FEBRUARY, 207
"Tough times never last, but tough people do." – Tommy Morrison
TUE February 27, BUSTER PARIS - The punch in the face is followed by an inward smile. He waited over a decade for that punch in the face, 11 years to be exact.
Morrison had been out of the game 11 long years because back in February of 1996 he tested HIV positive. Morrison and his crew say that that test done in ’96 was a false positive.
As for today – Tommy says, "Over the last two or three months, I've taken five, six different tests and continued to pass them…"
Talking Boxing with Nate “The Galaxxy Warrior” Campbell
MON February 26, BRAD MARCHETTI - ESPN’s Friday Night Fights will play host to an excellent IBF lightweight title eliminator between Nate Campbell, 34 and Ricky Quiles, 36. This is a crossroads for both fighters as the winner gets a shot at the world title held by Julio Diaz, a feat neither of these aging contenders has ever conquered. Nate Campbell is one of the most exciting fighters around today...
The Reason to Watch Boxing | Barros "All Man" on ESPN
MON February 26, CLIFF ROLD - It's not often that a prelim fight between two guys who will likely never be champions captures much attention. I hope that rarity occurred for everyone as it did for me Friday night. In the opening
bout on ESPN 2, Brazil's Edvan Barros (9-3-1, 7 KOs) defeated Enrique Gutierrez
(10-2, 8 KOs) in a delightful eight round welterweight mini-war. [Links Take You To RingTalk.com]
Magic Man Malignaggi – A Sign Of The Apocalypse?
TUE February 20, BUSTER PARIS - Father Kelley blasted off hundreds of emails proclaiming the Apocalypse was at hand … well, he said we’re 75% there…
The weekend of February 17th had two amazing events that rocked the very foundation of our culture and made us deeply question everything we thought we knew.
Fight of the Year (So Far) Now on YouTube
TUE February 20, CLIFF ROLD - I don't know what they put in the water in Australia but I'll be damned if every boxer shouldn't be drinking it. Warriors Paul Briggs and Jeff Fenech of the continent nation both had to sit up and say "Damn" to this one. In an unbelievable war, Aussie native Michael Katsidis captured an interim WBO title at 135. More importantly, he captured the heart of anyone who watched his five round Armageddon Saturday night against England's Graham Earl at Wembley Arena in London. [Links Take You To RingTalk.com]
Stark Jr. Outboxes Oliver But Loses On Official Scorecards
SUN February 18, FRANK GONZALEZ - Friday night in Oklahoma, at the Buffalo Run Casino, highly regarded Jr. Featherweight prospect Gary Stark Jr. took his unbeaten 18-0, 8 KO record from ice covered New York to Oklahoma for his best, ‘on paper’ match-up so far against fellow unbeaten, Mike “Machine Gun” Oliver (17-0-7 KO’s), who trekked it down South without incident from equally cold Hartford Connecticut.
Ireland’s John Duddy: Striking Fame in America
FRI February 16, CHRIS ROCHE - In the blink of an eye, John Duddy has gone from “just a kid from Derry City” to fighting on the world’s most famous boxing stage at Madison Square Garden. Along the way Duddy has met with U.S. presidential candidate and current senator John McCain, regarding immigration issues, and he has appeared alongside legendary Irish fighter Barry McGuigan at a forum called “Fighting Irishmen: A Celebration of the Celtic Warrior”.
"Sugar" Shane Still Finding His Place
WED February 14, CLIFF ROLD - Legacy. The word is bandied around a lot these days, even by second tier athletes. In other words, it is saturated rhetoric that in most popular usage means next to nothing. There are exceptions. When a fighter’s nom de guerre is “Sugar” the word legacy matters. That’s because Sugar in boxing is a synonym for greatness, and arguably greatest. Shane Mosley (44-4, 37 KOs) won’t go down in history as the greatest but his latest run of victories is bringing him an opportunity to stamp himself with a badge of greatness that looked as if it had passed him by. [Links Take You To RingTalk.com]
Trading Places, Freaky Friday and Mosley Collazo
TUE February 13, BUSTER PARIS - The result was exactly what one would expect it to be – the young up-and-comer heedlessly using his youth, speed and exuberance to heartily outwork, out throw and outland his older and more cautious opponent. The old guy was simply too thoughtful and waited far to long to mount an attack that never came … but wait …is this Bizarro World? – Trading Places? – Freaky Friday?
Juan Lazcano, Tony Weeks And Vivian Harris
SUN Februay 11, FRANK GONZALEZ - In a WBC, 140-pound eliminator bout Saturday night in Las Vegas, former Welterweight Champion “Vicious” Vivian Harris (28-2-1, 18 KO’s) took on former Lightweight contender, Juan “The Hispanic Causing Panic” Lazcano (37-4-1, 27 KO’s) in a Welterweight fight that told a story of two fighters, one disciplined mentally and one who struggled to pay heed to his corner’s good advice.
>>> Gonzalez: More on Harris' Win, Mosley Besting Collazo
Setting the Records Straight on "Multiple Division" Champs
THU February 8, CLIFF ROLD - Coming to a cable bill near you on May 5, 2007 is a battle between two men who have captured world titles across the weight scale. You’ll likely hear a lot about that in the build-up to Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather. You’ll hear ‘six-division World champion’ in reference to Oscar and you’ll hear that Mayweather is going for division five. That will sound true based solely on what each man has done in paying sanctioning fees in their career. [Links Take You To RingTalk.com]
Jesus Chavez – All Apologies
TUE February 6, BUSTER PARIS - “My apologies to the world” – Jesus Chavez
5 little words with such great meaning and impact that they could only be spoken by a man of the same immense quality and depth of character. Jesus Chavez is such a man.
5 little words whose spirit of intention are so rare in life let alone in boxing that you can’t help but nod in agreement and acceptance.
>>> Diaz-Chavez and Dawson-Adamek Post Fight Report
Can Chad Dawson Restore Light Heavyweight History?
TUE February 6, CLIFF ROLD - The light heavyweight division is getting healthy right now but its World championship remains broken. It’s been broken for over a decade. More than two decades if you count its long vacancy after Michael Spinks left the division in 1985. History has waited since the late 90s for a restoration of sanity and the man to do it may have emerged Saturday night in Kissimmee, Florida. Ring Magazine # 10 Chad Dawson of South Carolina won his second in a row... [Links Take You To RingTalk.com]
Star in the Making: Dawson Wins WBC Title, Diaz KO's Chavez
SUN, February 4 - In a near shutout, 24-year-old “Bad” Chad Dawson took the WBC light heavyweight title from tough Polish champion Tomasz Adamek by unanimous decision in his first world title fight Saturday at Silver Spurs Arena at Osceola Park in Kissimmee, Fla. In a bizarre co-feature on the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING world-title doubleheader, interim lightweight titleholder Julio Diaz won the IBF title by knockout over embattled veteran Jesus Chavez...
>>> Ndou wins ferocious battle with Rabah
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