By Derek Bonnett: Ethnocentrism often gets the best of us in the sporting world and the realm of professional fisticuffs is not subject to exclusion from our cultural biases.
In advance of a purse bid, all parties are in agreement that WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter will take on “champion emeritus” Vitali Klitschko sometime this fall – probably in Europe.
WBC No.1 super middleweight contender Carl Frock will now face Poland’s Albert Rybacki over twelve rounds at the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, UK on the Junior Witter-Timothy Bradley card on Saturday night.
Former undisputed middleweight champion and 1993 Hall of Fame Inductee Marvelous Marvin Hagler will attend festivities planned for the 19th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend scheduled for June 5-8 in Canastota, New York, USA.
Date May 9 Location Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA vacant NABA lightweight title Robert Frankel w pts 10 Derrick Campos Cruiserweight Tracy Sneed tko 5 Mike McGuire Super Middleweight George Tahdooahnippah w tko 1 Brad Hill Welterweight Kyle Sherman w ko 3 Isiac Nelson Super Featherweight Wahib Raheem q tko 2 Bantamweight Stephanie Dobbs w tko 2 Salina Jordan
In boxing today, fighters fight for bogus world championship belts bestowed upon them by money-hungry sanctioning bodies in exchange for sanctioning fees subsidized by television networks that demand “title” fights.
There is nothing quite as frustrating for a sports fan than to watch a once great athlete prolong his career well after the expiration date has run out. It happens in every sport but boxing is a cruel and unforgiving profession and as the fighter ages and his body begins to break down his descent into mediocrity can happen suddenly and then linger on in an agonizing display of masochism as the pugilist refuses to hang up the gloves.
If you peruse various boxing forums, there is a lot of concern that MMA is going to be the end of boxing. To some degree, the concerns are not unreasonable as we have witnessed a steady decline in the mainstream press coverage of boxing.
Earlier this month, I wrote an article entitled Hypocrisy at West Point that called into question a policy known as the “alternative service option.” In relevant part, that policy states, “Army cadet-athletes now have options to pursue professional athletic opportunities thanks to the U.S. Army’s Alternative Service Option program. If cadet-athletes are accepted into the program, they wi
Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Holmes, Norton. For more than twenty years, these kings of boxing ruled the rings as they passed the heavyweight title from one to the other. Now, for the first time, see them all come face to face - gloves off - in an unprecedented video event.
