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The Catastrophist: The Troubled World of Don Jordan
Published by Carlos Acevedo on June 8th, 2009

“Chaos” is the only suitable word to describe the career of Don Jordan. Fifty years after he first won the welterweight title, Jordan remains a mystery without a solution. Not only did Jordan bewilder spectators with his desultory performances, he also mystified trainers, sports writers, police officers, mobsters, and historians, few of [...] (Read More)

Allan Green Calls Out Chad Dawson…

May 19th, 2009 - New York (May 19, 2009) – After learning of IBF and IBO light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson’s interest in moving down to 168 pounds, Allan Green’s mouth began to water. Now that Dawson has taken care of business by winning a second unanimous decision over Antonio Tarver, Allan Green has his napkin on his [...] (Read More)

Press Release: Mannyfest Destiny – Pacquiao’s World Domination

May 4th, 2009 - LAS VEGAS, NEV. (May 4, 2009) – Six-division world champion, No. 1 pound for pound kingpin, boxing’s top attraction, the best fighter of his era…call him what you want, but one thing is certain, boxing finally has a super hero and his name is spelled: M-A-N-N-Y P-A-C-Q-U-I-A-O ! [...] (Read More)

Film formerly known as “Cornered” to Debut as “Assault In The Ring” Aug. 1 on HBO

April 22nd, 2009 - NEW YORK, April 22, 2009 – HBO Sports will present ASSAULT IN THE RING, a documentary about the ill-fated bout between Billy Collins Jr. and Luis Resto and its subsequent effect on both boxers, it was announced today by Rick Bernstein, executive producer, HBO Sports. Debuting SATURDAY, AUG. 1 on HBO, the special will [...] (Read More)

Strange Days

February 26th, 2009 - “Strange Days”- Johnny Saxton 1930-2008 Johnny Saxton, who died last October at 78, was one of the most controversial champions of the post-war era. Gifted, but ultimately baffling, Saxton trailed skullduggery—and worse— wherever he went. If Primo Carnera can be considered a dreadful symbol of gangland regulation of [...] (Read More)

Live Report: Pavlik Destroys Rubio In Youngstown

February 22nd, 2009 - Pavlik’s Power Rocks Rubio Into Submission: By Kenneth Lundgren Before the fight, which was a near sell-out at 7,228, I was able to catch up with Vinny Paz and Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini. Vinny Paz: “I like Kelly Pavlik, so my buddies here in town wanted me to come up for the fight. I always like comin’ [...] (Read More)

Maskaev Fights Winner of Klitschko/Gomez

February 17th, 2009 - Today the last details have been finalized for former WBC Heavyweight Champion Oleg Maskaev to face Richie Boruff, 17-2-1, on March 14th at Saransk, the capital of the Republic of Mordovia. If Maskaev doesn’t beat Boruff, he is jeopardizing and will lose his mandatory status as per the WBC order dated December 25, 2008. [...] (Read More)

Memory Lane: Ali’s Cruelty To Frazier

January 12th, 2009 - By Scoop Malinowski Muhammad Ali is universally loved and revered as a boxing champion, social activist and leader of the black community but his particular treatment of Joe Frazier left a lot to be desired in the compassion and sportsmanship departments. Here is a small sampling of some of the verbal put downs Ali used against [...] (Read More)

Holyfield confident of success against Valuev

December 17th, 2008 - ZURICH, Switzerland (December 17, 2008) — Evander Holyfield is convinced that neither size nor age will matter in Saturday´s showdown with WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev. The 46-year-old challenger is determined to become the oldest heavyweight champion in the history of boxing when he takes on “The Russian Giant” in front of a sellout crowd [...] (Read More)

Memorable Long Counts In Boxing

December 7th, 2008 - By Joel Lipsitt In some important contests a boxer has, for one reason or another, been allowed more than ten seconds to rise after he has been knocked down. The most famous of these so-called “long counts” was that which occurred in the second Gene Tunney-Jack Dempsey contest at Chicago on September 22, 1927. Tunney was leading [...] (Read More)

Did Leonard Rope-a-Dope Hagler?

December 3rd, 2008 - By Scoop Malinowski Pre-fight psychological warfare might have played a major part in determining the outcome of Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Marvelous Marvin Hagler in 1987. You be the judge… “Marvin called off the remainder of the press tour (after completing nine of 12 stops) all by himself,” said promoter Bob Arum. “We didn’t try to [...] (Read More)