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Bill Knight has been a sportswriter for 30 years and has covered boxing at the El Paso Times for the past 25 years. He has covered numerous world title fights and has won more than 30 writing awards on a local, state and national level. A native of Dallas, Knight also serves as the main beat writer at the El Paso Times for the University of Texas at El Paso basketball program.


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Features by Bill Knight

Ponce De Leon [Oct 22, 2006]
Ponce De Leon Stops Overmatched Seeger in El Paso
De Leon caught up with Al Seeger Saturday night in the main event of an HBO pay-per-view card in El Paso's Don Haskins Center.
Taylor Wright [Jun 19, 2006]
Ebbs and Flows and Taylor-Wright
Ebbs and flows ... flows and ebbs ... lefts and rights and rights and lefts that can alter an exchange, alter a round, alter a decision.
Miguel Cotto [Jun 8, 2006]
Miguel Cotto Has No Worries
Oh how some people love to talk the talk. Others are just content to walk the walk. Those who talk the talk can help sell the show. Those who walk...
Barrera Juarez [May 22, 2006]
Barrera-Juarez: The same old story
The young gun faces the aging gunslinger. The young lion tries his strength and skill against the secondhand lion.
Ricky Hatton [May 15, 2006]
Ricky Hatton's Hit at Welterweight
Ricky Hatton's journey had answers. But it also left questions. His journey to the United States, his journey to the welterweight division was a...
Rahman Toney [Mar 22, 2006]
Who can claim the big one?
That heavyweight division is a separate animal, meandering along at its own pace, so many times chasing its own tail. But when that tail wags, all...
Erik Morales [Jan 27, 2006]
Walk the new walk with Erik Morales
Morales sat on the edge of the ring that summer afternoon, talking softly and easily, speaking of his career past and present.
Wright Soliman [Dec 12, 2005]
Wright-Soliman and the Frenetic Art
Sam Soliman was little short of amazing, a human buzz saw, always moving and throwing punches from every angle imaginable.
Winky Wright [Dec 10, 2005]
The Light and Wright-Soliman
Winky Wright and Sam Soliman will try to make a next-to-last step tonight, on a cold December night in Connecticut, but Wright is dancing closer to...
Ricky Hatton [Nov 21, 2005]
Hatton-Maussa ... The stuff of dreams
Ricky Hatton snatched a dream out of the air last June by overwhelming junior welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu.
David Rodriguez [Oct 31, 2005]
David Rodriguez The wait is almost over
David Rodriguez is 6-foot-5, 240 pounds or so. His record is 19-0 with 18 knockouts, and 17 of those KOs have been in the very first round.
Blue Hand [Oct 19, 2005]
Family Ties That Bind
Following in the family footsteps can be a tricky sometimes even treacherous business. It can be an even more dangerous trek when the business...

[Oct 4, 2005]
Castillo Costars in a Classic Sequel
It was, of course, something of a classic ... something Hollywood only wishes it could produce. But can you reproduce a masterpiece?  More ...

[Sep 13, 2005]
Raheem, Morales, Sadness, Joy
Erik Morales lost for the first time to someone other than Marco Antonio Barrera. Morales, for the first time, lost a decision that was not close. At the least, it was a bit stunning.  More ...

[Sep 7, 2005]
Erik Morales From Boy to Man
Saturday night in Los Angeles' Staples Center, Erik "El Terrible" Morales will face Philadelphia's Zahir Raheem in what is expected to be a 135-pound dance.  More ...

[Aug 29, 2005]
Fernie Morales Lives Happily-Ever-After
This is a boxer's story. And boxer's stories can never be told without a dance with sadness, without a flirtation with tragedy.  More ...

[Aug 22, 2005]
Fernando Vargas and the Golden Shadow
Vargas is trying to pick up all the pieces of his battered professional career and put them back in all the right places.  More ...

[Aug 8, 2005]
Monte Barrett Chases The Dream
Fighters are dreamers. They dream of tomorrow, they dream of that next big break, they dream of that special feeling when someone slips a world title belt around their waist.  More ...

[Jul 28, 2005]
The Unorthodox Ricardo Mayorga
The word orthodox is used to describe Ricardo Mayorga's stance. But it is probably the only thing orthodox about him. Beer drinking, smoking ... well, those are the things that describe Mayorga.  More ...

[Jul 18, 2005]
Hopkins-Taylor and the Passage of Time
Time slips in quietly, wearing an invisible cloak. Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas was all about time.  More ...

[Jun 27, 2005]
Diego Corrales Enjoy The Ride Right Now
Boxing fans anywhere and everywhere fell in love with the brutal tango between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo.  More ...

[Jun 23, 2005]
Bruce Trampler Loves Boxing
HBO's Jim Lampley said Trampler might well be the best matchmaker in the business. Emmanuel Steward said, "He might be the best of all time in terms of developing a young fighter."  More ...

[Jun 20, 2005]
Antonio Tarver Talks and Walks a Good Fight
So many can talk the big fight, almost mesmerize us with words as they chatter on endlessly about how great they are.  More ...

[Jun 13, 2005]
Tyson-McBride/Cotto-Abdullaev
They each made the walk, that long, short, glorious, adrenaline-pumping walk toward the unforgiving bright lights of center ring. The walk back, though, was a world apart.  More ...

[Jun 6, 2005]
Hatton-Tszyu Was Beautifully Ugly
Ricky Hatton was like a hyperactive 10-year-old; constantly animated, constantly moving, constantly going forward. He was bull strong against another bull strong man.  More ...

[Jun 4, 2005]
June Swoon at Junior Welter
June is a special month for the classiest of the 140-pounders out there a time to step up or swoon. Tszyu, Hatton, Cotto, Abdullaev, Mayweather and Gatti get it on.  More ...

[May 24, 2005]
The Purity of Ross Puritty
Ross Puritty has traveled his own path, sometimes even on the periphery of the spotlight ... most often not. He made his debut on a hot night in May 1989.  More ...

[May 23, 2005]
Heavyweights in the Land of "Bigger is Better"
Andrew Golota looked as if he were trying to win a Left Hook Eating Contest in Chicago Saturday night.  More ...

[May 13, 2005]
Has Felix Trinidad Met His Match?
Who can forget that night when Oscar De La Hoya made Felix Trinidad look slow, look frustrated before inexplicably taking a vacation for the final three rounds?  More ...

[May 6, 2005]
Juan Lazcano Continues to Wait
Jose Luis Castillo is looking to add another world title belt to his collection Saturday night. Juan Lazcano continues his wait. And he has been frustrated ever since.  More ...

[Apr 29, 2005]
Here Stands Fernando Montiel
Fernando Montiel is in an interesting place these days, standing in that most special of doorways - the doorway every fighter sees in his dreams: the doorway to fame and fortune.  More ...


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2009 Reader Of The Year Weighs In On Legacies Of Pacquiao And Mayweather
"Pacquiao has proven....in the ring... time and time again that he is the greatest of this time. He has earned his respect. He begs for nothing. He is a man content with his growth, his family and his achievements. A man the world has now turned it's eyes to behold. Floyd Mayweather is not even close in stature. He may possess the greatest skills but he is not the Face of Boxing today. Google Manny Pacquiao. There are 20 million searches. Google Floyd. There are 6.5 million. Look at the NYTimes, the Wall Street Journal and Time. Count how many words were used these past years to mention Floyd Mayweather. Then count the words still being printed about Manny. And keep counting. As I've said many times, Floyd has been too clever by half. He has short changed his public.....and has out-smarted himself. Manny will fight but a few more times. Enjoy it while you can. He is an all time great pugilist. Floyd, with all of his remarkable skills lack the will to be truly great in the biggest sense of the word. His legacy will look more like Holmes that Ali. He has earned it." ---November is half-way gone, but we don't need to keep counting ballots. It's a landslide. Fe'Roz has won the 2009 Reader of the Year award. His comments add to the website immeasurably, and he epitomizes the thoughtful, respectful, educated fan of pugilism we strive to cater to at TSS. Congrats, Fe'Roz, and please accept my thanks for being the valued member of this community that you are. Sincerely, Editor Mike

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