“This is the kind of night that makes it difficult to defend this sport.”—Teddy Atlas A fit, ready, and focused Nate Campbell (29-5-1) fought tough Ricky Quiles (38-7-3) at the A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa, Florida, on March 2, 2007, and during the bout, the “Galaxy Warrior” did some things to Quiles that were downright frightening to witness In the 10th round, Nate … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines – March 28th- 29th, 2014
3/28 – Grady Brewer (30-18, 16 KO’s) vs. Chris Chatman (11-3-1, 5 KO’s) - Twin River Event Center, Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA Brewer, winner of season 2 of “The Contender” in 2006, takes an eight rounder with the hopes of snapping a four fight losing streak. Chatman’s fought just once a year since 2012, and dropped a six round decision in January. 3/29 – Nate Campbell … [Read more...]
Kevin Bizier Beats Up Old Guy Nate Campbell on Friday Night Fights
by Fox Doucette The Northeast got two major snow jobs on Friday night. Winter Storm Nemo blanketed your columnist's hometown with enough snow to re-create one of Calvin's snowman expressionist art projects, and Nate Campbell (36-10-1, 26 KOs) tried to snow us into thinking he had a snowball's chance in hell against Kevin Bizier (20-0, 14 KOs), who beat the crap out of him en … [Read more...]
Kevin Bizier to Smash Washed-Up Nate Campbell Friday
by Fox Doucette Ready for more washed-up fighters getting pushed by ESPN2 for name recognition on Friday Night Fights? In the immortal words of Three Dog, “Me neither. But it's that time again.” Welterweight Nate Campbell (36-9-1, 26 KOs), who turns 41 in four weeks, travels to the unfriendly confines of the Bell Centre in Montreal to take on undefeated GYM Promotions house … [Read more...]
Roy Jones Survives Knockdown, Takes Controversial Decision Over Glazewski; More Results from Poland
Atlas Arena, Lodz, Poland-- At this point, it's a cliche to say that watching a faded Roy Jones Jr. in the ring at 43 years of age is a sad affair. The hand speed is no longer super human, the reflexes are gone, the legs are stiff, and punch resistance is growing weaker with each performance. With this in mind, Roy Jones was still expected to cruise to a victory against … [Read more...]