Month: July 2008

27.07.08 – By Chris Acosta: It wasn’t that long ago when I could ask someone, “Did you watch that fight last night?” and they would know what I was talking … Read more

By Taj Eubanks, photo by Naoki Fukuda – July 26, 2008 – “I saw you beat that man like I never saw no man get beat before, and the man … Read more

By Frank Gonzalez Jr.: What a GREAT fight! Will beat skill. Brawler beat boxer. Stamina beat speed. Underdog beat favorite. Styles make fights and on paper, Cotto was rightfully the … Read more

27.007.08 – by James Slater: Last night in Las Vegas, on the under-card of “The Battle,” relatively unknown Colombian Cesar Canchila put on a career-best performance by hammering the big-punching … Read more

By Paul Strauss: Max Kellerman described the essence of the fight, when he said it was an example imposing will over skill. The fight went as the experts predicted. The … Read more

By Vivek Wallace, photo by Chris Farina/TopRank: In what was a very colossal affair, fight fans around the globe got every penny of their monies worth as Mexican Antonio Margarito … Read more

By Shaun Brown: Would Miguel Cotto really want to fight Antonio Margarito again after the kind of defeat he suffered when losing his welterweight crown yesterday? In the opening stages … Read more

By Kingsley Walker: The mood I seem to be experiencing after a purely exhilarating boxing fight, which in my mind could go down as the fight of the year with … Read more

Bill Calogero at ringside: Saratoga Springs, NY – James McGirt Jr. dominated Raymond Joval in the first five rounds, dropping the former IBO Champion twice in the third to win … Read more

By Mike Casey: The ‘It’ factor, it is often said, can never be truly defined. We simply know that some people have it and others don’t. Identifying and appreciating its … Read more