Add EliteXC to the list of those who are tired of “Nature Boy” KJ Noons antics. Not that anyone blames him for not wanting to fight Nick Diaz under the best of circumstances, and certainly after all of the trash talking he’s done:
EliteXC has big plans for its Oct. 4 appearance on CBS. With …
Unbelievable. “Nature Boy” KJ Noons is channeling early 1980’s Ric Flair trying to become the “arrogant heel” of MMA. In a conversation at FightHype he basically says that he’s run roughshod over the MMA world to such a degree that he’s thinking about turning his attention to boxing fulltime. Sure, he realizes …
We’re honored to have Ralph Gonzalez as part of the SAVSCI staff. He’s simply a fight journalism monster, one of the best in the game not only in his coverage of MMA but of boxing as well. Here’s a few of his recent articles starting with his excellent boxing work over at our …
The Oscar de la Hoya/Manny Pacquaio fight is off for now after negotiations between the two fighters’ management teams broke down. Apparently, Pac-Man’s people wouldn’t budge from his revenue split demands prompting the Golden Boy Promotions team to take their ball and go home:
Talks reached a stalemate Wednesday when neither De La Hoya nor …
MMA Junkie is reporting that a potentially ungodly matchup is in the works for Affliction: Day of Reckoning pitting titanium-jawed Ben Rothwell against Samoan-American K-1 kickboxing veteran Siala “Mighty Mo” Siliga.
A surefire heavyweight slugfest is in the works for Affliction’s second show in October.
Discussions are under way to pair Ben Rothwell against K-1 veteran Siala …
Here’s a clip of boxing trainer par excellence Freddy Roach talking about AA’s boxing skills. When Roach says you’ve got potential in “The Sweet Science” you’ve done something right…
Kudos to our associate from….uh…we’re *their* evil twin, so not sure what that makes them…the “un-evil” twin maybe? Anyway, kudos to THE SWEET SCIENCE managing editor Michael Woods, who has a piece on Brock Lesnar’s return to the octagon up on ESPN.com:
When we last saw Brock Lesnar, the former NCAA wrestling champion and WWE …
Here’s something we swiped from the From Parts Unknown blog–the incomparable Cyd Charisse doing a boxing themed production number to a song called “Baby You Knock Me Out” from a film called “It’s Always Fair Weather”. All of the dancers from that era–Charisse, Frank Sinatra’s short time fiance Juliet Prowse and even Shirley Maclaine …
At tonight’s Cotto/Margarito fight tonight Antonio Margarito entered the ring wearing a Andrei Arlovski signature ‘Affliction’ shirt…
CORRECTION: After receiving a text message to the effect, and upon further review, we’ve determined that Margarito was wearing the ‘Birds of Prey’ design and not the AA signature design. They look pretty similar as the picture …
Antonio Margarito beats Miguel Cotto via TKO tonight in Las Vegas–you can read all about it over at The Sweet Science, aka the home of best boxing writers on the web:
Margarito too relentless, takes down Cotto @ The Sweet Science
