Friday, February 11, 2011
World Memorial Hall, Osaka, Japan
Oleydong Sithsamerchai (35-0-1, 13 KOs) vs. Kazuto Ioka (6-0), 4 KOs) WBC 105 lb. title) Odds/Prediction: Oley 4-1. Based on nine title fights, a ton more experoence, it’s tough to go against Thailand here in Japan. This could end up...
Dalai Lama & Muhammad Ali (2003)TRAVELING WITH THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME
San Francisco, CA- Harold “Ross Fields” Smith was a promoter so big that in the early 1980s he had more talent on contract than Don King and Bob Arum put together, took a select crew of individuals and...
THEY SAY PAC DOESN’T WANT TO FIGHT TOO MUCH LONGER!
San Francisco, CA– Forget any impending legal issues, promoter Bob Arum is “sweating” a bit in that it appears Manny Pacquiao may not want to fight after this year. We, and I mean all of us, are hoping Pacquiao can...
ANYBODY REMEMBER HOW BAD THIS FIGHT WAS?Trevor Berbick
San Francisco, CA– Without going into the many fights that have sucked on TV, the 1983 fight between a future heavyweight titleholder Trevor Berbick, the guy who lost the WBC title to Mike Tyson in two rounds in 1996, and a cruiserweight...
Bethlehem, PA- In the fight game, whether it’s boxing or mixed martial arts, no matter how dominant a champion is, there is always a challenger out there that poses a threat. The one guy that has some fans starting to believe, the champion may finally have met his match....
Friday, February 4, 2011
CONTENDER TV CHAMP MORA ON THE DEUCE (ESPN 2)
Fort Worth, TX- Brian Vera (163 lbs), Austin, TX UD 10 Sergio Mora (163), Los Angeles, CA. Both Vera’s (18-5, 11 KOs) and former WBC junior middleweight (154) champion Mora’s (22-2, 6 KOs) faces were a...
STRIKEFORCE HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNEY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER
Scott CokerSan Francisco, CA- There are many of us in the media that think Scott Coker, President of the Strikeforce MMA promotion, is at times less than professional. Coker doesn’t return phone calls (ask a Hall of Fame promoter about that) and...
Friday, February 4, 2011
UNBEATEN ROOKIE USED SANTIAGO FOR BATTING PRACTICE
Vlaine BoiiseUncasville, CT- Vladine Biosse (168 lbs.) Providence, RI KO 3 Santiago Samaniego (169), Miami, FL. Biosse (10-0, 4 KOs) keeps on improving and impressing as he hurts seasoned ex-titleholder Samaniego (37-12, 30 KOs) from Panama in each of...
Don CharginNEXT MANNY PACQUIAO(?) ON TELEFUTURA!
San Francisco, CA- For years I’ve been imploring promoter Don Chargin to come back to The City by the Bay, San Francisco. Truth be told, unless you’ve got local guys that can fight and sell tickets, boxing takes a backseat to the vast...
