DON KING V. BOB ARUM, A 36 YEAR FIGHT
San Francisco, CA- There are many of you that long for the Don King PPV cards with four or five title fights, especially seeing the current stable of promoters, mainly Bob Arum’s Top Rank, and Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy,...
LARRY MERCHANT & “SUPER B” GUESTS
San Francisco, CA-“Ring Talk Worldwide,” the longest running fight show in history, in addition to guests Larry Merchant & Brian Gorman, we “Close the Case” on Human Growth Hormone and PEO tests. We’ll also look at the year 2010 and each weight class...
MY QUESTIONS TO THE WADA
Pittsburgh, PA– Since the proposed Manny Pacquiao-Floyd “Money” Mayweather, Jr. bout was to occur in Nevada, and the Nevada State Athletic Commission by rule forbids the use of any performance-enhancing drugs on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s )WADA) “Prohibited List,” and since the unfounded allegations against...
HISTORIAN “SIN CITY” RICHEY
January 4,
1935: Floyd Patterson born.
1940: Henry Armstrong KO 5 Joe Ghnouly, St. Louis. Retains world welterweight title. Ghnouly down three times in the first round and again in the fourth. (The New York Times.)
1964: Eddie Perkins KO 13 Yoshinori Takahashi, Tokyo. Retains world super-lightweight title.
1965: Ruben...
“BRAIN DEAD” MOVES PUT FIGHT IN DOUBT
Oakland, CA– It appears that the March mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0 25 KOs) and Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2 38 KOs) is becoming simply a fantasy fight as negotiations appeared to have crumbled. Or have they? With mixed reports, for the...
Jim & Christy Martin courtesy of Mary Ann OwenHUSBAND YET TO AWAKEN FROM SURGERY
Orlando, FL– In the mid 1990s, female boxer Christy Martin was the talk of the sports world. But after failing to make a mega-fight with Lucia Ryker, Martin’s star began to fade. Word this...
BIG FIGHT IN SERIOUS JEOPARDY
Oakland, CA– It’s been an interesting few weeks concerning the drug testing issue between Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0 25 KOs) and Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2 38 KOs). Although Mayweather, whose team called for the tests in the first place, is comfortable with giving random blood...
Oklahoma City, OK– While I will be the first to admit I “gaffed” on the outcome of the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto encounter, I wasn’t wrong on what I thought Miguel would do. No, I miscalculated just how the Pacman (50-3-2, 38 KOs) would react and respond. From...
STOP ALL THIS FIGHTING AND PUNCH EACH OTHER
Pittsburgh, PA- Acting as if they suffer from dementia like some ex-pugs they have covered, certain notable boxing commentators over the past week or two have absolutely assured us that the proposed March 13 bout between Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs)...
