Saturday night in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, long reigning WBA and WBO light flyweight champion Yesica Yolanda Bopp (27-1, 12 KO’s) made a successful move to the flyweight division, defeating WBO super flyweight title holder Daniela Romina Bermudez (16-3-2, 5 KO’s) in the nights headlining contest to win the vacant WBO flyweight championship. With the disadvantage in … [Read more...]
Why Boxing’s Hall of Fame Beats Baseball: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette There is no greater blight upon the scribe's landscape than the phrase “...Writers' Association of America.” Boxing's corrupt fraternity of gladhanding media whores has been very well-documented on this site; our Fearless Leader leads by example on that front. I don't know the football and basketball front well enough, but I do know that boxing and baseball … [Read more...]
Kostya Tszyu: Hall of Fame Profile
Former undisputed junior welterweight champion Kostya “Thunder From Down Under” Tszyu (31-2, 25 KO) was one of the five living inductees selected to be elected into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. Hall of Fame weekend activities begin on Thursday, June 9, and continue through the induction ceremony on Sunday, June 12. Induction ceremonies begin at … [Read more...]
Mike Tyson: Hall of Fame Profile
Mike Tyson will be inducted into the International Hall of Fame and Museum in Canastota, New York on June 12, 2011. In 1986, Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 Kos) became the youngest heavyweight champion ever at age 21 when he obliterated WBC titleholder Trevor Berbick. By the end of the following year, Tyson had unified the remaining heavyweight titles to become the division’s … [Read more...]