John Ruiz: Attention Must be Paid

04.05.05 – By Fiona Manning: Once there was a kid in Chelsea, Massachusetts who thought he could be world heavyweight champion. And he did. Only he found himself universally disliked, … Read more

Clarity for the junior welterweights

03.05.05 – By Patrick Corcoran: For the past several years, as Larry Merchant pointed out in Saturday night’s broadcast of the James Toney-John Ruiz fight, the glamour division in boxing … Read more

Samuel Peter Camp Targets Toney

03.05.04 – Dino Duva, promoter of red-hot heavyweight Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter, says he is outraged by the post-fight conduct and comments of new WBA Heavyweight boss James Toney … Read more

Ruiz In Retrospect…

03.05.05 – By Jim Amato: Well James Toney has finally freed us of the clutches of John Ruiz. I see that John has decided to retire. We’ll see. In a … Read more

Miguel Cotto Sizes Up Castillo-Corrales

May 2, 2005 — Preparing for his Madison Square Garden debut, undefeated WBO jr. welterweight champion MIGUEL COTTO took a few minutes from his camp in Puerto Rico, where he … Read more

James Toney: Old School

02.05.04 – By Matthew Hurley: With James Toney’s defeat of John Ruiz for the WBA heavyweight title belt I was left with two conflicting emotions. The first was how disappointing … Read more