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	[Feb 20, 2007] Tua, Mesi and Harrison: Heavyweight Sightings For heavyweight boxing careers, the high tide of optimism soon enough rushes up to the shores of isolating desperation.

	[Feb 9, 2007] Shane Mosley: Sneaking back into the big time? He's going to try and stay at welterweight because he (rightly) believes at that weight he's more than competitive.

	[Feb 5, 2007] The Lesson of Donald Curry By dusting Jones in Birmingham, England, Curry had sent a defining message to the rest of the top flight welterweights: Behold the one, true king!

	[Jan 28, 2007] Klitschko calls his shot Vitali Klitschko recently announced, "I am returning to the ring to get my WBC Heavyweight Championship back."

	[Jan 18, 2007] Ricky Hatton: As real as real as it gets Hatton really does look like a tough guy. But hatred is not the fuel of his furies.

	[Jan 5, 2007] James Toney: One can only wonder Toney doesn't even acknowledge that he lost their September 2, 2006 WBC heavyweight title eliminator.

	[Dec 27, 2006] Thoughts in the off-season Our thoughts this time of year tend toward reflection,.

	[Dec 12, 2006] Jermain Taylor: Promises, Promises This is a fighter who is toiling now, in his prime, trying to finalize all of the elements that will construct his eventual legacy.

	[Dec 1, 2006] Monarchs and The Middleweights - Part Two One of the middleweights of championship pedigree claiming to be a king is Ronald "Winky" Wright.

	[Nov 30, 2006] Monarchs and The Middleweights - Part One In this our young, convulsive millennium, we struggle with meanings of the past and the implications of our possible futures.

	[Nov 18, 2006] Destiny and the Legend of Erik Morales Erik Morales forged his ultimate individuality by developing the artistry of a boxer imbued with the raw determination of a slugger.

	[Nov 1, 2006] What Ever Happened to Boxing Reform? (Part 4) As we have sought to detail, the Ali Act has not yet helped to engender anything like a reformist climate on the business side of boxing.

[Oct 27, 2006]
What Ever Happened to Boxing Reform? (Part 3)
"The basic premise of boxing is to try and render your opponent unconscious; we have to remember that..."  More ...

[Oct 16, 2006]
What Ever Happened to Boxing Reform? (Part 2)
A fighter dies in the ring and suddenly there are siren calls for improving safety measures and commission safeguarding of fighters.  More ...

[Oct 3, 2006]
What Ever Happened to Boxing Reform? (Part 1)
Remember when professional boxing was obsessing over the need for fundamental reform in light of the IBF payoff scandal involving the federation President Bob Lee?  More ...

[Sep 27, 2006]
Final Acts of Bravery and Desperation
Boxing's impact has been miniaturized and marginalized within a culture awash with excessive graphic violence.  More ...

[Sep 12, 2006]
Rocky Returns
Rocky Juarez knows that while battling Marco Antonio Barrera he didn't do everything required to make absolutely sure he was the better man on the night of May 20, 2006.  More ...

[Sep 6, 2006]
Will Taylor do Wright by Ouma?
The cable pay masters at HBO have a monogrammed play-day all made out for middleweight champion Jermain Taylor.  More ...

[Aug 28, 2006]
The Science of Boxing
The metaphorical alliteration the sweet science sustains itself as poetic analogy, more than a hint of irony suggested in the compounding of sweet and science.  More ...

[Aug 16, 2006]
Down Time
Maskaev came out manfully and did the trick again; he won. For almost 12 rounds the two 30-somethings made a decent scrap out of it, at least in spots.  More ...

[Jul 29, 2006]
Roy Jones Jr.: Then and Now
Yes, the word 'instantaneously' has the connotation of speed, Jones' asset par excellence; in fistic terms it also implies absolute certainty of purpose.  More ...

[Jul 22, 2006]
Arturo Gatti: For Love and Glory
The losses to Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya marked the de-legitimization of Gatti in the minds of many boxing fans.  More ...

[Jul 14, 2006]
Fernando Vargas: Reasons for Expectation
Fernando Vargas, father, clothing entrepreneur, philanthropist, and former world champion boxer has another alias these days.  More ...

[Jul 5, 2006]
Cory Spinks Seeks Redemption
The word redemption swirls around the Ohio training facility where Spinks has trained for his jr. middleweight fight with IBF titlist Roman Karmazin.  More ...

[Jun 17, 2006]
Jermain Taylor: Transitioning to Greatness?
Taylor's performance against Hopkins in their December 2005 rematch illustrated the champion had technically stalled.  More ...

[Jun 2, 2006]
Corrales vs. Castillo: Paying the Price
One has to suppose that the ruling that has allowed Corrales to retain his WBC lightweight title was not only the decent thing to do.  More ...

[May 29, 2006]
Is Miguel Cotto still destiny's child?
Cotto may enjoy home cooking more than he should, but that's been proven a reversible passion by fighters for ages.  More ...

[May 16, 2006]
Floyd Mayweather's Final Ascent
Be he bold or be he a brat, surgical in his ring deliveries or bucking up under unexpected pressure, he stands as his own man.  More ...

[May 6, 2006]
Oscar by Design
At times, over the last three months Oscar De La Hoya has almost seemed at an emotional loss when paired up for PR outings with the typhoon of irrationalism that is Ricardo Mayorga.  More ...

[Apr 6, 2006]
Zab Judah: Mysteries of a Man-Child
Former junior welter- and welterweight champion Zab Judah's been backed into his own corner, a dividing line separating validation from ruin.  More ...

[Mar 17, 2006]
James Toney: Getting it done
Were it not for Roy Jones Jr. James Toney's pursuit of the heavyweight championship would seem almost a flight of fancy. Interestingly, both fighters found their 'mark' in John Ruiz.  More ...

[Mar 7, 2006]
The Mirror of 1986 - Part III
Heavyweights love to make comebacks. Young-ish old ones and old-ish old ones, they are all compelled by money not yet earned, titles lost or never won.  More ...

[Feb 17, 2006]
The Mirror of 1986 - Part II
In 1986, boxing still could boast of the genius of Roberto Duran, though the full measure of his genius had become as bloated as his waistline and the technical mastery of Azumah Nelson.  More ...

[Feb 10, 2006]
The Mirror of 1986 - Part I
At essence, each boxing year is a beginning, middle and an ending, the layering of tutelage, mastery and expiration weaving dramatic tapestries.  More ...

[Jan 23, 2006]
The Case of Joe Mesi: Legality, Ethics and Self Determinism (Part 2)
Many in boxing have some sympathy, in the abstract, for Mesi to determine his life, and by extension his fate.  More ...

[Jan 13, 2006]
The Case of Joe Mesi: Legality, Ethics and Self Determinism (Part I)
The fight that put Mesi down almost for the count was a rugged affair with Vassiliy Jirov on March 13, 2004 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.  More ...

[Dec 3, 2005]
Taylor-Hopkins: Encountering Danger
Hopkins invokes phrases like "the American Dream" and "the people's champion" and "I'm street, he's country."  More ...

[Nov 25, 2005]
The Ultimate Bernard Hopkins
In the summer of 1997, Hopkins, IBF middleweight champion, tried to get over the empty feeling that all his victories were leaving with him.  More ...

[Nov 17, 2005]
Boxing's Big Fight
Boxing used to have a diamond sparkle to it, red lights and black eyes, senate hearings and pinstriped suits only adding to the romanticism of human struggle.  More ...

[Nov 8, 2005]
Mad as Hell: The Fans of Bernard Hopkins
With the exception of Mike Tyson and Fernando Vargas, no fighter over the last fifteen years has had as loyal a following as Bernard Hopkins.  More ...

[Oct 28, 2005]
Ready for a Fight: Erik Morales
Venturing toward a lightweight championship, Erik Morales found out that in boxing wanting is not the only prerequisite to having.  More ...

[Oct 17, 2005]
Taylor vs. Hopkins: Until the Talking Stops
Compared to Bernard Hopkins, Jermain Taylor doesn't even register on the Talk-A-Meter of pre-fight badmouthing.  More ...

[Oct 8, 2005]
Antonio Tarver and the great hereafter
Antonio Tarver came into professional boxing late age 28 laying the foundations of his career plying his trade at the Blue Horizon.  More ...

[Sep 24, 2005]
Klitschko-Peter: Everyone's guess
In Klitschko vs. Peter, HBO has found the perfect win-win formula with this slugger beware showdown of opposites.  More ...

[Aug 31, 2005]
The Comeback
Every era in boxing is an era of the comeback as fighters endlessly cycle through their optimal periodization only to later recycle themselves their reputations still marketable.  More ...

[Jul 14, 2005]
Can Klitschko Have It His Own Way?
Can it be that WBC champion Vitali Klitschko has been having second, third and fourth thoughts about defending his title as per his agreements?  More ...

[Feb 23, 2005]
Jermain Taylor's Undeclared War
Jermain Taylor doesn't whine, wail or play the victim on camera. All the kid does is dynamite the career aspirations of his peers.  More ...

[Feb 7, 2005]
'Terrible' Terry Norris: Boxing Excellence
In full flow, Terry Norris' punches jolted his intended targets like electrical discharges.  More ...

[Jan 16, 2005]
Winky Wright's Year of Reckoning
Ronald Wright has been the standard-bearer, fistic force of the often transitional division, the jr. middleweights, for a decade.  More ...

[Jan 9, 2005]
Felix Trinidad Turns 32 Today: Still a Boxing Superstar
Middleweight contender Felix Trinidad turned 32 Monday. 2005 promises to be a big year for 'Tito'.  More ...

[Dec 6, 2004]
Danny Williams: Self Help Contender
Danny Williams, Mike Tyson sweepstakes victor and career underachiever, has been trying all week to look the part of the next big somebody.  More ...

[Nov 23, 2004]
Chasing Boxing History
Nowadays, there are a select few boxers who defy the imperative for weight escalation, such as Bernard Hopkins or even debatably, Joe Calzaghe.  More ...

[Nov 15, 2004]
Marco Barrera's Ultimate Challenge
Marco Barrera believes he's ready to win, ready to win the decisive fight of his career. Erik Morales can and never will be underestimated.  More ...

[Nov 3, 2004]
Kostya Tszyu still a man on a mission
Some ring scribes have gone so far as to suggest that take away the collapsible knee, Sharmba Mitchell might well have defeated Kostya Tszyu back in 2001.  More ...

[Oct 31, 2004]
Bowe, Mesi, Holyfield and Boxing Ethics
Within boxing today Riddick Bowe, Joe Mesi and Evander Holyfield stand out for those concerned with the topical imperative of boxing and ethics.  More ...

[Oct 24, 2004]
Kostya Tszyu: To Remain a King
Twelve weeks ago trainer Johnny Lewis began the process of evaluating his most prized fighter, world jr. welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu.  More ...