by Tim Harrison ESPN Friday Night Fights delivers its second straight world title fight when Billy “The Kid” Dib (35-1, 21 KOs) defends his IBF featherweight strap against late replacement Evgeny Gradovich (15-0, 8 KOs) at the Foxwoods Casino in Mashantuckett, Connecticut. The co-feature pits Willie Nelson (19-1-1, 11 KOs) against Michael Medina (26-3-2, 19 KOs) in a battle … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2013
Ex-Heavyweight Champ in Fight Fixing, Cocaine Scandal
Two-time WBO heavyweight titlist, Herbie Hide, made headlines for the first time in about three years of professional inactivity when he found himself the subject of an undercover investigation by The Sun newspaper in Great Britain. The 41-year-old Nigeria-born Brit reportedly made several attempts at arranging a fixed fight with a pair of reporters posing as businessmen … [Read more...]
Thompson-Price, Scott-Glazkov: Heavyweight Lessons Learned Over The Weekend
There's going to be the temptation to say that British heavyweight, David Price (15-1, 13 KOs), was exposed in his TKO 2 loss to Tony Thompson on Saturday (another temptation would be to use a god-awful "The Price Was Not Right" pun in a fight recap). But it's hard to refer to someone so relatively untested as "exposed." Price is the exact same fighter he was prior to … [Read more...]
Mayweather and Haymon’s power play: Harrison’s Monday Rant
by Tim Harrison The balance of power in boxing has shifted dramatically. Floyd Mayweather Jr. and advisor Al Haymon hold all the cards right now. Mayweather’s exclusive deal with Showtime, which is a 6-fight deal spanning a period of 30 months, is expected to pay him no less than $200 million and up to $250 million if he achieves a certain level of pay-per-view success. That … [Read more...]
Nonito Donaire, Victor Conte and PEDs in boxing – the weekend wrap-up plus Mayweather news: The Sunday Brunch
There were many good fights on this weekend, some upsets, a lot of rumors and even more bullshit mongering; let's skip the formalities and introductions to your Sunday Brunch this week and hop right into the Fray. Floyd Mayweather finally announced that he will indeed be facing Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero on May 4 as was widely speculated. The "Money" man also inked a … [Read more...]