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Press Release: Ringside Radio – Bringing the Fights to You!
December 29, 2004 |
(DEC 29) Listen to the best of radio boxing news at 4pm CST Saturdays on
Ringside Radio 1140 AM in Kansas City and broadcast live via the internet.
Hosts Dave McKee and Mark Graves bring you the latest in boxing news and
interview the most exciting personalities in boxing.
Full Detail
2004, A Great Year
for the Sport of Boxing By Miguel Sala
(DEC 29) It's Christmas Eve and I'm thinking of the great year that we had
in boxing. It was full of surprises, some disappointments, but mostly of
great fights. So I said to myself "Self why don't you put it on writing"?
January started out with J. C. Candelo Vs Kassim Ouma. It was a good fight
and ....Copyrighted
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Gatti Vs. Leija,
Feudal Perfection
By Jason Petock (DEC 29) Just when we, the boxing collective, have
assumed that our favorite sport couldn't progress any further, it has been
announced on the street that another battle for the ages that several of us
have been anxiously waiting for is set to transpire on January 29, 2005 when
HBO brings it to the airwaves. It is a much ....Copyrighted
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Boxing: Howard Davis, JR Takes the Mic at RSR
By "Bad" Brad Berkwitt (DEC 28) Howard Davis, JR has some pretty
impressive credentials for a resume too include, Gold Medalist, top
contender and three time world title challenger. However, it doesn't stop
there. You can add words such as articulate, reflective, caring and
respectful to the warriors ....Copyrighted
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Boxing: Time to Remember Those with Us, and Those who are Not
By George Diaz Smith (DEC 28) Ever wonder why we pay more mindful
attention afterwards brought about in a living and livelier time for what
has passed? Is this as natural for us to do when we reminisce for the
complete opposite to transpire, or for the living that might....Copyrighted
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Boxing: Italian
Boxing Update
By Demetrio "Demy" Romanò (DEC 28) The last couple of weeks in 2004,
Italian boxing has become very interesting to say the least. On Friday
December 10th, the Armenian Hamlet Petrosian, 18-2 won the vacant WBA
Intercontinental Light Middleweight over the Italian fighter Simone Rotolo,
24-2 due to Rotolo's suffering cuts over both eyes. ....Copyrighted
Story on RingsideReport.com
Boxing: Boy Was I Wrong, Glencoffe Johnson Proves He Belongs
By Jose Antonio Rivera (DEC 28) Now that the dust has settled a bit I
want to reflect on my fight prediction RSR ran for the December 18th Antonio
Tarver Vs Glencoffe Johnson fight, where I picked, Tarver by a unanimous
decision. Hey this is boxing. A person cannot be right all the time, but
this is not about being right or wrong this is about me personally losing
touch with myself. How so you may ask?
Junior Welterweight
Prospect....
By Dave McKee -(DEC 27) David Diaz is one of the best kept secrets
in boxing. With a record of 26-0, 1 KO's, this former Olympian has been
delighting his hardcore fans in Chicago since... Copyrighted
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Boxing: Is Wright Wanting More than 3 Million Putting
Blinders on ...(DEC 27) Remember
"Different Strokes?" What you talkin' about Willis? Well, the sticky bun
coming out of the wrapper that surrounds the treat nowadays is for monarch
WBC-WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Ronald "Winky" Wright making much ado
about marketability more so than they would might want you to think. It's
about the swelling in the pockets creating the mumps and belching.... Copyrighted
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Newsmaker/ Paul Spadafora-- Now an admitted addict, former
boxing ...
(DEC 27) Paul Spadafora
went from rags to riches and then blew it all away. The former world
lightweight boxing champion from McKees Rocks sits in jail this morning, a
convicted felon who at last admits he is addicted to cocaine and alcohol.
Spadafora, 29, has two goals now that he has hit bottom..... Copyrighted
Story on Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA
Hopefully new year will bring some wish-list bouts
(DEC 27) Resolutions always fill the ring this time of
year, but they get broken faster than a fragile chin. Only the fights hold
any real promise at getting beyond the usual rounds of fractious
negotiations, lousy decisions and questionable finances. A few of the
possibilities:...Copyrighted
Story on
Arizona Republic
Boxing: Ike
Williams Was a Man About Town
By George Diaz Smith
(DEC 24) Consider for a moment a prizefighter that worked his way into
contention applying his craft everyday so as to make a lasting impression.
In his advanced unembellished amount of talent he leaves behind any worries
about starvation, poverty, the unemployment lines, and wars outside the gym
that were .....Copyrighted
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Boxing: Reality
Vs. Myth: Tyson vs. Lewis Part II By John
"Johnny Detroit" Lepak (DEC 22) First, I want to thank the RSR readers
for taking the time to read yesterday's lengthy article and coming back to
read Part II (and hopefully Part III). Writing about this subject is a very
serious matter to me because it really makes me sick how so many people
don't give Tyson the credit he deserves for not only .....Copyrighted
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Boxing: Is Roy
Jones, JR. Coming Back?
By George Diaz Smith (DEC 22) Like in any earthquake the after
effects from the aftermath of that quake gathers, making aftershocks, and
last Saturday nights result between Antonio Tarver and Glencoffe Johnson had
been no exceptions. We now know beyond a shadow of a doubt, certain things.
One thing of which they could've fought for no titles converting this match
into a 10 rounder .....Copyrighted
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Boxing:
Afterthoughts from Vegas
By Alan Berg (DEC 22) After
watching Glencoffe Johnson edge out Antonio Tarver, I couldn't help, but
think what 2005 has in store for those who competed over an amazing month of
boxing. So much happened with so many questions answered but -- like always
-- new .....Copyrighted
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Boxing:
Johnson Vs. Tarver Go To War
By Vito Trabucco (DEC 21) This past Saturday night from the Staple
Center in Los Angeles, California, Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing Promotion
brought us Glenncoffe Johnson, 42-9-2, 28 KO's and Antonio Tarver, 22-3, 18
KO's as they duked it out for 12 rounds to see who would be crowned the
universally recognized undisputed Light .....Copyrighted
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Boxing: Johnson
Finally wins a Close One By Brian Wilbur
(DEC 21) In a split decision, Glen Johnson beat Antonio Tarver for the one
and only Light Heavyweight Championship of the World. However, the question
of who's the better boxer is still unresolved. Both had their moments, but I
thought the fight was relatively easy to score and had Tarver winning
115-113. .....Copyrighted
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Boxing: Glen
Johnson - Undisputed World Light Heavyweight Champion
By Epifanio M. Almeda (DEC 21) That is, according to most boxing fans
worldwide. Johnson, 42-9-2, 28 KO's was declared champion in his division
after scoring a 12 championship-round split decision win by the scores of
112-116, 115-113 and 115-113) over Antonio Tarver, 22-3, 18 KO's. .....Copyrighted
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Boxing: Ringside
Report Talks with 2004 United States Olympian Vicente Escobedo
By Brian Wilbur (DEC 18) I had a chance to talk to the lightweight
representative of the United States Olympic boxing team Vicente Escobedo.
The lightweight division was perhaps the deepest one at the 2004 Athens
games and Vicente performed well, but did not come home with a medal. He won
his first .....Copyrighted
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2nd Annual:
Snowsy's Year End Awards
By Mark Snow (DEC 17) Another year in the
books. More ups, downs, thrills, and spills in the game of boxing. We still
aren't 100% sure if we have a heavyweight champion, the pound for pound
lists are upside down, and with all of the pay-per-view we were forced to
gobble up this year our beloved boxing ...Copyrighted Story on
Hardcoreboxing.net
Boxing:
"Fast" Fres Oquendo Goes the Distance with RSR..By
Dave McKee (with Mark Graves) (DEC 16) "Fast" Fres Oquendo (24-3, 15
KO's), former NABF Heavyweight Champion and two time challenger for the
heavyweight belt, does not want you to be fooled by the official results of
his last two outings, both of which were world championship....Copyrighted
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Boxing: Tarver's
"What's your excuse this Time Roy?" Still Resounds Today
By George Diaz Smith (DEC 16) Remembering and recalling the words World
Light Heavyweight Champion Antonio Tarver said to Roy Jones, JR. during the
instructions before the start of the their second fight echoes somewhere
inside of my head and gut these days. It comes across pretty similar as
pouring water....Copyrighted
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Boxing:
Evolution of the Light Heavies
By Joe Trabucco (DEC 16) This Saturday, Antonio Tarver and Glen
Johnson, will face each other to bring some closure for the fans of Roy
Jones, Jr. This fight will be the official passing of the torch. Well, it's
actually being billed as a Light Heavyweight Championship fight, but I think
we realize why this fight was made. Both were given ....Copyrighted
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Boxing...Here
Today, Gone Tomorrow? Not If I Can Help it!!!
by Kimo Morrison
(DEC 15) The air was stagnant, the lights so dim I could barely see to walk.
The smell of rotten socks and sweat almost unbearable. Eyes peering from
every direction trying to read the fear in your face as you are the new
blood in the house. My cock sure attitude swiftly taking an about face and
running ...Copyrighted
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Hardcoreboxing.net
Boxing: The
Peacock Will Be Plucked
By Dave McKee (DEC 14) In November 2003 Antonio Tarver went the
distance with undisputed light heavyweight champion Roy Jones, Jr., losing a
decision that might easily have gone his way. The two met again in May of
2004, and Tarver knocked .....Copyrighted
Story on RingsideReport.com
Boxing: We All
Knew Who the World Champions were in the 1980s - Part II
By George Diaz Smith (DEC 14) For what it's worth, we've never had a
problem deciphering the World titlist in the 1980's like we do today. Simply
put they agreed to disagree, or united together to agree; with nothing ever
happening in between with anything left for further squabble. And wouldn't
it be announced.....Copyrighted
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Boxing: If Word is
Bond Hatton.... by Kimo Morrison (DEC 14)
Getting a hold of Hatton's publicist Rich Maynard or "pro-guy" as he was
referred to me by David Anderson of the UK's Mirror is no easy feat. Those
who have been around to shuffle calls though are certain that with a
handshake and a verbal agreement the defining fight for Ricky Hatton has
finally been set. If all parties agree to continue in the process, the fight
should ...Copyrighted
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Hardcoreboxing.net
Greatness defined
by boxing historians
By Kimo Morrison (DEC 14)
After watching what soon became another mystifying victory by our latest
self appointed king of the heavy weights, reference was made to a quote made
decades ago towards Vitali’s awkward style being ugly but ruggedly effective
deeming him the “toughest S.O.B. on the planet”. With this being said, in
all fairness John Ruiz is just as ugly effective with Byrd pulling ...Copyrighted
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Hardcoreboxing.net
Boxing:
Hatton Wins an Eye Opener!
By Jim Amato (DEC 14) Up to
this point I had not taken Ricky Hatton seriously. I may have to re-think
that. Oliviera is very good fighter, not great but very good. Hatton SHOULD
have beat him and he did. I think it was the way that he beat Oliviera that
opened some eyes, mine included. ...Copyrighted
Story on
Hardcoreboxing.net
Boxing Klitschko
Destroys Williams....
By George Diaz Smith (DEC12) A badly fatigued and battered challenger
Danny Williams, 32-4, 27 KO's, got zonked by WBC Heavyweight Champion,
Vitali Klitschko, 35-2, 34 KO's, and it was about as over as can be the 1st
round when Williams got decked by a combination puncher tonight.....Copyrighted
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Boxing: A Hurricane
Hits Las Vegas
By Miguel Sala (DEC 12) A few months ago I wrote that three
hurricanes had roamed the Caribbean creating havoc in the area. I also noted
that none of them had visited the island of Puerto Rico. The reason? There
is a hurricane that lives there and is also creating havoc and excitement in
the junior welterweight division. That hurricanes name is Miguel Cotto. I
don't know how ....Copyrighted
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Danny Williams:
Heavyweight Champion? By Alan Berg (DEC
9) Danny Williams broke into the mainstream by dismantling a Mike Tyson that
was previously taken apart by Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield before him.
Tyson tore a knee ligament in the first round and from there; Williams
asserted himself in the fight and knocked out Iron Mike in the fourth....Copyrighted
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Golden Boy
Promotions Invades Arco Arena By Brian
Wilbur (DEC 9) This Friday night at Arco Arena in Sacramento,
California, cruiserweight contender Michael Simms headlines a Golden Boy
Promotions fight card. This is Oscar De La Hoya's promotional company which
had a huge boost recently with Marco Antonio Barrera's victory over Erik
Morales. Simms will be fighting the tough journeyman Joseph Kiwanuka.
Can Klitschko
Establish Himself as the best against Williams?
By Alan Berg (DEC 8) Vitali Klitschko is
recognized by Ring Magazine as the Heavyweight Champion of the World. HBO
Sports would also like you to believe it. Although, Klitschko has yet to
unify the championship or beat any of the current belt holders, one thing is
certain -- he is the cash cow of a depleted heavyweight division. ...Copyrighted
Story on RingsideReport.com
Kendall Holt Steps
Inside the Ring with RSR By Dave
McKee Kendall Holt was set to fight former NABF Lightweight and
Welterweight Champion Golden Johnson on the Knockout Productions card
headlined by Prince Badi Ajamu and Greg Wright on December 9, 2004, from the
Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, New Jersey. Johnson backed out of the fight
and now has been replaced by Daniel Craycraft. ...Copyrighted
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Joppy....Copyrighted
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Taylor Marches
Through Joppy...
By Dave McKee (DEC 7) Did you hear it? The thumping cadence of the
war drum signaling bad intentions? Jermain Taylor marched alone, warrior and
drummer boy at once, rapping a violent cadence on the head of William
Supreme Court to re-hear case on brain-damaged boxer
(DEC 7)JEFFERSON
CITY,
Mo. - Nearly six years have passed since Mexican boxer Fernando Ibarra
suffered a brain-damaging knockout during a televised fight at a
St. Louis
hotel. Now, in an unusual move, the Missouri Supreme Court wants to hear
more arguments on whether Ibarra is entitled to a $13.7 million court
judgment against the hotel, or the whether the former boxer should lose
again - on a technical decision - because of the..Copyrighted story on San
Jose Mercury News
Colombia's Meza dies after being knocked out in the ring
(DEC 7) Colombian boxer
Carlos Meza died Tuesday, four days after being knocked out in the ring,
according to boxing officials. "Unfortunately, Meza has died," said Miguel
Prado, president of Panama's Boxing Commission.
..Copyrighted story on
San Francisco Chronicle
The Impact of an Icon Named Mike Tyson
By Jason Petock (DEC 6) In the year 1966, an unknown prodigy entered
this world in Brooklyn's Bedford - Stuyvesant section of turbulent New York
City. This area was one of drugs, declining educational systems and rampant
crime like many impoverished urban environments often are. At the age of
nine this youth relocated to Brownsville, which is more destitute ...Copyrighted
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When is it Time to
Say Goodbye?
By "Bad" Brad Berkwitt DEC 6) In recent weeks, we saw two fighters
who came in the ring in shape, but their bodies could not do what their
hearts and minds said they could. Those fighters are former three time
Heavyweight Champion of the World, Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield, and
former three time WBA Middleweight Champion ...Copyrighted
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Retirement's Discontent and the Tarnishing of the Lewis Legacy
By Dave McKee (DEC 6) Lennox Lewis does not owe the American
boxing fan a rematch with Vitali Klitschko. It would be good for the sport
and the division, and it could go a long way to legitimizing (or
delegitimizing) Klitschko's claim as true Heavyweight Champion of the World.
Still, Lewis does not owe us the fight.
...Copyrighted
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Thomas "Hit Man"
Hearns: A True 5-Division Champion
By John "Johnny Detroit" Lepak (DEC 2) You never saw Thomas Hearns on
any 7up commercials and you didn't see him on the cover of People Magazine.
Hollywood wasn't "The Hit Man's" style. (Although hitting the town with the
always dapper Hearns on a few occasions, I can tell you he is just as
dangerous on the dance floor
...Copyrighted
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Diego
Corrales Rings In with His Views to RSR By
Alan Berg (DEC 2) On the night of the rematch between Winky Wright and
Shane Mosley, I had the opportunity to talk with current WBO Lightweight
Champion Diego "Chico" Corrales. Corrales is coming off an inspiring 10th
round stoppage of Acelino Freitas back in August of this year. During that
fight Corrales fought back to floor Freitas in the 8th, 9th and 10th rounds
in turn making the champ quit. ...Copyrighted
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Interview with Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero
by Isaac Barrio (DEC 2) On December ninth, Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero
takes his first step toward the big time as he takes on Cesar Figueroa for
the NABF Featherweight Title. The fight is the Co-feature of the Vassiliy
Jirov- Michael Moorer heavyweight bout and can be seen live on Fox Sport's
The Best Damn Sports Show Period.
Showtime Puts Together an Exciting Tripleheader
By Alan Berg (DEC 2) This has the potential of a ratings explosion.
Showtime brings us a triple header and it's as solid as any event this year.
Starting with heavyweight prospect Samuel Peter vs. Jeremy Williams, then
Olympian Jeff Lacy makes the first defense of his IBF title Super
Middleweight title against Omar Sheika. ...Copyrighted
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RSR
Goes ringside with IBF Junior Middleweight Champion Kassim Ouma
By Alan Berg (DEC 2) As soon as Winky Wright took the podium after
defeating Shane Mosley everyone was calling for their fight with the champ.
One person in particular could be the man to take Wright's crown. That man
is IBF junior middleweight champion Kassim Ouma who called out Wright to add
his name to the list. Ouma wants his rightful shot to be the undisputed
junior middleweight champion. ...Copyrighted
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Interview with Jeff Lacy By
Ike Enwereuzor (DEC 2) Undefeated IBF Super Middleweight Champion Jeff
"Left Hook" Lacy of St Peterburg, FL will be defending his IBF title for
first time since capturing the vacant belt over Syd Vanderpool. The former
Olympian will make his first title defense against IBF No.14 Omar Sheika on
Saturday December 4, at Mandalay Bay Event Center, Las Vegas.
...Copyrighted
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HardCoreBoxing.net
For December
By Alan Berg (DEC 1) What a November.
The cliché would be to say a November to remember, but that's not
happening on the Fierce 15. We expect excellent performances. Speaking
of the return of Kostya Tszyu and Marco Antonio Barrera, each fighter
regained recognition and were the shining wizards of the month. In
December we have Jose Luis Castillo (No. 15) on the list vs. Joel
Casamayor (No. 14) on the list.
...Copyrighted
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In Alexander Munoz vs. Martin Castillo...
By George Diaz Smith (DEC 1) Telefutura broadcasts live from the
Entertainment Center, in Laredo, Texas this December 3rd, and fireworks are
already going off. It's been long awaiting, but the grand entrance for
Alexander "The Explosive Man" Munoz , 25-0, 24 KO's, is about as dormant as
waiting for Mount ST. Helens to re-erupt. It's almost just as frustrating
too from the perspective of WBA Interim Champion, Jose Martin
...Copyrighted
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