Las Vegas, NV-After months of frustrating negotiations with pop star MichaelJackson, Steve Wynn, the owner of the recently opened WynnCasino, announced Friday that talks had broken off with Jackson. Atthe same time, Wynn, who built, and then sold The Mirage hotel and casino, hada startling announcement that...
THE HISTORY OF THE DAY BEFORE BOXING WEIGH IN
Having been around the block a few times, I can recall the firstnon-heavyweight, day before the fight, weigh in. The date was July 28, 1988, with Caesars Palace in Las Vegas being thevenue. It was a Houston BoxingAssn....
ROCK and MONTE TOP PPV CARD THAT SHOULDNT HAVEBEEN
Chicago, IL-The real story about the Saturday night card Don Kingput on, is that there really wasnt one! It was simply a night of Pay Per View necessitatedby the fact nobody was really interested in airing this limp card. PromoterKing couldnt...
WIREHAIRED WONDER RETURNS TO SHOWTIME PPV…Beforewe get to the Friday night mix, the Don King card in Chicagotomorrow night piting ex-champ for a minute Hasim Rahman andMonte Barrett is going 12 heats or less for the "Interim" WBCheavyweight title.,
WIREHAIRED WONDER RETURNS TO SHOWTIME PPV…Beforewe get to the Friday...
HOPKINS-TAYLOR MET THE HYPE!
Regardless of whether you scored the fight correctly for BernardHopkins, or scored with my Editor-in-Chief and two out of the threeofficial judges in Vegas, all can agree that Saturday was the sort of fight themiddleweight division needed. While no classic, new World champ JermainTaylor and now-former...
World Heavyweight Champion: Chris Byrd.38-2-1, (20 KOs) The Flint, MI fighter defeated Vitali Klitschkoin April of 2000. Nuff said. No? Heres more, he beat a 233 lb. (slim) DavidTua, soundly defeated aged Evander Holyfield,squeaked by Fres Oquendo, Andrew Golota, as well as giganticheavyweight Jameel McCline. Chris Byrd is the...
"LITTLE JULIO" HAS HARD ACT TO FOLLOW
When Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. turned professional, he hadnothing more than his fathers name. But as he is carefully built into acontender, you can see that the 19-year old is coming along nicely. In AtlanticCity a fortnight ago, Chavez Jr. excited the east...
WELCOME TO A QUICK COURSE AKA “BOXING 101″
In the abyss that is the world of prizefighting/boxing, there is nothing moreheartbreaking than getting robbed out of a deserved decision. That being said Iwant to be the first to congratulate Bernard Hopkins for beingthe third longest reigning (ex) champion in boxing...
Las Vegas, NV-If you wanted to describe the Jermain Taylor-BernardHopkins fight, thats how best to do so. The youth, vigor, size, andstrength of Jermain Taylor prevailed in seven of the twelve rounds fought. Butit wasnt pretty, and it wasnt easy for the new World champion from LittleRock, AR. Winning...
ALL THE PRE-FIGHT BULLSPIT IS OVER
When I interviewed Jermain Taylor the very first time, it waslate 2000 at a coming out party for that year’s Olympic hotshots. While peoplewere falling all over themselves to talk to Ricardo Williams,who turned out to be a flop, the now soon to be...
