In the United States, the overwhelming reaction to the announcement of Amir Khan vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was that of disbelief. The pundits saw a Canelo-slanted slaughter that would be lucky to last past the third round. In the UK, however, the opinions have been kinder when it comes to Khan’s chances. These differing takes on the catchweight 155 lb. bout for Alvarez’s WBC … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2016
This Week in Boxing History February 29th – March 6th
February 29 2008: Lemoore, California. IBF World Featherweight Championship. Robert Guerrero W KO 8 Jason Litzau. Retains title. March 1 1916: New Orleans, Louisiana. World Welterweight Championship. Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis W 20 Harry Stone. Retains title. 1923: New York City, NY. American Flyweight Championship. Frankie Genaro W 15 Pancho Villa. Wins title. 1929: Paris, … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Joe Frazier vs. Evander Holyfield
by Fox Doucette With the 45th anniversary of Ali-Frazier I coming right around the corner on March 8, the Temporal Commission has sent the time machine to Madison Square Garden to grab the victorious fighter for a go on Historical Fight Night. Frazier's one of the all-time hard-luck kids on this show; back during the Excellent Adventure, he couldn't get out of the 70s group … [Read more...]
This Week in Boxing History February 22nd– February 28th
February 22 1884: Abe Attell born in San Francisco, California. 1903: Johnny Lamar born in Los Angeles, California. 1912: Vernon, California. World Featherweight Championship. Johnny Kilbane W 20 Abe Attell. Wins title. 1915: Gus Lesnevich born in Cliffside Park, New Jersey. 1918: Terry McGovern, 37, dies in Brooklyn, New York. 1981: Houston, Texas. WBC … [Read more...]
Boxing is my Passion (Second Version)
“You go to an amateur tournament… You get an inner-city, really rough, hard-core black kid, and you get a white kid from Minnesota. Maybe they never even say ‘hi’ to each other all week. But they fight each other, and after the fight, they hug.”—John Scully “Boxing was on the one hand barbaric, unconscionable, out of place in modern society. But then, so are war, racism, … [Read more...]