# 9– Ezzard Charles– “The Cincinnati Cobra” is in my opinion the most underrated heavyweight champion of all time. After winning the U.S, National amateur middleweight championship in 1939, Charles turned pro the following year. “The Cobra” won the vacant NBA heavyweight championship over Jersey Joe Walcott in...
HOPKINS TAKES ON MAN 17 YEARS YOUNGER!
Hopkins (left) Dawson (right)
New York, NY – 2011‘s stacked boxing schedule of intrigue continues this weekend as 46-year-old “Hall of Fame” bound WBC light heavyweight (175) champion Bernard ‘the Executioner” Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KOs) attempts to defend his crown against former belt...
G.O.A.T.-GREATEST FIGHTERS OF ALL TIME
Charlotte, NC- When you ask any boxing fan who is the greatest of all time in any weight category, or ‘pound for pound,’ almost without fail we can spout names, dates and records for hours. Naming any list of all time is always a highly...
Can Dawson Beat "Old Man" Hopkins?
HOPKINS FINALLY MUSTERS COURAGE TO FACE DAWSON
Los Angeles, CA-Irony and the sport of pugilism go hand and hand. In what has become a regular occurrence in the boxing stratosphere is the practice of fighters who are on the losing end of decisions and or...
Bernard HopkinsA HARD LOOK AT BERNARD HOPKINS
San Francisco, CA- At the age of 46, WBC light heavyweight (175 lbs) champion Bernard Hopkins is beyond that of an exceptional athlete. Having beaten the smaller superstars in Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad, those are the fights that stand...
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TOUCHED ON A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS IN MOST RECENT SHOW
San Francisco, CA– Having both oars in the water on a radio talk show is problematic to most hosts. Many are what the late-great Nick Charles of Showtime and CNN fame called “talking...
Friday, OctobEr 7, 2011
SHOBOX MAIN EVENT EMANATED FROM “SIN CITY”
Las Vegas, NV- Sharif Bogere, (135 lbs), Las Vegas, NV KO 3 Francisco Contreras, (135), Irvington, NJ . Bogere (21-0, 13 KOs) looked spectacular in scoring a third round knockout of Contreras (16-1, 13 KOs) at 2:01. Looking semi-conscious, Contreras was...
Tonight at 11 PM ET
New York, NY – Although televised action slows down a bit from what we’ve grown accustom to in 2011, rest assured fight fans; the limited offering of pugilistic warfare isn’t light on the punch!
“LADIES & GENTLEMEN: IT’S SHOWTIME!”
Showtime’s critically acclaimed series “ShoBox” saves...
HAUGEN SAYS OSCAR DE LA HOYA IS GAY (NOT THE HAPPY KIND OF GAY)
San Francisco, CA- “Pedro, why make a big thing about Oscar De Las Hoya’s dressing in a bra and panties?” That’s what one of his fans asked. Because when I broke this in 2007, Oscar denied...
SLOGANS & BOXING MC-NUGGETTS FROM PAST 200 YEARS
Liberty, NC– More wisdom gleaned by keeping my mouth (more or less) shut and my eye’s and ear’s open!
* “If we don’t win a fight, it’s just because we can’t,” Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach
* “Boxing is a science. You don’t just...
