Over at THE SWEET SCIENCE, Ron Borges has an excellent article about Saturday’s brutal (and not in a good way) matchup between the 2nd tallest fight sport competitor in the world (behind Hong-Man Choi) Nikolai Valuev and Evander Holyfield:
Evander Holyfield was right. So were the people who said he can’t fight any more.
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It was a big week for Oklahoma University–in addition to OU QB Sam Bradford winning the Heisman Trophy another Sooner received more impressive recognition as longtime HBO Boxing icon Larry Merchant was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. And rightfully so–watching Jim Lampley and Merchant work together is akin to watching Karl …
Here’s something interesting that the US based media might want to take a look at. You see, when you actually *research* and *report* a story instead of merely parroting the prevailing “take” on a subject or simply making things up out of thin air you may find something completely different than what you expected..like …
Over on ESPN, Teddy Atlas gives his analysis of Manny Pacquaio’s 8th round TKO victory over Oscar De La Hoya:
The Las Vegas Sun looks at tonight’s Tapia/Torres fight from the perspective of both fighters’ Mexican heritage:
Mexican/American fight fans in Las Vegas will get to watch their beloved son Saturday night when Oscar De La Hoya goes up against Manny Pacquiao in a mega fight at the MGM Grand.
But if they want an early appetizer, …
Anderson Silva is reportedly working with top boxing trainer Freddy Roach. Roach has been working with Andrei Arlovski for some time now, and his influence on “The Pit Bull” has been demonstrable. Arlovski has always had fast hands for his size, but now they’re an even more dangerous weapon.
As the post …
Here’s episode 3 of HBO’s “Ring Life” series profiling junior welterweight contender Dmitriy Salita:
While we’re on the subject, here’s a couple of classic ring entrances from “Prince” Naseem Hamed. His boxing career was never the same after he got pummeled by Marco Antonio Barrera in 2001 (he only fought once after that) but his ring walks are among the best ever. The first is from his …
Sky Sports (UK) has been publishing “Ricky’s Dairy” as Hatton prepares for his fight next weekend against Paulie Malignaggi (which will be our debut “Boxing for MMA fans” live event). He attended UFC 91 last night and was impressed with the way MMA presents the sport and (rightfully) suggests that boxing could learn from …
The UK newspaper The Daily Star reports on Ricky Hatton’s plans for the weekend–not *next* weekend, when he’ll be fighting Paulie Malignaggi at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas but *this* weekend:
Hatton will be among the sell-out crowd at the MGM Grand to watch the most eagerly-awaited Ultimate Fighting Champion bout for years.
Randy …
