BAD SCORING MARS GREAT EFFORT BY EX-MARINE
San Francisco, CA– The HBO semi main event Saturday ended in controversy in the minds of more people than just HBO’s Harold Lederman, as Vyacheslav Glazkov won a Unanimous Decision 12 over Steve Cunningham. Harold had it 115-113 (7-5 rounds) for Cunningham (28-7,...
GRACIE DROPS STEROID BOMB ON ANDERSON SILVA
Hector “Caught Cheating” Lombard
San Francisco, CA– When you mention the name “Gracie,” you’re either talking a 1950s TV sitcom, or the family that spawned Gracie Jiu Jitsu and from that came the form of competition we know today as the Ultimate Fighting...
FANS NOT ALLOWED AT PRESS CONFERENCE!
In the first and only press conference, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao faced off for the first time in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theatre on Wednesday. Unfortunately the press conference was not open to the public. A possible miscalculation by the events organizers?...
HBO HAS WBO TITLE GO WITH “SERGEY”
Sergey Kovalez-Jean Pascal
San Francisco, CA– There are a few good light heavyweights (175 lb.) out there, but there are only two that and they are the WBO titleholder Sergey Kovalev and the linear & WBC champion Adonis Stevenson. They were supposed to fight...
HAMMERIN HANK OBITUARY
Henry Armstrong Held 126, 135 & 147 belts at same time.
Capitola, CA–Henry Armstrong, the only fighter to hold three weight division titles simultaneously, died of heart failure in Los Angeles (October 23, 1988). The 75-year-old boxing legend has been in a state of deteriorating health over...
PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS & NBC SCORE RATINGS VICTORIES
“Big Al” Haymon Method Of Paying Fighters
San Francisco, CA– Seeing that opening bout on NBC was a drama drought between Adrien Broner and John Molina, in other words not even remotely Hagler-Hearns, the numbers weren’t bad and the ratings got better as...
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LARRY MERCHANT OFFERS HISTORY LESSON
“Stunned” Larry Merchant
San Francisco, CA- On the longest running fight show in history, 30+ years, “Ring Talk Worldwide, host Pedro Fernandez spoke with Hall of Fame broadcaster Larry Merchant about the boxing debut on NBC TV. Larry also talked...
RUMORED PAY PER VIEW COST CIRCA $100 BUCKS
Floyd Mayweather- Manny Pacquiao
Beijing, China– Well financially it is. No one can dispute that. Most analysts predict the pay per view sales and ticket revenue to gross around $400 million. But it is the people’s excitement over a bout, not its projected...
TONS OF HYPE YIELDS ONLY POUNDS OF ENTERTAINMENT
Al Haymon
San Francisco, CA– The return of professional boxing to NBC TV Saturday night had both good points and bad. First off, the key to successful boxing is not having a stable of stars, but rather to make competitive fights which...
REMEMBERING NOT FORGOTTEN “ALL NIGHT” BOS
Johnny “Fashion Plate” Bos
San Francisco, CA– It’s been three years since legendary insomniac (and matchmaker) Johnny Bos checked out of the hotel of life. A natural demise due to heart issues in his Florida home in May 2013, Bos, like Elvis, Madonna &...
