By Johnny Walker While his career as a heavyweight has been a colossal flop and most serious followers of heavyweight boxing long ago stopped taking him seriously, 45-year-old James "Lights Out" Toney of California (via Michigan) is determined to fight on. As it's become harder and harder for Toney to find a fight in North America, he's now been forced to go far afield, … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2013
Trainer Rudy Hernandez on Mike Alvarado loss: “It’s my fault he didn’t win.”
In a recent exclusive interview with Rico Aguirre of the The Boxing Tribune, Mike Alvarado's cut man and co-trainer, Rudy Hernandez discussed how unfair it is for people to call Alvarado a quitter. Rudy’s straightforward answers shed light on who really decided to end the fight and what went wrong that night. Rico Aguirre: Rudy, lets talk about Alvarado. Rudy Hernandez: … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
In France, Nadia Hokmi (20-6-1, 9 KO’s) took a 10 round decision over Linda Soto (6-4, 3 KO’s) to win the vacant WBF bantamweight title. Hokmi, who has held the WIBF and WBF super flyweight belts had failed in multiple title shots prior to 2008 but has since been on a 10 fight winning streak including victories over Elena Reid and Julia Sahin. The knock on her is that she … [Read more...]
Finding my cause in the darkness of a blacklisting; Magno’s Monday Rant
Last week, between all my writing gigs and on a relatively slow news week, I wrote to a number of fight fans totaling well over six-figures, yet somehow, someway, I am a virtual unknown among my boxing writing peers-- or, at least, that's what they say when my name is brought up and someone is bitching about the nerve I have to question another media member. "Who is that … [Read more...]
Provodnikov Breaks Alvarado, Wins WBO Title
1STBANK Center, Broomfield, Denver, Colorado-- Hometown hero and defending world titlist, Mike Alvarado (34-2, 23 KOs) had the right idea against hard-charging Ruslan Provodnikov (23-2, 16 KOs), but was ultimately unable to fight through the constant pressure of his Russian challenger. From the very beginning of the bout, Alvarado did what he had told the media he planned on … [Read more...]