiating the Vernon Forrest-Shane Mosley fight, has shed...
Aw shucks. Just when I thought I might be in line for a free trip to Indonesia or some other exotic place, to supervise one of...
As of the close of business on Friday, Jacob Hall, a member of the Indiana Boxing Commission, was confident that he had a problem of great...
In the midst of what may have been one of the most bizarre days in the lives of a lot of people in the boxing industry,...
Lennox Lewis is 37, Mike Tyson 36. Though this fight may be happening 10 years too late, it still holds much intrigue for the boxing public....
“We need to eliminate the 'Dodge Cities' of boxing and chase out the 'gun-slingers' and create a town that can grow and flourish” —- Teddy Atlas,...
If one suspects that a sanctioning organization is engaging in corrupt activities, what is the model by which it should be dealt with? Well, I've got...
To Tim Luckenhoff, President, Association of Boxing Commissions : According to Section 11, Paragraph “c” of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act – “NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN...
When I was a kid doing PR work for a promoter many years ago, I distinctly remember one instance where, at the end of a very...
Maybe I'm naive, but I've always been amazed by the veracity with which some of these sanctioning bodies work. And to think that will all of...
