Operation Cleanup: A blueprint for boxing reform

Operation Cleanup is the book that shocked the boxing world. No other journalist digs through the muck to expose the dregs of boxing like Charles Jay. The 'Sweet Science' is anything but sweet, and as dirty as any big business. Jay cuts to the core of the corruption in the sport, with each chapter more explosive than the next.

Charles Jay
WHAT   [May 16, 2002]
Everytime you turn around, you see another scandalous incident in boxing that cries out for reform. Almost all observers agree that some form of additional regulation is needed, but few people have come to the table with ideas that are both effective and practical. It is no one's...  More ...

Charles Jay
FIRST THING TO UNDERSTAND:   [May 17, 2002]
For the past seven years or so, representatives of the federal government, most notably Senator John McCain of Arizona, have sold people on the fact that they are concerned enough about the sport of professional boxing to investigate its ills and enact legislation that is...  More ...

Charles Jay
A MESSAGE FOR THOSE WHO THINK "EIGHT IS ENOUGH"   [May 18, 2002]
Sometimes I think it's important to establish what should NOT be part of a boxing reform package. One of the things I hear from people that just makes me ill is that the sport of boxing should go back to eight weight divisions, as if that were the natural order of things....  More ...

Charles Jay
PELTZ SQUEEZES FROM BOTH ENDS IN DUAL ROLE   [May 20, 2002]
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." -- Abraham Lincoln On the promotional front, I'm not sure there's a more important issue for regulators than assuring that there is as fair and equitable a business...  More ...

Charles Jay
LET THE SIDESHOW BEGIN - HERE'S TODAY PANEL   [May 21, 2002]
Today is the day that the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, through its Consumer Affairs Sub-Committee, holds a hearing concerning boxing legislation. In case you're interested, here is a page with the basic info -...  More ...

Charles Jay
WHAT I WOULD HAVE TOLD THE COMMITTEE TODAY   [May 21, 2002]
Let's face it - there isn't anyone on that committee today who wants to hear what someone like me has to say. I guess anything I would tell them would simply be too dangerous for certain interests that are endeavoring to maneuver themselves politically as part of the process...  More ...

Charles Jay
STEWARD SCORES FOUR-POINTER AT SENATE HEARING   [May 23, 2002]
You know, I was a little out of line with regard to Emanuel Steward when I was doing my "pre-game" analysis of Wednesday's boxing hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. I'm still uncomfortable with the situation I've described...  More ...

Charles Jay
DO GYMS NEED TO FALL UNDER REGULATIONS?   [May 25, 2002]
Fighters who suffer KO or TKO losses are commonly put under a medical suspension by a boxing commission, with those suspensions, as a rule, upheld by other state commissions. The lengths of these suspensions vary, according to the severity of the situation. Take a look through the...  More ...

Charles Jay
REFLECTIONS ON THE TESTIMONY   [May 26, 2002]
You know, I figured that since I took the time to sit and watch last Wednesday's hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (or Science, Commerce and Transportation, whichever you prefer), I might as well craft a couple of columns out of it,...  More ...

Charles Jay
SHOULD WE ANNOUNCE SCORES ROUND-BY-ROUND?   [May 28, 2002]
Invariably, when we see a decision in a major fight that may be best characterized as questionable, the talk of implementing an "open scoring" system gains momentum, as if that might be a panacea for "bad" judging. We are in one of those periods, with the...  More ...

Charles Jay
A WORKABLE VERSION OF OPEN SCORING   [May 29, 2002]
I'm a little different than most people. Actually, I do indeed favor a form of open scoring - at least a version that I can live with - though it's certainly in modified form. And it's out of an observation made strictly from the perspective of the participant. I believe...  More ...

Charles Jay
MANAGERS SHOULD PASS THE "TEST"   [Jun 1, 2002]
A boxing manager, at least in the theoretical sense, is in a position where he (or she) is exerting a major influence over the development of someone who is trying to establish a career in a very difficult business. Any wrong moves can be potentially disastrous to a...  More ...

Charles Jay
THE MAN WHO CAN DO THE MOST FOR BOXING - IF HE WANTS TO   [Jun 3, 2002]
The man who can do the most for boxing - the quickest - is not Senator John McCain. It's not the other "boxing" politicians - Senators Byron Dorgan or Harry Reid. It's not Muhammad Ali, whose name graces the latest major boxing bill to become law. It's not Tim...  More ...

Charles Jay
SUGAR - HIS PLAN AIN'T SO SWEET   [Jun 4, 2002]
This Friday night, ESPN2 will televise another in its continuing series of fights promoted by Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing. In fact, this will be the Leonard group's second show in as many weeks, which, considering there are many capable promoters out there who don't receive ANY...  More ...

Charles Jay
GEE GUYS - CAN I GET A "STRATEGIC ALLIANCE" TOO?   [Jun 5, 2002]
" There are no direct competitors to SRL Boxing"       - from business plan, Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing LLC I know that when you're trying to put forth a presentation of your project for investors, you are going to "fudge" a little,...  More ...

Charles Jay
SUGAR RAY'S "STRATEGIC ALLIANCE" WITH (ALLEGED) FIGHT FIXER CREATES WEB OF SCAN   [Jun 10, 2002]
"SRL Boxing is dedicated to the integrity of the sport as strongly as it is to the business of the sport" -- excerpt from business plan, Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing LLC This past Friday, Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing produced one of its many ESPN2 fight cards in Scottsdale,...  More ...

Charles Jay
A GREAT BUSINESS CONCEPT -   [Jun 11, 2002]
Looking through the business plan for Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing, one can't avoid encountering the continual references to the company's "integrity". We won't bore you with any more than a few: "SRL Boxing will increase consumer demand for boxing while returning...  More ...

Charles Jay
DEALING WITH "FALSE ADVERTISING" IN BOXING   [Jun 13, 2002]
As I look at the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act, I see notations about disclosures that promoters are required to make - disclosures to the boxers, disclosures to the commissions. But conspicuously, I don't see too much in there addressing disclosures to the PUBLIC. And...  More ...

Charles Jay
WHEN PELTZ SCREWS A FIGHTER, WHICH HAT IS HE WEARING?   [Jun 14, 2002]
As he sat in his dressing room on the night of May 10, Kassim Ouma, a junior middleweight from West Palm Beach by way of Uganda, was preparing to become, in a sense, boxing's version of Curt Flood. In the 12-round main event that evening, he was to step into the ring with...  More ...

Charles Jay
SHOULD REMATCH CLAUSES BE OUTLAWED?   [Jun 17, 2002]
There has been a lot of discussion about rematch clauses in boxing over the past year or two; this kind of talk certainly escalated as a result of Lennox Lewis' battle to get his rematch clause with Hasim Rahman enforced. Those speaking in opposition pointed out that this...  More ...

Charles Jay
SHOULD "NO DRAWS" BE PART OF THE LAW?   [Jun 23, 2002]
I don't know if I mentioned that somewhere along the way in this report, there were going to be some pretty radical ideas. Now might be such a time. I conducted a somewhat-less-than-scientific survey today. Using the last edition of the Ring Record Book , I discovered that from...  More ...

Charles Jay
PELTZ PUTS UP FALSE FRONT TO SNAG DOLLARS FROM WARD   [Jun 24, 2002]
Negotiations for the Mickey Ward-Arturo Gatti fight were plagued with hostility, to say the least. Petty as it may sound, one of the primary points of contention involved the kind of accommodations Ward's people were going to receive at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut....  More ...

Charles Jay
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN -   [Jun 25, 2002]
As of June 10, Golden Johnson was a free man - free, that is, from a promotional contract with Arthur Pelullo's Banner Promotions. But there was a price to pay. And that price just so happened to be Johnson's NABF welterweight title. Why is that? Good question - not just for us, but...  More ...

Charles Jay
THE PROMOTER WHO RUNS THE NABF -   [Jun 26, 2002]
If you think the situation we described in the last chapter is anything new in terms of NABF shenanigans, I'd like to take the liberty of relating a first-hand story to you. Okay - so I'm sitting in a hotel room at the Two Trees Inn at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut. The date is...  More ...

Charles Jay
IT HAPPENED BEFORE.....AND IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN   [Jun 28, 2002]
Maybe I'm naive, but I've always been amazed by the veracity with which some of these sanctioning bodies work. And to think that will all of the supposed "safeguards" that have been put in place by the Professional Boxer Safety Act and the Muhammad Ali Boxing...  More ...

Charles Jay
NABF'S VERSION OF "OPEN SCORING" IS NOT WHAT WE HAD IN MIND   [Jun 30, 2002]
When I was a kid doing PR work for a promoter many years ago, I distinctly remember one instance where, at the end of a very close battle involving one of our fighters, I glanced over the shoulder of one of the Florida commission's supervisors so I could see the judges'...  More ...

Charles Jay
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ABC:   [Jul 1, 2002]
To Tim Luckenhoff, President, Association of Boxing Commissions : According to Section 11, Paragraph "c" of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act - "NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN RATING", "A sanctioning organization shall not be entitled to receive any...  More ...

Charles Jay
"THE NABF RULE"   [Jul 2, 2002]
If one suspects that a sanctioning organization is engaging in corrupt activities, what is the model by which it should be dealt with? Well, I've got a few suggestions along those lines (did you think I wouldn't?): 1) That somebody have the fortitude to enforce the Ali Act in one way...  More ...

Charles Jay
I CAN FIND DODGE CITY IN THE ATLAS   [Jul 3, 2002]
"We need to eliminate the 'Dodge Cities' of boxing and chase out the 'gun-slingers' and create a town that can grow and flourish" ---- Teddy Atlas, in his written statement submitted to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, concerning the...  More ...

Charles Jay
A HEAVYWEIGHT IMPLOSION:   [Jul 8, 2002]
In the midst of what may have been one of the most bizarre days in the lives of a lot of people in the boxing industry, one member of heavyweight Michael Grant's camp was heard to say, "Just who the hell is Charles Jay anyway? No one reads anything that's on the...  More ...

Charles Jay
A HEAVYWEIGHT IMPLOSION:   [Jul 10, 2002]
At sometime around 11:30 AM last Friday, Teddy Atlas was preparing to go out for a jog at the Menominee Bingo casino, when he ran into Craig Hamilton and Jim Thomas, managers of Michael Grant. "They told me, 'We have a problem'," says Atlas. A problem indeed. Hamilton...  More ...

Charles Jay
A HEAVYWEIGHT IMPLOSION:   [Jul 12, 2002]
I'm not going way out on a limb when I say the following scene will NOT be re-enacted as part of the Jackie Kallen biopic "Against the Ropes" (coming soon to a theater near you): As the July 5 boxing show commenced, the people in charge of overseeing the Menominee...  More ...

Charles Jay
A HEAVYWEIGHT IMPLOSION   [Jul 13, 2002]
The next big bout for heavyweight Thomas Williams will be, we assume, in a United States federal courthouse when he goes on trial for federal sports bribery on August 20 in Las Vegas. When he does, he may wind up carrying a little more baggage than he originally intended. As you...  More ...

Charles Jay
A HEAVYWEIGHT IMPLOSION   [Jul 13, 2002]
As I mentioned previously, as long as the state of Wisconsin is thinking about investigating some of the suspicious circumstances surrounding their July 5 fight at the Menominee Bingo Casino, perhaps they need to look into something else. What REALLY happened to that substitute...  More ...

Charles Jay
A HEAVYWEIGHT IMPLOSION   [Jul 13, 2002]
Considering the kind of commotion we started up in Wisconsin, perhaps a little explanation of my own actions would be in order at this time. Teddy Atlas pointed out, not only to me but in another interview he had with Steve Kim of MaxBoxing, that if I had spoken to him before...  More ...

Charles Jay
HIJACKING IN THE HOOSIER STATE   [Jul 15, 2002]
As of the close of business on Friday, Jacob Hall, a member of the Indiana Boxing Commission, was confident that he had a problem of great concern put to rest - that is, the matter of assigning officials for this Saturday night's WBC welterweight title fight between Vernon...  More ...

Charles Jay
TENNIS ANYONE?   [Jul 22, 2002]
Aw shucks. Just when I thought I might be in line for a free trip to Indonesia or some other exotic place, to supervise one of those all-important "world youth" title fights, the WBC pulls the rug right out from under me. Gourmet meals, hookers, the whole works. Right...  More ...

Charles Jay
FOR THE WBC, CONTROL AND PROFIT GO HAND-IN-HAND   [Jul 23, 2002]
The latest incident in Indiana, in which the World Boxing Council essentially, and successfully, hijacked the process of officiating the Vernon Forrest-Shane Mosley fight, has shed some more light on how the organization does business, especially as regards the motivation...  More ...

Charles Jay
IT'S JUST BAD "POLICY"   [Jul 24, 2002]
"There are not too many altar boys in the boxing arena." -- Dickie Cole, boxing administrator, Texas Boxing Commission Several issues have been raised thus far about Laurence Cole's dual role - being that of a boxing referee and an insurance agent who sells policies for...  More ...

Charles Jay
INSURANCE, IT SEEMS, IS NOT AS EASY AS A-B-C   [Jul 25, 2002]
On May 31, former world champion Meldrick Taylor stepped into the ring in Birmingham, Alabama, amid much controversy. Doctors and commissioners from across the country protested his fitness to fight, despite the fact that he had passed a CAT scan. The state of Alabama does not...  More ...

Charles Jay
OKAY JACK, TIME'S UP   [Jul 29, 2002]
Mr. Jack Kerns is in a position where he can lend a helping hand to the cause of boxing reform in America. All he has to do is step down as First Vice-President of the Association of Boxing Commissions, either before or during the organization's national convention this week in...  More ...

Charles Jay
THE "CHARLES JAY WAY" - COMPROMISING WITH THE  SANCTIONING BODIES   [Jul 29, 2002]
When the Association of Boxing Commissions convenes for its annual meeting this week in Miami, one of the items on the agenda will be the method by which to deal with officials. The problems that occurred between the WBC and the Indiana Commission in connection with the...  More ...

Charles Jay
WHEN NO ONE'S MINDING THE STORE   [Jul 30, 2002]
Let me tell you a little story about what can potentially happen when you've got no supervision, or supervision that is lacking, for a professional boxing match in a state without a boxing commission. Several chapters ago, we briefly made reference to the May 31 show in...  More ...

Charles Jay
THE MESSAGE SEEMS CLEAR:   [Jul 30, 2002]
For the past four years, Russell Peltz has functioned, more or less out in the open, in a dual role - simultaneously serving as a boxing "coordinator" for ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights", and running a full operation as an independent promoter, staging...  More ...

Charles Jay
SPEAKING OF DISCLOSURE.....   [Jul 31, 2002]
Within Section 11 of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act, covering "SANCTIONING ORGANIZATIONS", the following passage appears under "Public Disclosure": "(1) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION FILING- A sanctioning organization shall not be entitled to receive any...  More ...

Charles Jay
THAT'S A LOT OF PENS AND PENCILS   [Aug 1, 2002]
For those poor souls who simply can't do without their daily dose of dirt, I've got a story that might just hit the spot. In 1995, I was involved in the management of Robert "Preacher Man" Daniels, the former WBA cruiserweight champion, who at the time had climbed up...  More ...

Charles Jay
WHY KIRK JOHNSON MUST BE GIVEN A REMATCH   [Aug 5, 2002]
By now, all of you know the amount of controversy surrounding the July 27 fight between John Ruiz-Kirk Johnson for the WBA heavyweight title; a fight that ended in the tenth round with Johnson being disqualified due to low blows. If you don't mind, we're going to take that...  More ...

Charles Jay
EFFECTS OF JOHNSON RULING WILL GO FAR BEYOND REMATCH ISSUE   [Aug 7, 2002]
Sometime today, it will be announced that Duva Boxing, the promoter of Kirk Johnson, who was disqualified in a World Boxing Association heavyweight title fight against John Ruiz on July 27, has filed a formal appeal with the WBA, partially on the basis of a violation of...  More ...

Charles Jay
THE "WORLDWIDE LEADER" IN DOUBLE STANDARD   [Aug 9, 2002]
On Friday night in Atlantic City, ESPN2 televised a scheduled ten-round junior welterweight fight between Michael Stewart and Brad Jensen in one of its featured slots. It turned out to be a ridiculous farce, if what we are using as the standard is a fight's level of...  More ...

Charles Jay
BOXING "REFORMERS" RE-EMBRACE A FRAUD   [Aug 12, 2002]
"JACK - DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOUR ASS ON THE WAY OUT" That was going to be the title of this chapter. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. My understanding is that, at its annual meeting in Miami, there was going to be a meeting held among the Executive Board of the...  More ...

Charles Jay
TRYING TO GET IT STRAIGHT ON WBA RULES   [Aug 19, 2002]
Some time between now and its annual convention in Washington, which takes place September 11-13 - perhaps sooner than later, the World Boxing Association is likely to render a final decision on the appeal Kirk Johnson has recently filed. And it's quite possible that the appeal...  More ...

Charles Jay
DOES RUIZ HAVE A CASE?   [Aug 20, 2002]
This litigation involving WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz and Don King Productions (DKP) has the potential to be a very instructive case. For the time being, let me be the instructor, since there appears to be a misunderstanding of the fundamental principles at work. The case...  More ...

Charles Jay
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN ON "PROMOTIONALS"   [Aug 25, 2002]
Well, as we predicted, John Ruiz lost to Don King the other day in U.S. District Court in New York. That was really the only plausible result, given the laws of contracts as well as the circumstances. Yeah, I know Ruiz' people were hoping to get the judge who is supposed to...  More ...

Charles Jay
"ANTI-PROMOTER" VIEW NOT NECESSARILY THE HEALTHIEST ONE TO HAVE   [Sep 4, 2002]
One thing I've noticed when I look over the Muhammad Ali Act, and the new legislation that will supplement it - the so-called "United States Boxing Amendments Act" - it's painfully obvious there is a bias toward the fighter and against the promoter. And this bias has...  More ...

Charles Jay
THE ART OF THE "SIDE DEAL", AND HOW TO REGULATE IT   [Sep 4, 2002]
As we mentioned in the previous chapter, one thing that gets lost when people talk about the business of boxing is that the promoter, in the process of developing a fighter, has undertaken expenses which are simply unavoidable. We use the example of a promoter who guarantees...  More ...

Charles Jay
WITH THE KENTUCKY COMMISSION, HIS NAME IS MUDD   [Sep 9, 2002]
A former athletic commissioner from the state of Kentucky has revealed to us that he was threatened with discipline, and later dismissed, for having the temerity to be forthcoming with reporters in the aftermath of the injuries suffered by ex-heavyweight champ Greg Page in a...  More ...

Charles Jay
ABC EXECS SHARE COMMON THREAD WITH KERNS   [Sep 9, 2002]
Somehow, I managed to get my grubby little hands on an e-mail transmission today, which reads like this: "Vice President Jack Kerns is performing a survey on behalf of the ABC to obtain information regarding the annual conference which was held at the Miccosukee Resort and...  More ...

Charles Jay
BOXING BILL? BIG FRIGGIN' DEAL   [Sep 18, 2002]
A lot of people ask me why I'm not giving a lot of coverage to the "Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2002", the new legislation that is currently in circulation in Congress. No doubt it's a legitimate question. And so I like to think I have a legitimate answer...  More ...

Charles Jay
WHO IS THE   [Sep 24, 2002]
The great irony about the so-called "boxing reform" measures that are being proposed by people who don't seem to know any better is that the apparatus that is in place, and which would perpetuated by these measures, is the very system, manned by the same people,...  More ...

Charles Jay
GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT   [Sep 25, 2002]
When I tell you - time and time again - that it's not so much a matter of the LAW you put in place as it is the PEOPLE who are going to be charged with upholding that law, I'm not just blowing smoke. The examples set in Kentucky can illustrate this perfectly: You know, the revised...  More ...

Charles Jay
"SHORT LIST" IS SHORT ON REAL CREDENTIALS   [Sep 26, 2002]
Ken Nahigian, the latest self-styled boxing "expert" in these United States, has a little list he carries around in his back pocket. Written on this piece of paper are the names of his preferred candidates to take the role of "national boxing...  More ...

Charles Jay
PELTZ' OUSTER COULD HAVE TAUGHT A LESSON   [Oct 2, 2002]
For those of you who feel that Senator John McCain and his "effort to clean up boxing" are in touch with reality, allow me to offer this, which was extracted from a story in the Las Vegas Review Journal , published the day the Professional Boxing Amendments Act...  More ...

Charles Jay
DON'T SOUND DEATH KNELL FOR WBC JUST YET   [Oct 6, 2002]
I assume that if you read "Operation Cleanup" you are an educated boxing fan. And if you're an educated boxing fan, you're aware of what happened in the court decision against the WBC a couple of weeks ago, in which former light heavyweight champion Graciano...  More ...

Charles Jay
JOSE, CAN YOU SEE......THE POINT?   [Oct 7, 2002]
This press release came to me from WBC President Jose Sulaiman, dated August 5, 2002: "The practice of active litigation is not customary nor a part of the idiosyncrasy of the society where I was born and live, Mexico, and I have never personally in my life presented a...  More ...

Charles Jay
OH, WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE   [Oct 14, 2002]
No doubt you're aware of the special hearing this Wednesday where the WBA will explain its movements in the latest heavyweight rankings. Such moves have caused a firestorm of controversy - the focus of which involves Kirk Johnson, moved from 1st to 5th after his...  More ...

Charles Jay
WHY NEUTRALITY HAS ITS PLACE   [Oct 14, 2002]
It was erroneously reported in one newspaper that "the WBA screened a tape of the (Ruiz-Johnson) fight for a group of 55 boxing officials and judges, every one of whom agreed that the DQ was warranted." Actually, that's not true. What happened was that SEVEN referees...  More ...

Charles Jay
"GOOD OFFICIALS"? TELL ME ABOUT IT   [Oct 14, 2002]
As I rant and rave about the importance of having neutrality in officiating, I'm occasionally encountered with the devil's advocate who asks, "What's the big deal about having neutral officials? It's more important is to have GOOD officials, isn't it?", as if...  More ...

Charles Jay
ONE MORE ALPHABET GROUP TO SPIT ON   [Oct 20, 2002]
Over the last few weeks, a bandwagon of would-be boxing reformers has been created, in part, by the people over at ESPN, who seized upon the opportunity to take a shot at an easy target, and denigrate a sanctioning body, for the sake of pumping a commercial enterprise named...  More ...

Charles Jay
INTRODUCING......THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY DON'T CARE   [Oct 24, 2002]
"Since its passage in 1996, the PBSA (Professional Boxing Safety Act) has not been adequately enforced. Many unscrupulous participants in the professional boxing industry are aware of the lack of enforcement and ignore the law's requirements. As a result, young boxers...  More ...

Charles Jay
SUSPENSION?   [Oct 25, 2002]
It has recently been revealed that a fighter named Juan Carlos Rubio was fighting under suspension when he scored a ten-round decision over prospect Francisco Bojado on February 16 of this year - not for the first time, but for the second. The New Jersey commission had put...  More ...

Charles Jay
A NEW "WEBB" OF DECEIT IN KENTUCKY - ABC'S V.P. RUNS THE OTHER WAY WHILE FIGHTE   [Nov 4, 2002]
Travis Simms stopped Anton Robinson in the eighth round last Friday night to win the North American Boxing Association's 154-pound title. But the next morning, it was Simms who actually suffered the stoppage. When the fighter showed up at the First Third Bank in Louisville, Kentucky in...  More ...

Charles Jay
WE DON'T MEAN TO "JUDGE THE JUDGES", BUT.........   [Nov 10, 2002]
In what was, in my opinion, a somewhat ordinary fight nine days ago in Las Vegas, one thing clearly stuck out in my mind. It was the sixth round. And Johnny Tapia, who was obviously behind on the scorecards, was giving the appearance of being very aggressive, and effective in...  More ...

Charles Jay
JUDGE, JURY AND EXECUTIONER?   [Nov 11, 2002]
Several days ago, in something that has heretofore gone largely unreported, the California State Attorney General's office, acting pursuant to consultation with the athletic commission, agreed to return a sanctioning fee that was withheld from the World Boxing Association...  More ...

Charles Jay
WE LEARN AS WE GO   [Nov 17, 2002]
About three-quarters of the way through this thing, somebody asked me, "In the process of compiling 'Operation Cleanup', who has your opinion changed about the most?" The question was simple, yet I was stuck for an answer. For one thing, I hadn't really thought about it...  More ...

Charles Jay
AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME   [Dec 2, 2002]
Along the way, one thing I cannot afford to lose sight of is that I'm not necessarily here to scandalize people, but instead to push ideas forward - ideas which can be brought to life to make boxing a better sport - and a better business - in some way. Remember the sub-title...  More ...