Is it Time for Shannon Briggs to stop lifting weights?
04.06.07 – By Gary Jones: After watching Saturday’s night’s poor performance by Shannon Briggs where he slowly plodded around the ring, barely able to throw a handful often out of … Read more
Month: June 2007
Who Is Shaun George?: The Boxing World’s About To Find Out
04.06.07 – By Vivek Wallace: On the evening of Friday, May 18th, a number of people around the country found themselves flicking through television channels looking for entertainment. For those … Read more
Sultan Ibragimov’s Manager Boris Grimberg: “Klitschko is the only other champ who wants to unify!”
03.06.07 – By Izyaslav “Slava” Koza: It has been less then 24 hours since Sultan Ibragimov took the WBO title away from ex-champ Shannon Briggs in a tactically brilliant effort. … Read more
Sultain Ibragimov Beats Shannon Briggs to the punch and removes a serious obstruction in the WBO pipeline
03.06.07 – By Wray Edwards: Whenever the WBO or WBC gets bogged down with a boxer who is more of an obstruction than an attraction, it needs to find a … Read more
Julio Cesar Chavez And Edwin “Chapo” Rosario – Two Great Lightweights On A Collision Course
03.06.07 – By James Slater: Puerto Rico’s Edwin “Chapo” Rosario turned pro in 1979 and, after winning his first twenty-one bouts, all but one by KO, he fought Jose Luis … Read more
Tough Opponents, Tough Guys
03.06.07 – By Ted Sares: Larry Holmes and Evander Holyfield fought some pretty tough guys at a pretty constant rate. Hell, they even fought each other. Among others, Holmes fought … Read more
Briggs-Ibragimov: You Brag, I Move – Observations on an Uneventful Heavyweight Title Fight
02.06.07 – By Brian McDonald: With his WBO heavyweight title on the line, Shannon Briggs faced Sultan Ibragimov in what wasn’t necessarily billed as a must-see fight, it did however … Read more
Primo Carnera – “The Ambling Alp”
02.06.07 – By James Slater: Born in Sequals, Italy on October 26th, 1906, the man known as “The Ambling Alp,” Primo Carnera, remains one of the best known and most … Read more
Pressure From Hatton & The Scale Will Spell Castillo’s Doom
02.06.07 – by Nick Mathur: On June 23rd, Ricky Hatton and Jose Luis Castillo will battle at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, in a fight that is … Read more
Cooper’s Thunder Nearly Derailed Clay’s Title Hopes
02.06.07 – By Mike Dunn: British boxing legend Henry Cooper is still remembered for it. As we approach the 44th anniversary of the famed encounter, Cooper remains a beloved figure … Read more