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Sunday, May 2nd, 2010Fighting Harada is a legend in his native Japan and deservingly so. He beat Pone Kingpetch to win the flyweight title. He lost it back to the talented Kingpetch and then moved up to bantamweight. Not once but twice he outscored Brazil’s great Eder Jofre for the title. Those were the only fights Jofre ever [...]
CHARLEY BURLEY AND THE BLACK MURDERERS’ ROW
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010CHARLEY BURLEY AND THE BLACK MURDERERS’ ROW
By ; Harry Otty
This is one of the best books I’ve read this year. Charley Burley was a
special fighter in a time when there was a vast surplus of good boxers. The
author Harry Otty takes you on a journey that covers much more then the life
of [...]
ROY JONES JR. ; WAS HE THE BEST SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT ?
Thursday, April 1st, 2010The ” Super Middleweight ‘” division with a 168 pound weight limit was conceived by the International Boxing Federation in 1984. On March 28th of that year rugged Murray Sutherland pounded out a fifteen round decision over Ernie Singletary in Atlantic City to become the first champion of this bastard weight classification. . The World [...]
DREAM FIGHT ; LENNOX LEWIS -VS- IKE IBEABUCHI
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Ike ” The President ” Ibeabuchi scored his twentieth and last victory on March 20, 1999. It was an impressive knockout stoppage of unbeaten, future WBO and IBF heavyweight champion Chris Byrd. Twenty one months earlier he had handed David Tua his first defeat. Ike was a serious heavyweight contender but then he took a [...]
YOUNGSTOWN HEAVYWEIGHT MIKE BOSWELL
Saturday, March 27th, 2010At one time Mike Boswell of Youngstown, Ohio was considered an up and coming heavyweight prospect. He turned professional in 1970 and won his first thirteen fights. He twice stopped J.D. McCauley ( the uncle of future heavyweight champion Buster Douglas ). He also defeated Terry Sorrell who would later meet George Foreman on Big [...]
Joey Carkido
Thursday, March 18th, 2010Joey Carkido
By Jim Amato
AUTHOR’S NOTE; Joey Carkido passed away June 7, 2004 at the age of 75. Below is an article I did on Mr. Carkido a few years ago. May he rest in peace.
The great city of Youngstown, Ohio has produced many a fine fighter. Lenny and Ray Mancini, Tommy Bell, Tony Janiro, [...]
JOE BUGNER
Thursday, March 11th, 2010JOE BUGNER
AUTHOR’S NOTE : This article was written long before the invasion of the Eastern European heavyweights. The Klitschko brothers, etc…
Well, let’s get this over with once and for all. Who was the best white heavyweight since Ingo, or since 1960? Many names come to mind but few have reached the pinnacle of world champion [...]
MARCH 8, 1971…THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
Friday, March 5th, 2010There are certain dates that will stick with you as long as you live. Your birthday, the birthdays of family members, anniversaries, the day that you got your divorce ( s ), etc…Happy and important days that mark milestones in your life.
One such date I’ll always remember is March 8, 1971. The ” Battle [...]
Dave ” Boy ” Green
Thursday, March 4th, 2010He turned professional in 1974 and in a short time he became a serious contender for the welterweight title. Dave ” Boy ” Green took England by storm. He won his first 24 fights as he quickly climbed the ladder. In 1976 he halted Billy Waith in an eliminator for the British junior welterweight title. [...]
“IT IS WHAT IT IS” ; Thoughts On Boxing…
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010“IT IS WHAT IT IS” ; Thoughts On Boxing…
A couple of thoughts ;
Although 2010 has gotten off to a slow start things will be heating up as spring approaches. Some predictions…
Mayweather by UD over Mosley. As much as I like and respect Shane as a fighter I don’t think he’ll pull this one out. Like [...]