"Today sweat, Tomorrow champion!" --South Korean gym motto "Win or die" -–Quote attributed to Duk Koo Kim "After losing a cow, one repairs the barn. Only after a big disaster, you fix the problem."--Korean Proverb The Korean War (June 1950 - July 1953) is something many Americans under the age of 35 only remember from watching MASH on television. The Korean conflict is … [Read more...]
Karma’s A Bitch, Mauricio Herrera: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette In the words of John Riggins, “I'm bored, I'm broke...and I'm back.” Welcome back to The Southpaw, the column with a better strength-of-schedule than Deontay Wilder: When the guys at the Tribune were discussing our Year-End Awards, a special award category came up to put into perspective Mauricio Herrera's two absolute robbery losses at the hands of Danny … [Read more...]
Ji Hoon Kim And Mauricio Herrera Set For Explosive Clash On Thursday Night Fights Special
Ji Hoon ‘The Volcano’ Kim 24-8 (18 KOs) meets Mauricio Herrera 18-3 (7 KOs) on Thursday in what promises to be an exciting special edition of ESPN’S Friday Night Fights. Both men are favourites with the FNF audience and have each taken part in a number of minor classics on the ESPN show. Now they are about to meet in the main event from The Omega Products International, Corona, … [Read more...]
Mike Dallas Jr., FNF Poster Boy?: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette Your columnist has had the pleasure of watching Mike Dallas Jr. (19-3-1, 8 KOs) fight on ESPN2 a total of four times, in which Dallas went 2-2 and by rights should've been 3-1 (Mauricio Herrera, who ought to change his ring nickname to “El Bandito” for his tendency to win robbery decisions, did not beat him fairly.) As Friday Night Fights regulars go, Dallas … [Read more...]
Raymundo Beltran Easily Handles Ji-Hoon Kim
by Fox Doucette On a special Thursday night ESPN2 boxing special, Raymundo Beltran (27-6, 17 KOs) carried Korean Ji-Hoon Kim (24-8, 18 KOs) the ten-round distance en route to an easy unanimous decision victory. In the co-feature, Jesse Magdaleno (13-0, 9 KOs) took care of gatekeeper-in-the-making Jonathan Arellano (13-2-1, 3 KOs) en route to a similarly lopsided eight-round … [Read more...]