Over at THE SWEET SCIENCE, boxing writer extrodinaire Ron Borges looks at the on again/off again/now on again megafight between reigning “pound for pound” champion Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton:
Pacquiao took Hatton and his promoters, Oscar De La Hoya and Richard Schaefer, to the brink and then made them blink. He did the [...]
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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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.
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Here’s Episode #2 of the excellent HBO “Ring Life” series entitled “Alone in the Ring:
Hopefully the producers of “The Ultimate Fighter” can pull themselves away from their semen-eating and towel snapping to check out HBO’s new online series “The Ring Life”. Here’s the description from HBO:
The series is inspired by the real lives of eight hopeful boxers with dreams of becoming champions. Each of the promising contenders will [...]
While it might not be appropriate to label every band in the genre as ‘Viking Metal’, here’s a great band that is somewhat under the radar. If you like Amon Amarth you should definitely give these guys a listen. Nomans Land hail from St. Petersburg, Russia and whether you call them Folk Metal, [...]
Our pugilistic associates over at THE SWEET SCIENCE have a good roundup of some expert opinion on the forthcoming De La Hoya/Pacquaio megafight:
“People are talking that Manny Pacquiao can beat me,†said De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) during a telephone press conference call. “When Freddie Roach started saying, ‘Oscar can’t pull the trigger’ or [...]
Gary Shaw’s “downsizing” to a consultant with EliteXC has been known for awhile now, but our associates over at The Sweet Science have an informative behind the scenes with one of Dana White’s biggest (and many) foils:
Shaw hopes to bring some lessons learned back to boxing. He knows that
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So sayeth Kevin Iole. The Dana also confirmed what we reported awhile back that UFC 91 would be here in The Rose City:
Though UFC president Dana White had held open the possibility of another fight in Montreal before the end of the year, he dashed Canadian fans’ dreams on Thursday when he said UFC [...]
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 [...]
