A look at the undercard attractions for the November 8 Bernard Hopkins-Sergey Kovalev card at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey: Sadam Ali (20-0, 12 KO’s) vs. Luis Carlos Abregu (36-1, 29 KO’s) In the night’s televised co-feature, Brooklyn’s two-time Golden Glove champion steps up in a fight that can really juice up his career should he win. He’s the current … [Read more...]
The Gatekeepers: Part 1
by Eric "Sugar Foot" Duran Doug Flutie won a Heisman trophy. He played 12 years in the NFL for 5 different teams. Although highly respected, he will never be considered a great quarterback. He was simply a mentor or stopgap quarterback for young players and teams. Every sport has these individuals, journeymen who spend countless years in professional leagues, bouncing … [Read more...]
Balzsay stops Sartison; Chagaev, Braehmer, Gomez victorious in Germany
Sport and Congress Center, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany-- Karoly Balzsay (25-2, 18 KOs) stopped Dimitri Sartison (29-2, 18 KOs) in the twelfth and final round in defense of his paper version of the WBA super middleweight title (Andre Ward holds the legitimate WBA 168 lb. world title). Former heavyweight titlist, Ruslan Chagaev (29-2-1, 18 KOs) stopped … [Read more...]
Dimitrenko Decisions Sprott, The Rest of Saturday’s European Action
Lohbruegge, Hamburg, Germany – Alexander Dimitrenko (32-1, 21 KOs) took a unanimous decision victory over Michael Sprott (36-17, 17 KOs) to retain his European heavyweight title. Dimitrenko controlled the pace of the fight early on, using his height and fighting behind his jab to keep the shorter Sprott at a distance behind his guard. Sprott finally opened up in round 6 as … [Read more...]
Dimitrenko, Boytsov Headline Another Good Heavyweight Card in Germany
Somebody must have forgot to tell Germany that heavyweight boxing is dead. After being home to the most important heavyweight fight card in a decade (Klitschko vs Haye), the country known for sausage and sauerkraut is showing the world that indeed heavyweight boxing is alive and well -- at least in Germany. This Saturday's card, while not as historically significant as … [Read more...]