26.02.04 – WBC #1 ranked contender Vitali Klitschko will be facing the #2 ranked heavyweight Corrie Sanders on April 24 for the vacant WBC heavyweight title in an announcement made by Universum, Vitali Klitschko’s promoting company. The site for the match has yet to be determined, although both fighters have agreed to terms of the fight after weeks of negotiations. […]
26.02.04 – By Jim Amato: In December of 1969 Charles “Sonny” Liston the former heavyweight champion of the world was in the midst of a remarkable comeback. Following his disastrous kayo losses to Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), Sonny was written off by the experts. While Ali dominated the heavyweight scene Sonny took some time off. When Sonny did embark on […]
26.02.04 – By Keith Terceira: Few fans can imagine themselves in the ring with Bernard Hopkins; fewer can picture climbing into the squared circle with the executioner twice. Envision for a moment training and fighting in such a grueling sport with an unknown undiagnosed case of asthma, cutting the normal circulation of oxygen to your blood nearly in half as […]
26.02.04 – Less than a month after filing a personal injury lawsuit for an alleged assault on James Ware, a tow truck operator, attorneys for Chaikin & Sherman, P.C. announced this week they will file a second lawsuit against former World Middleweight Boxing Champion William Joppy for an alleged assault against a sparring partner following a training session at the […]
26.02.04 – By Fiona Manning: Now the truth is out. Despite all talk of former WBA 130 pound champion and WBO No. 1 contender Joel Casamayor abruptly leaving longtime trainer Joe Goossen to train in “a beautiful mountain camp in Paso Robles, CA” the truth is Casamayor never left the LA area. Eastside Boxing learned today that Casamayor has been […]