Saturday, July 9, 2011
HBO WENT AFTER DARK WITH TITLE TIFF AND…
Atlantic City, NJ- Rico Ramos, (122), Pico Rivera, CA KO 7 Akifumi Shimoda, (121.5 lbs), Tokyo, Japan. (WBA 122 lb title) Ramos (20-0, 11 KOs) takes the title decisively by taking out the relatively unknown Shimoda (23-3-1, 10 KOs). Time was 2:46....
Robbery of Lara One Al Capone Would Be Proud Of!BOXING STILL THE “RED LIGHT” DISTRICT OF SPORTS
Los Angeles, CA-The judges stole a clear-cut and dominant 12 round decision victory away from Erislandy Lara (15-1*-1, 10 KOs) over a bloodied Paul “Got Punished” Williams (40-2-27 KOs) Saturday night on HBO...
George Kimball
HEAVY SMOKER, HEAVY DRINKER, HEAVY WRITER
San Francisco, CA– When Ron Marshall, owner of Pugilibri Boxing Books, the foremost purveyor of boxing books in the world told me he had been chatting with former Boston Herald boxing scribe George Kimball, I had heard he was sick so I inquired....
Rocky MarcianoBOXING’S ROCKY WAS BORN “ROCCO FRANCIS MARCHEGIANO
Charlotte, NC– It used to be that we would gather in the barber shop or in the community store and have “warm conversations” over which era’s fighters were better or who was best pound for pound. Today we get our hair...
ALL STAR “RING TALK” BOXING GUEST LIST IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT!
San Francisco, CA– The Thursday night edition of “Ring Talk” radio was off the charts! We opened with Kevin Perry explaining David Haye’s performance, or lack there of. “Slammin’ Sammy” Perez went deep into UFC 132, while Jeff...
Could Duran Have Afforded $100 For The Gym?COST $100 PER MONTH FOR A BOXING GYM IN NYC
Miami, FL- This past weekend was one of those I would have liked to be wrong and eat ten lbs. of “Crow.” But it didn’t happened, as Wladimir Klitschko, a physical...
Paul Williams (left)
New York, NY- An array of fights await us this weekend, below is a short chronological “Reader’s Digest” style lay out of the action.
FRIDAY NIGHT ACTION
ESPN 2 at 9 PM ET: the popular fight series “ESPN Friday Night Fights” kicks off the boxing weekend. Each installment of...
Archie "NO B.S." MooreGREAT FIGHTERS IN BOXING NO LONGER EXIST!
Charlotte, NC– Where is Archie Moore when you need him? Although Archie is no longer with us, I feel positive he is looking down from heaven after this weekend’s heavyweight “championship” fight and shaking his head. Archie fought as a...
Paulie MalignaggiPAULIE & DEVON MAKING FIGHT, NOT PROMOTERS!
New York, NY– Although it may not appear as the most entertaining match-up for casual boxing fans, it looks like there is some definite animosity brewing between former Jr. welterweight (140 lb.) champ, Devon Alexander (22-1 13 KOs) and PauliE Malignaggi (29-4...
New York (July 5, 2011) – As fight week for BRANDON RIOS vs. URBANO ANTILLON WBA lightweight championship is underway, SHOWTIME Sports® takes a look at some of the fighters’ most powerful punches and verbal jabs.
Televised live from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. at 10...
