TRULY GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR “THE GHOST”Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero
San Francisco, CA- There has always been a little bit of Tommy Hearns in top ranked lightweight (135 lbs.) contender Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero. When he is possessed, totally entrenched in boxing, the skinny (5’10) kid from Gilroy, CA, the...
CAN ZAB STILL BE SUPER? OR IS THIS SMOKE & MIRRORS?
Lps Angeles, CA- Former jr, welterweight (140 lbs.) and welterweight (147) king Zab “Super” Judah (39-6, 27 KOs) turned 33 this past week. The seemingly more mature New Yorker recently dropped down in weight again to...
New York, NY – One week removed from a very uneventful month in the world of pugilism, the sport returns with a multitude of meaningful and potentially explosive cards this weekend. First, let’s delve into the story of the weekend.
PUERTO RICO VS. MEXICO USUALLY EQUALS FIREWORKS
In what is sure to be an...
“RING TALK WORLDWIDE” JOINS SPORTS BYLINE NETWORK SATURDAY’S!
San Francisco, CA- The longest running fight show in history, “Ring Talk Worldwide,” in it’s 26th year, has a new time on the Sports Byline Radio Network, Saturday mornings at 11 AM PT. In San Francisco, we stay on the 50,000...
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WILLIAMS & NEW CHAMP SET FOR REMATCH
New York City, NY- On November 20th, Paul Williams (39-1 27 KOs) will take on Sergio Martinez (45-2-2 24 KOs) in a rematch for Martinez’s newly acquired middleweight (160 lb.) title that he snatched from Kelly Pavlik last time out. Although...
TIMES WHEN A MAN HAS TO ASK ABOUT HIMSELF?
San Francisco, CA- There have been many times in the past quarter century or so when I had to ask myself the following: Stay quiet and get paid, or shout out about injustice? What was really painful is that I...
THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN “CLOSE CALLS”
San Francisco, CA- History has proven that even the great ones get a “free pass” now and then. Muhammad Ali, fighting on “Brains & Guts” after his 3 1/2 year layoff, the Ali that blitzed Cleveland Williams was no more. Ali, now...
REASONS WILL COME TO LIGHT LATER TONIGHT
San Francisco, CA- A stunned group in attendance at the WBC Convention in Nicaragua heard both President for life Jose Sulaiman and promoter Don King announce their intention to retire. I will follow this up later tonight for tomorrow. This has...
WHERE DOES ONE START TO PROBE ARIZONA BOXING?
San Francisco, CA- How about the Governor’s office? Having read millions upon millions of words (why the Warren Hearings, they alone consisted of 26 volumes and 4.3 million words) in my lifetime, I really am stumped as to where to begin...
THE NIGHTS WHEN “THE GREATEST” WAS NOT!
San Francisco, CA- Although Muhammad Ali’s final record stands at 56-5, 37 KOs, there were a few instances in which the former “Louisville Lip” certainly got the benefit of a doubt. In every great fighter’s career, “home cooking” appears on...
