TALK IS CHEAP, BUT NOT THIS TIME
Brooklyn, NY– Often when leading up to a big fight, the promotion calls for the fighters to help amp up the anticipation and many times it sounds obviously fake or just plain weak. Not this week though. With just a couple...
EX-FIGHTER, JUDGE, REFEREE, WBC LAWYER
San Francisco, CA- In between being a skinny kid that started boxing at 112 lbs, to that of a skinny man who fought at heavyweight, Arlen “Spider” Bynum found his place in the world both romantically and professionally. First off, he found a true...
Saturday, May 22 , 2010
SHOWTIME CARD NOT TOPPED BY MARQUEZ-VAZQUEZ IV
Los Angeles, CA- Yonnhy Perez, 117.5 lbs, Santa Fe Springs, CA Majority Draw 12 Abner Mares, 116.75, Montebello, CA. (IBF 118 lb. title) In an all action fight the champion Yonnhy Perez (20-0-1, 14 KOs) and...
Saturday, May 22, 2010
MANFREDO CAN STILL DRAW FANS
Uncasville, CT– Peter Manfredo Jr. 159 1/4 lbs, Providence, RI TKO 10 Angel Hernandez, 159, Chicago, IL (vacant IBO 160 lb. title) Local hero Manfredo Jr., (35-6, 19 KOs), came out strong, much to the approval of the crowd. A puffy...
LIFE ENDS BADLY MORE OFTEN THAN NOT
San Francisco, CA- Not wanting to start a pissing contest of sorts with a media icon, I’ll try and do this in a manner that leaves my adversary on the issue of “Fighters are fighters, they are what they are,” to remain unidentified....
ALI-LISTON II, MMA & MORE BOXING!
San Francisco, CA- The Sunday, May 23, 2010 edition of “Ring Talk Worldwide,” the longest running fight show in history, 25+ years, featured a look back at the second Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston fight of 1965 with Ali’s treainer Angelo Dundee, also featured guest writers...
REASON I DIDN’T WRITE ABOUT FIGHT
San Francisco, CA- In recent days people have reached out for my thoughts on the fourth fight between Rafael Marquez and Israel Vazquez. Truth be told, I had nothing positive to say about the fight that ended in three with Marquez prevailing after...
COLUMN NOT FOR THE TIMID TYPE
Los Angeles, CA- Here’s some of my current observations on whats going on and what isn’t going on in the boxing world.
BEGINNING WITH GARY “FULL OF S*IT” SHAW
Gary Shaw, promoter of 140 pound champion Tim Bradley (25-0, 11 KOs) is adamant that his fighter will...
SHOWTIME OWNS THE WEEKEND
This weekend’s boxing action is highlighted with a historic forth fight between two savagely brilliant top ranked “Pound for Pound” warriors on Saturday. As usual, ESPN’s popular series “Friday Night Fights” will start things off with a bang. First, let’s take a look at the fight...
New York, NY- Don’t look now UFC, but both MMA promotions Bellator and Strikeforce are succeeding and making noise in the world of cage fighting. While the UFC is still the big boy on the block here in the states, Bellator and Strikeforce are the other two international promotions,...
