Oxymoronic, outrageous, and even revealing comments and events continue to stain the already soiled boxing landscape. ************** Deontay Wilder: “I know Duhaupas is tough and he comes to fight and that’s exactly what we need.” Sugar Shane Mosley: “I Choose to Fight. Dogs Don’t. Dog fighting is for Cowards. Don’t Do It… My opponents and I know that when we step into the … [Read more...]
One Champ Per Weight Part 9: Iron Tyke, My Son
by Fox Doucette In gratitude for getting the Ambro-Santini (as in James Santini, D-NV) Act passed in 1977, which mandated all championship fights in the United States be sanctioned by the WBA, that organization moved its headquarters to Congressman Jerry Ambro's home state of New York, specifically setting up its headquarters in Huntington, the seat of Ambro's district. This … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Roy Jones Jr. vs. Bob Foster
by Fox Doucette Bob Foster is a tale of two reputations in one man. He is perhaps better remembered for his multiple knockout losses in the heavyweight division, losing to Ernie Terrell, Joe Frazier, and Muhammad Ali via the stoppage route, than he is for his six-year reign as the greatest of the 175-pound fighters. Meanwhile, Roy Jones Jr. got what Foster never did; a … [Read more...]
What If Teofilo Stevenson Went Pro? (Part 2)
by Fox Doucette When last we left Cuban sensation Teofilo Stevenson, he'd just taken his third knockout loss, falling first to Earnie Shavers and George Foreman before Muhammad Ali stopped Stevenson, still only 23 years old, on February 20, 1976. Stevenson lost the eye of the tiger after that fight; he'd been in with world championship-caliber fighters, but never sniffing the … [Read more...]
Ring Muggings: Part 21
A Tyson Sampler "When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood…." —Mike Tyson "My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person." —Tyson "He's not on any slab, as Teddy Atlas had predicted. Somehow, he has endured. He's still out there. In his own way, in the way of the pure survivor, he's won." —the late great Ralph … [Read more...]