Mar 31
James Kirkland, who defeated Carlos Molina on Saturday night through a controversial 10th round disqualification decision, suffered a shoulder injury and is now due to get it operated. Kirkland’s co-manager Michael Miller said on the occasion that the pugilist suffered two raptures in his right shoulder and will go through an arthroscopic surgery by Dr. …
Oct 22
It’s incredible and extremely sad to think that more than 40,000 people have been killed in Mexico in that country’s drug wars over the past five years. A person’s age, sex, occupation, and status doesn’t appear to matter to the vicious drug cartels down there. Anybody can be a victim. One of the latest was 25-year-old professional boxer Rafael ‘El Chocho’ Guzman, who was gunned down outside his home in Guadalajara [...]
Jul 14
On July 16th at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., Zab “Super” Judah (38-6, 26 KO’s) returns to face the durable Jose Armando Santa Cruz (28-4, 17 KO’s) in a ten-round main event on ESPN2′s “Friday Night Fights”. Judah, 32, will be coming off a 9 month layoff when he steps into the ring Friday …
Jun 12
Hank Schwartz is the most famous boxing promoter you’ve never heard of. He and his vice-president, Don King, were the promoters of what is still considered the most famous fight in boxing history – the Muhammad Ali-George Foreman “Rumble in the Jungle” fought in Zaire in 1974. His hilarious thrill-a-minute memoir From the Corners of the Ring To the Corners of the Earth: The Adventure Behind the Champions (CIVCOM 2010) KO’ed [...]
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