Evander Holyfield finally gave in to the inevitable march of time this week, and officially announced his retirement from the sport and the end of a glorious, drama filled, boxing career that stretches back thirty years, to 1984. At three months short of 52 years of age, Holyfield’s retirement is perhaps one bourn of necessity, rather than desire. His last fight was back in … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2014
50 Cent’s House of the Setting Sun: Harrison’s Monday Rant
by Tim Harrison 50 Cent has found success on levels not reached by any rapper to cross over into mainstream business ventures not named Dr. Dre. From his mainstream debut more than a dozen years ago, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s accolades and accomplishments include a Grammy award, several dozen smaller music industry awards, serious acting credits, a Vitamin Water formula … [Read more...]
Crawford, Gamboa And What’s Right With Boxing: The Sunday Brunch
Hola family and welcome home to a thyme, rosemary and laurel leaf scented edition of Omaha's 145th most popular bite-sized weekly pugilistic paper, The Sunday Brunch - We combine like the boxing column equivalent of the real diecast Voltron, not those fake plastic re-release ones that came out years later, I'm talking a serious choking hazard, people...This week we're … [Read more...]
Terence Crawford vs. Yuriorkis Gamboa: The Boxing Tribune Preview
Tomorrow night at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska, WBO lightweight champion Terence “Bud” Crawford (23-0, 16 KO’s) makes the first defense of his crown against former world featherweight title holder, Yuriorkis Gamboa (23-0, 16 KO’s) in the nights scheduled 12 round main event. The contest will be aired by HBO and Box Nation. In Omaha’s first world title contest in … [Read more...]
Evander Holyfield Joins Dynasty Boxing
Dino Duva and the sons of Mills Lane, Tommy and Terry Lane have added five-time world champion Evander Holyfield to their team at Dynasty Boxing. Holyfield will act as an ambassador and advisor to 2008 Olympic silver medalist Zhang Zhilei, who makes his heavyweight debut August 8 on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights”. At yesterday’s press conference in New York City, the … [Read more...]