New York, NY– Boxing, a sport that typically (for the most part) shuts down during major holiday weekends, surprisingly offers a couple of entertaining cards over this July 4th weekend.
ESPN CONTINUES TO DELIVER THE GOODS
Last month’s card highlighted by undefeated David Lemieux’s first round destruction over seasoned veteran Elvin...
LESNAR FACING BIG GUY THAT’S NOT AFRAID!
Las Vegas, NV- With the unexpected dethroning of Fedor Emelianenko (31-2, 8 KOs, 16 SUBs) last week by UFC reject Fabricio Werdum (14-4-1, 4 KOs, 8 SUBs), Saturday’s main event will now not only be for the unified UFC heavyweight title, but also...
OLYMPIC KING COULD SLAY GODZILLA & BE CRITICIZED
San Francisco, CA– The last time a fighter came along with the ability and guile of Andre Ward, were the Olympics of 1976 and “Sugar Ray” Leonard. Not as flashy as Ray, but ever so competent is the unbeaten Ward (22-0,...
“SUPERFIGHT” IN NOVEMBER OR NEVER?
New York, NY– The turbulent Hollywoodesque business relationship between Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KOs) and Floyd Mayweather (41-0, 25 KOs) seems to be, for now, back on. Sprots Illustratedis reporting that the most desired fight in the boxing world will happen, should Mayweather choose to...
BOXING BIZ IS A SLOW LEARNER!
Los Angeles, CA– Boxing’s power brokers, mainly Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions could learn something from the UFC of today, or ex-boxing promoter Harold Smith of the 1980s. Mr. Smith, who promoted both Tommy Hearns and Aaron Pryor, had them both fight...
New York, NY– If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably spent the past few weeks enjoying a bit of a vacation from boxing. It’s not like the sport itself hasn’t noticed that competing with Wimbledon, the World Cup, BP and Barack Obama at the same time is pointless. And...
OLYMPIC KING COULD SLAY GODZILLA & BE CRITIZIZED
San Francisco, CA– People said we didn’t write much about Andre Ward’s 12-round stifling of Allan Green a fortnight ago. It may have been that the post fight coverage might have been a little lacking due to the fact we were...
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San Francisco, CA- Listen to Sunday’s show featuring writers Kevin Perry, Sammy Perez, Victor Conte of SNAC.com, AZ trainer Joe Diaz, and former Tower of Power lead singer Lenny Williams. Listen by using audio browser near top of page or by clicking...
June 28, 2010
Michael Kirkham, 30 years old, from Gaston, SC died this morning as a result of a head injury during his MMA event at USC Aiken Saturday. He was pronounced dead this morning at Aiken Regional Medical Center.
Kirkham was transported to Aiken Regional Medical Center after he was...