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Friday, October 2nd, 2009SAL MARINO PASSES AWAY.
It is with my utmost sadness to report that my great friend Sal Marino has passed away. He had fought a brave battle against cancer. I was informed of his passing by his brother Leo.
I met Sal for the first time about ten years ago at a boxing banquet. For what [...]
” I PITY THE POOR FOOL”: Bob Foster -vs – Vincente Rondon By Jim Amato
Friday, September 11th, 2009Bob Foster won the light heavyweight championship of the world on May 24th, 1968. He would dominate the division until 1974. Only once during that time did Bob lose possession of his title. Well in reality it was taken from him. The World Boxing Association in their divine wisdom stripped Bob of his title recognition. [...]
BAPTISM UNDER FIRE
Sunday, September 6th, 2009 There is a point in the boxing career of almost every world class fighter in which he must test his skills against the elite of his profession. It is when they find out if they have what it takes or are they going to fall short of the mark.
Several past greats have had [...]
Hearns-Duran
Friday, August 21st, 2009 Roberto Duran WAS my idol. When he whipped Leonard in Montreal, well… That goes right up there in the important date column with the birth of my kids and March 8, 1971 when Joe whipped Ali’s ass.
With that said, you can fully understand my disappointment when Roberto said “No Mas” [...]
DREAM FIGHT ; Arguello -vs- Chavez
Sunday, August 9th, 2009 DREAM FIGHTS…You hear and read about them all the time. How would Ali have done against Dempsey, Louis or Marciano ? How would Roy Jones Jr. have fared against Bobby Foster ? Could Bernard Hopkins hold his own with Marvelous Marv ?
Interesting scenarios and I’m sure we all have [...]
THE PUERTO RICAN PARALLEL
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009In 1966 two heavyweights of Puerto Rican heritage turned professional. Each would have an impact on the talent rich heavyweight division of the late 60’s and early 70’s. Their careers would mirror each others and they even took the time to cross gloves on a couple of occasions.
Pedro Agosto and Jose “King” Roman met [...]
DREAM FIGHT ; Salvador Sanchez -vs- Alexis Arguello
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009DREAM FIGHT ; Salvador Sanchez -vs- Alexis Arguello
It is a shame that Salvador Sanchez never had a chance to reach his full potential. His tragic car accident cut short any already outstanding career. He dominated the featherweight division after his title winning knockout of the respected Danny Lopez. Nine defenses followed including wins over Juan [...]
WHY DURAN WOULD HAVE GOT PAST PACMAN
Saturday, July 18th, 2009With all due credit, Manny Pacquiao is on top of today’s boxing world. He is the “Man”. His destruction of Oscar De La Hoya drove the “Golden Boy” into retirement and put Manny as the #1 fighter pound for pound in the world today. His hammer job on the formidable Ricky Hatton put an exclamation [...]
GOODBYE TO GATTI THE GREAT
Saturday, July 11th, 2009NOTE ;
I wrote this article a while back. In light of his tragic death…All I can say is boxing lost a great warrior. Rest in peace Arturo.
Arturo is probably my favorite boxer active today. What tremendous fights he has given boxing fans. The trilogy with Mickey Ward and his wars with Wilson Rodriguez and [...]
What If ; Joe Frazier- Ron Lyle ?
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 What happens when the unstoppable force meets the unmoveable object ? Let me re-phrase that. What would have happened if Joe Frazier and Ron Lyle would have hooked up in the mid 1970’s ?
It is too bad that this fight was never made. It was discussed on occasions [...]