AUGUST, 2006
James Toney Losses The Swimsuit Competition
TUE August 29, BUSTER PARIS - Here?s the basic theme I?m sick to death of hearing:
?If the Heavyweight Division were a pie eating contest then James ?Lights Out? Toney would be the undisputed, unified, multi-belt holding Champion of the Universe!?
?The ?Lights Out? actually stands for low fat or light food is out --- of his diet?
>> PHOTOS, QUOTES: Peter, Guerrero | Toney, Peter Press Conference Quotes
HBO Holds Key to Jermain Taylor's Greatness...Fans Should Demand Abraham-Miranda!
MON August 28, CLIFF ROLD - Every fight fan knows the gnawing disappointment that occurs when a potentially great fight is cancelled or postponed. It?s as if Christmas day arrives and your parents announce that presents won?t be opened until New Years Day; it might make New Years interesting, but Christmas is ruined. That?s sort of how I felt last week when... [Links Take You To RingTalk.com]
>> PHOTOS: Peter has No Fear, Guerrero Ready for Aiken
Holyfield Auditions For Punching With The Stars
TUE August 22, BUSTER PARIS - Round 2 and Jeremy ?The Beast? Bates is backing up the legendary and hall of fame bound Evander ?The Real Deal? Holyfield. Bates launches out a giant right hand that snaps Holyfield?s head towards his right shoulder and causes the former Champion to pay a visit to the ropes...
"The Punisher" TKO?s "Little Big Man" in Four
MON August 21, FRANK GONZALEZ - Standing at six foot-one inch tall, southpaw Welterweight Prospect, Paul
?The Punisher? Williams (31-0, 23 KO?s) lived up to his nick name Saturday
night in Reno Nevada, when he punished little five foot-seven inch, Sharmba
?Little Big Man? Mitchell (57-6, 31 KO?s) for four rounds in a scheduled
twelve round mismatch...
With a KO over Mitchell, Williams Now a Contender
MON August 21, BRIAN BLAKE - Once upon a time, Sugar Ray Leonard had a promotional company in which he employed a young and eager fighter by the name of Paul Williams. Eventually that company folded in favor of his new venture, a reality television show called ?The Contender.?
>> "The Punisher" TKO?s "Little Big Man"
Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts ? or Versus?
FRI August 18, BUSTER PARIS - Maybe I?m creating more drama than is necessary for this topic. Maybe I?ve built it up in my head and have made it an adversarial ?us vs. them? type of issue ? or maybe I?m a dinosaur and it?s time to change my thinking ? either way ? I need your advise.
>> An Open Letter to Wladimir Klitschko from Sergei Liakohvich
The Ring Magazine Does the Wrong Thing
FRI August 18, CLIFF ROLD - At the conclusion of yesterday's Floyd Mayweather-Carlos Baldomir piece, (Click to read) I spoke of a less intriguing matchup and not just to you dear readers. I jokingly said to Luke Callahan of Talking Boxing earlier this week, ?Now that there is talk about a fight between Oleg Maskaev and Wladimir Klitschko, I?ll bet Ring Magazine jumps Maskaev high enough in their rankings to fill their heavyweight title vacancy.? ...
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Finally Mayweather Does the Right Thing
THU August 17, CLIFF ROLD - As first rumored at Boxingtalk, former World jr. lightweight and lightweight champion Floyd Mayweather (36-0, 24 KOs) has chosen not to move up to 154 lbs. to face current titlist and former World welterweight champion Cory Spinks; instead, Floyd will face the current king of the 147 lb. division Carlos Baldomir (43-9-6, 13 KOs but 19-0-2 since 1999). To Floyd Mayweather, the subject of much controversy in the sport and object of much criticism...
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VIDEO: Toney, Peter Press Conference in Full
TUE August 15 - The recent conference call with the media was a war of words, but nothing like their press conference. James "Lights Out" Toney and Samuel "The Nigerian Nightmare" Peter shot verbal assaults and nearly came to blows when they announced their 12-round WBC heavyweight elimination bout to be shown love on SHOWTIME, September 2nd at 9PM/EST. TalkingBoxing shot the entire 40-minute presser and for any hardcore fan, this is a must see!
Rahman vs. Maskaev, Part II
MON August 14, FRANK GONZALEZ - Art imitates life and life imitates art. James Braddock did it. Russell Crowe re-did it in the movies and Oleg Maskaev did it Saturday night in Las Vegas. Had Rahman won, he would have done it too. It?s the classic story of rising, then falling from grace and then finding a way to rise again. How the story ends depends on your own imagination...
Rahman Looking to Settle the Score, Will Maskaev Cooperate?
WED August 9, JULIUS STECKER - Who could forget Hasim Rahman tumbling out of the ring back on November 6th 1999, courtesy of a crushing over hand right delivered by Kazakhstan native Oleg Maskaev? It was perhaps one of the most amazing knockouts of the last decade or so, but the nice thing about boxing and for Rahman in particular, is that boxing has rematches...
Bewildering Bazooka, But Here?s The Deal
MON August 7, BUSTER PARIS - Saturday ? August 5th 2006 ? After 10 rounds of boxing Judge Melvina Lathan scored the bout 96-93 and both Judge Tony Paolillo and Steve Weisfeld scored it 95-94 for the winner via unanimous decision - Vernon ?The Viper? Forrest (38 wins and 2 losses).
The Viper and The Bazooka At The Garden
MON August 7, FRANK GONZALEZ - Some questions were answered about the reincarnations of Vernon ?The Viper? Forrest and Ike ?Bazooka? Quartey Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Either guy would make fair opponents for the division?s elites, represented by the current crop of WBA Champ, Jose Rivera, IBF Champ, Corey Spinks, WBC Champ, Oscar De La Hoya or relatively unknown WBO Champ, Sergeii Dzinziruk.
>> Marquez Brothers Score Knockouts on SHOWTIME
TalkingBoxing's Staff Picks for this Weekend
SAT August 5, STAFF - I'm truly pumped for this weekend. As someone who has been a fan of all the key players for some time, these are tough picks. I'll go with a split on Showtime; Juan Manuel with a decision victory and Mabuza with a late rounds knockout upset. On HBO, Powell, who I have followed since he won the U.S. Golden Gloves, is in a little over his head...
Can Shaw bring the Marquez brothers back to life?
SAT August 5, ROGER GORDILLO - After what some people might call managerial malpractice The Tandem of Juan Manuel Marquez and Rafael Marquez have retained the services of their then and still now trainer playing manager Nacho Beristain. On the advice of Beristain the older of the Marquez brothers Juan Manuel would turn down a $750,000 rematch against pound for pounder and probably today?s most popular fighter Manny Pacquiao...
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