LONGEST RUNNING TALK SHOW IN BOXING HISTORY!
San Francisco, CA-Ring Talk Radio, having just celebrated our 18th aniversary a fornight ago, featured World middleweight champion Jermain Taylor, and HBOs Larry Merchant, this past Saturday night. You can listen now by clicking on the blue box entitled Radio Archives...
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SCRIBE FOR THREE DECADES
Schenectady, NY-The death this past weekend of former Sports Illustrated writer Pat Putnam was a body blow to both the journalistic side of boxing, as well as the game itself. When I broke into the fight game in the 1980s, Pat Putman was...
THE NICEST, & ONE OF THE SMARTEST MEN IN BOXING!
By Brian Vernellis
Shreveport, LA-The man who was one of the masterminds behind the biggest upset in boxing history doesnt dress the role of a man of his stature. Boxing features larger-than-life characters whose egos are often as loud and outrageous...
HATTON PICKS UP SOME BLING IN FIRST TITLE DEFENSE!
Landover, MD-Professional wrestling icon Ric Flair was famous for saying in his heyday To be the man, you gotta beat the man. As he aged, that phrase took on a caveat as Flair added that It aint just beating the man,...
BAYOU PAPER HONORS THE GREAT PEYTON SHER
By Brian Vernellis
MEET THE NICEST, & ONE OF THE SMARTEST MEN IN BOXING
The man who was one of the masterminds behind the biggest upset in boxing history doesnt dress the role of a man of his stature. Boxing features larger-than-life characters whose egos...
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WHICH GAUDY BELT RULES EACH WEIGHT CLASS?
San Francisco, CA-Since the beginning of boxing, the following saying has applied: He who controls the heavyweight champion, controls boxing. This same analogy did not apply when Oscar De La Hoya, and Sugar Ray Leonard, were at their peak. That...
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GREAT MEMORIES, MOST TIMES, ITS ALL YOU GET
Santa Monica, CA-When you come to the realization that all you really get from the sport of boxing are memories, I take great solace in the fact there are quite a few. One of the more interesting periods of time for me,...
CHALLENGER MAUSSA, NOT EXACTLY LUNCHMEAT!
Sheffield, UK-Champion Ricky Hatton, will make the first defense of his World title, Saturday afternoon at 4 PM ET against WBA belt bearer Carlos Maussa, (20-2, 18 KOs) of Colombia. The fight is being offered in the U.S. on PPV. Recognized as the...
JUST BE THANKFUL, FOR WHAT YOU GOT!
Plymouth Rock, MA-This Thanksgiving, the top of my thankful list contains the usual suspects: my wife, my children, my family and my health. But if I turn my to the lighter interests in my life, there is a trio of developments to...
