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Written by Michael Woods
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Saturday, 19 May 2012 19:04
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 Mikkel Kessler proved that he still has some pop, but he had to shrug off a scare from Allan Green while taking the vacant WBC silver light heavyweight crown in Copenhagen, Denmark on Saturday. The 33 year-old Dane, who rose to 45-2, was sent to the mat in round one by Green, off a right hand and a flurry follow, but did the loser one better when he closed the show with a hellacious left hook which zombified the fighter from Oklahoma in the fourth. The 32 year-old Green dropped to 31-4 when he was dropped by the ex longtime super middleweight titlist, off the left hook. The finishing blow came when Green was starting his own left hook, but he never finished his. As for Green, he has lost every step up bout he has taken, except for a win over Tarvis Simms in 2009. He's dropped bouts to Edison Miranda, Andre Ward, Glen Johnson, and now Kessler. This opportunity, I believe,... Read more...
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Written by David A. Avila
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Friday, 18 May 2012 20:48
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 Northern California’s Melissa McMorrow (7-3-3) shocked Susi Kentikian (29-1, 16 KOs) with a majority decision win to capture various flyweight world titles in Germany on Wednesday. That’s the kicker. It happened in Germany. Meanwhile, last weekend WBC flyweight titleholder Mariana Juarez (34-5-3, 16 KOs) knocked down and defeated former IBF flyweight titleholder Arely Mucino (15-2-1, 8 KOs) by split decision in Mexico City. That sets up a possible showdown of the three best flyweights. Before the upset win it wasn’t even thinkable to have a form of flyweight tournament between champions. Kentikian’s refusal to fight any where but Germany messed up any thoughts of a tournament. Instead, it was merely a pipe dream. That’s all over now. The other two premier flyweights are Mexico’s Juarez and another Northern Californian Ava Knight, who now holds the IBF world title. Juarez... Read more...
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Written by Michael Woods
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Friday, 18 May 2012 20:36
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 Andre Berto, the ex welterweight champion and current Florida resident, has tested positive for a banned substance, which means his June 23 rematch with Victor Ortiz will likely be cancelled. This is the second high profile PED case to hit boxing in ten days, right on the heels of Lamont Peterson's positive test for testosterone which cancelled his Saturday rematch with Amir Khan. Berto, age 28, has a 28-1 record, with 22 KOs; that lone blemish came at the hands of Ortiz. They tangled in a thriller back in April 2011. Berto hit the deck in the first and sixth rounds, Ortiz hit the mat in the second and sixth, as well. The California boxer snagged a UD12 in the first scrap. They'd signed to meet on Feb. 11 but Berto had to postpone that re-do after he tore a bicep in training. Golden Boy's Richard Schaefer, the co-promoter of the rematch, told ESPN's Dan... Read more...
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Written by Kelsey McCarson
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Friday, 18 May 2012 13:41
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 Love it or hate it, heavyweight boxing makes or breaks the sport. American fight fans might be dismayed over the lack of burgeoning heavyweight talent on the home front (Seth Mitchell notwithstanding), but the division is alive and well internationally. Beyond the obvious case of the Klitschko brothers, who have enjoyed a historic stranglehold on the division for what seems like a decade (in reality it’s been about eight years), international fans of boxing’s glory division have also been treated recently to a number of up-and-comers. Fighters from across the pond, like Tyson Fury and Mike Perez, are filling fight fans full of hope, and David Price (12-0, 10 KOs) just might be in pole position in the race for most likely to become world champion. Price is a six-foot, eight-inch monster with a killer jab and serious power in his right hand. He... Read more...
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 17 May 2012 15:44
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 A Woman was left feeling saddened that our culture of celebrity worship has bestowed heroic status on Floyd Mayweather, and given precious little attention to people he has hurt. I have studied boxing from the perspective of a woman being initiated and integrated into the sport as a fan. I have learned that boxing is full of outstanding young men and women, who honor their families, their countries and themselves with the hard work, tenacity and the gutty spirit it takes to be a fighter. What’s not to love about all that? My previous columns amounted in effect to endorsements of the sport. Like all sports, boxing has its share of good guys and bad guys. It certainly has its share of those who have dallied on the wrong side of the law. Some of them have been guests of state prison systems. I have great respect for men like Bernard Hopkins, who have paid for their misdeeds... Read more...
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Written by Michael Woods
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Thursday, 17 May 2012 10:15
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 Manny Pacquiao, the boxer turned boxer-Congressman who has found himself in territory that rival Floyd Mayweather is more accustomed to, counterpunching the press which had cornered him, some could argue, on the rhetorical ropes, has made clear his stance on same-sex marriage, and what he thinks of gay people. The clarifying remarks made by Pacquiao to the Associated Press on Wednesday came after several days of a burgeoning controversy which stemmed from an interview he gave to Conservative Examiner writer Granville Ampong. That piece ran on May 14, and it gave the impression, in the minds of many readers, that Pacquiao was so opposed to same-sex marriage, and President Obama's personal embrace of it, that he supported the antiquated Old Testament passage from Leviticus, which reads: "If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what... Read more...
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Written by David A. Avila
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:55
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 Peterson and Khan were set to renew hostilities on Saturday, but a failed Peterson drug test messed up that plan. Still, we have some solid scraps to look forward to. Amir “King” Khan and Lamont “Havoc” Peterson were supposed to resume their clash this Saturday in Las Vegas. It would have been a very interesting rematch. As most fans know Peterson failed a random drug test that he had asked for as a requirement to make the fight. What irony. Still there are many fights rumbling forward for the next two months including a blockbuster mixed martial arts card that was almost upended for yet another drug test failure. Ultimate Fighting Championship 146 begins the fight factory assembly line on May 26 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Five heavyweight bouts will highlight the fight card including UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos defending against Frank... Read more...
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Written by Michael Woods
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 10:25
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 The writer who helped created a storm of controversy when he wrote that Manny Pacquiao is at odds with President Obama's personal stance on same-sex marriage has gone on the offensive against other press-persons who reported on the flak. Filipino-American Granville Ampong, who lives in LA and writes for the Conservative Examiner, published a piece on May 14 in which quotes from Pacquiao were interspersed with paraphrases. This tactic promoted some confusion among readers of the column, and reporters who picked up the story, and interpreted it. Ampong, in a follow-up column published on May 16, went into heavy-duty denial mode. The headline to this new column, "Biased writers grossly twisted Pacquiao's view on same-sex marriage," seeks to absolve him of even a hint of culpability in the continuing saga which has boiled down in the minds of some to, Is Manny Pacquiao... Read more...
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Written by Rick Folstad
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 21:23
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 The five young men standing off to the side of the boxing ring looked like they might be on lunch break from their jobs as bankers or tax accountants. Wearing dress slacks and button-down shirts, they looked a little out of place in the gym, like Cadillacs at a tractor pull. They were at Calta’s Fitness Center in Tampa watching IBO cruiserweight champ Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver (29-6, 20 KOs) train for his upcoming fight on June 2 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. And they were there for almost an hour, or about as long as it takes to have lunch. They watched Tarver stretch and spar and hit the focus mitts and they listened to him talk between rounds, joke with the crowd and poke fun at Freddie Roach, pretending he couldn’t remember Roach's name. It was a little later when the five guys started heading for the door at about the same time, almost as though a bell rang... Read more...
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Written by Michael Woods
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:48
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 Some of you may recall a few weeks back I wrote a mini-series on ESPN NY which touched on the theme of: Do we treat Floyd Mayweather fairly? The thought popped into my head yesterday, when I came across the statements by Manny Pacquiao, the Congressman from the Philippines who has recently undergone what appears to be a somewhat radical transformation, from a religious being, to a super-religious person who says we should all use the Bible as a literal manual for living. The boxer, who gloves up on June 9 against unbeaten Timothy Bradley, talked with Conservative Examiner reporter Granville Ampong, and put forth his views on a hot-button issue of late: gay marriage. "God's words first ...obey God's law first before considering the laws of man," Pacquiao told Ampong in a piece which ran May 14. Ampong wrote, "Pacquiao's directive for (President) Obama calls societies... Read more...
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