Press Release from the International Boxing Hall of Fame: CANASTOTA, NY – DECEMBER 4, 2014 – The International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum announced today the newest class of inductees to enter the Hall. Living inductees include heavyweight champion Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe, featherweight champion “Prince” Naseem Hamed and lightweight champion Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini in … [Read more...]
Welcome to the Slaughterhouse: Part Three
by Ted Sares Bowe vs. Gonzalez (1995) "He [Cuban defector Jorge Luis Gonzalez} goes crazy, man, when he sees Bowe," today. "I've told him, 'You're not helping yourself to a fight when you do that.' But I can't stop him. When he sees Riddick on Arsenio, he grinds his teeth."--Gonzalez’s promoter, Luis de Cubas, "Bowe is a cow, a hyena, and I am a lion," said Gonzalez, … [Read more...]
Welcome to the Slaughterhouse: Part One
by Ted Sares There are as many different kinds of boxing matches to suit an aficionado as there are wines to please a thirsty connoisseur. Some prefer an ebb and flow bout featuring lots of technical skills while others enjoy a primal brawl. A come-from-behind affair is always a pleaser and when it involves the favored aggressor gassing and being taken out, it is a … [Read more...]
Bowe Stopped in Muay Thai Debut
Former world heavyweight champion Riddick "Big Daddy" Bowe's new career didn't get off to a very good start. In Pattaya, Thailand, Bowe was stopped in the second round by 30 year old Russian Levgen Golovin. Bowe took repeated shots to his shins, and hit the canvas five times before the bouts end. An Olympic silver medalist, Bowe was one of the top heavyweights of the … [Read more...]
A Christmas Story: not so different from a Boxing Story is it?
The world didn’t end this past Friday as predicted, although once the holidays are over and the bills start pouring in come January, many of us may wish it had. With Christmas and a new year upon us we can be sure of two things: the annual 24 hour “A Christmas Story” marathon on TBS, and plenty of mega fights that will just miss getting made. We’ll see plenty of great fights no … [Read more...]