by Fox Doucette Some nights of boxing absolutely confound analysis and render any attempt at gleaning lessons completely moot. We got one of those kinds of nights tonight from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights. In the main event, Tony Harrison (20-0, 17 KOs) stopped a completely shot, overmatched, “what was he doing fighting?” Antwone Smith (23-6-1, 12 … [Read more...]
Tony Harrison Takes On Antwone Smith: ESPN Friday Night Fights Preview
by Fox Doucette Your boxing weather forecast for ESPN2 Friday calls for excessive violence with a chance of SportsCenter highlight knockouts. Tony Harrison (19-0, 16 KOs), fresh off a one-round smackdown of confirmed middleweight fraud Tyrone Brunson in December, takes on barking dog Antwone Smith (23-5-1, 12 KOs), last seen getting the crap kicked out of him by Jermall Charlo … [Read more...]
Is unbeaten Haymon fighter really the next Golovkin?
The middleweight division has long been one of boxing's most resplendent. From the foray of double-hard blacksmith Bob Fitzsimmons in 1891 to the Africanized honey bee-like barrage of punches that Harry Greb was able to dispatch a hat-trick of decades later. From the irrepressible reign of consensus don Sugar Ray Robinson to the teak tough Tony Zale, the deadly dandy Carlos … [Read more...]
Unbeaten prospects collide in California
by Eric Duran Unbeaten Middleweight Maurice Louishome (8-0, 4 KOs) returns to action on Friday at the Morongo Casino Resort and Spa in Cabazon, California. Dibella Entertainment presents a prospect-heavy card headlined by Ivan Redkach (17-0, 13 KOs). Louishome, a resident of Colorado Springs, looks to continue his winning ways after a foul-filled technical decision … [Read more...]