During the final countdown of the past millennium, we had been subjected to an overwhelming number of Top Ten lists. I had paid particular attention to...
The late 60’s and early 70’s spawned an array of fistic talent in the heavyweight division. From the great champions Patterson, Liston, Ali, Frazier and Foreman...
The Rubber City of Akron has probably never produced anything resilient then a boxer named Doyle Baird. Rugged and balding, he was often compared to Carmen...
From 1991 to 1994, James Toney was arguably the best fighter in the world pound-for-pound. This self described 'old-school' fighter mowed down everyone in his path...
The 5’11”-200lbs. Spencer began his professional journey on May 3,1960 with a third round knockout over Frankie Rowe. He racked up five more wins before losing...
Rick Assad has covered sports in Southern California for nearly three decades and has written for the Pasadena Star-News, Glendale News-Press, Los Angeles Times (Valley Section),...
It's too bad that I'm just a lowly little writer and not the benevolent dictator of the world. Oh, not the whole world- those problems are...
It looked so perfect for middleweight prospect Tokunbo Olajide. Olajide, the younger brother of Michael ‘the Silk’ Olajide’, a middleweight contender of the late 80’s, was...
After a relatively slow month of October, the game of boxing has a November that could be one to remember. This past weekend, the world's best...
It'll Only Be Competitive EarlyÅ By Anthony Tambarella ( IBOPboxing.com ) Saturday July 05, 2003 This Saturday night on Showtime we get to see the greatly anticipated rematch...
