"Prince" Naseem Hamed, Riddick "Big Daddy" Bowe, and Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini herald in the 2015 IBHOF class, as results were announced earlier yesterday. The induction ceremony will be held on June 14, 2015, in Canastota, New York other selections: Yuko Gushiken (23-1, 15 KO), a former dominant junior flyweight champion from 1976-81 ... Masao Oba (35-2-1, 16 KO), former … [Read more...]
Bowe, Hamed, Mancini, Lampley Head Hall of Fame Class of 2015
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...]
David Berlin Has Work to do
by Ted Sares “…On Saturday night, New York will continue its tradition as a great fight town “We will play our proper role. We will make sure that the fighters will be treated fairly. We will put competent and qualified judges in place so that the fighter who wins the fight in the ring has his hands raised at the end of the fight.”-- David Berlin, the new head of the oldest … [Read more...]
Smoger: Without Rose Colored Glasses
by Ted Sares “My proclivity is to allow the fight to go to its natural conclusion, and to let them solve it and to let them resolve it…Sometimes, there comes a time when I have to make the call. But if I can prolong it and give them every opportunity, so be it” -- Steve Smoger. Back on March 6, 1999 in Atlantic City, big Lance Whittaker launched an eye-popping 122 punches … [Read more...]
Glen Tapia And The Boardwalk Hall Death March; Magno’s Monday Rant
The unfortunate truth is that, sometimes, death and injury happen in boxing and there's nothing anyone can do. Even under the best of circumstances, injury happens in combat sports. To ignore this fact is to ignore the nature of the business. However, most deaths and permanent injuries do leave a trail of incompetence and/or intentional disregard behind them. Somewhere, … [Read more...]