Boxing: Mesis disappointed Rochester lost out (JAN 29) NEW YORK  - Twice in the past two years, Buffalo heavyweight contender “Baby” Joe Mesi has tried to arrange a fight in Rochester. Twice his wishes have been KO’d by executives. Now his father and manager, Jack Mesi, wonders whether the Rochester boxing.... Copyrighted Story on Democrat and Chronicle

Promoters hope resurgence puts city's boxing lull down for the ... (JAN 27) It's no great secret that every individual, organization and group has tried riding the greatest sporting event, the Super Bowl, into the financial winner's circle this week. Boxing, which has the greatest series of shows seen recently in Houston ready to rumble, is no different. Outstanding cards run tonight...Copyrighted Story on Houston Chronicle

Inside Operation Matchbox & the "Big Frankie" Boxing Sting  (JAN 27) In my 33 years of writing for others to read, I have never before been overwhelmed by any story. Previously I have always known where to start and when to end. But this series of articles on the unfolding "Operation Matchbox" has been one that with no end in sight. What’s "Operation Matchbox" you ask? It is a joint FBI/NYPD "Sting" investigation who’s net results will change the business and sport of boxing more than.... Copyrighted Story on Ringtalk.com

Lampkin discovers boxing is in his blood
(JAN 27) Ray Lampkin III could be a chip off the ol' block, eventually. If only he had chipped off a little earlier.    The 20-year-old son of the former No. 1 lightweight contender from Portland started boxing only two years ago. Next month, he'll get a shot at making the Olympic team....Copyrighted Story on Portland Tribune

‘The Matador’ runs from ‘The Rooster’ Team Rivera questions ex-champ Mayorga’s heart
(JAN 26) WORCESTER, Mass. – Former world welterweight champion Ricardo “The Matador” Mayorga has rejected an opportunity to fight March 20 for the World Boxing Association title against reigning title-holder “El Gallo” Jose Antonio Rivera.  The 30-year-old Rivera (37-3-1, 24 KOs) captured the WBA title be winning a 12-round decision...More

Press Release: Second Annual Ringside Augusta National Junior Boys Summer Boxing Classic
(JAN 24) Augusta, Georgia to host the Second Annual Ringside Augusta National Junior Boys Summer Boxing Classic, presented by COMCAST. Tom Moraetes, the Augusta Boxing Club along with the City of Augusta and the Augusta Recreation Department have combined efforts to host this tournament June 24 - 26, 2004. With support from the largest supplier in boxing equipment in the world, Ringside Inc. and the additional sponsorship from COMCAST, PCS Nitrogen...Full Story

Locals among boxing winners
(JAN 24) WEST PALM BEACH -- Terry "The Palm Beach Punisher" Lantz won his first professional fight Friday at the Harriet Himmel Gilman Theater as he put away Jose Vargas 40 seconds into the opening round.After knocking Vargas to the canvas with a combination ....Copyrighted Story on Palm Beach Post, Florida

Manfredo, Pemberton win by KO
(JAN 24) ASHANTUCKET, Conn. -- Somebody's zero had to go last night in the "Battle of the Unbeatens" and Peter Manfredo Jr. made sure that it wasn't his.Fighting a taller, and rumored to be a much stronger Sherwin Davis, Manfredo used his quickness ...Copyrighted Story on Providence Journal

Boxing boss Moseki resigns suddenly
(JAN 25) Thabo Moseki this week resigned suddenly as CEO of Boxing South Africa (BSA), citing "major circumstances pertaining to the running of the organisation". Copyrighted Story on Sunday Times, South Africa

Boxing: Eastman has Hopkins firmly in his sights
(JAN 25) Howard Eastman remains haunted by the night he let a world title slip from his grasp. Faced with a world-class foe in American William Joppy in Las Vegas in November 2001, the Battersea Bomber  Copyrighted Story on Telegraph.co.uk

Mosley Sues his Boxing Promoter
(JAN 21) NEW YORK (AP) — Super welterweight champion Shane Mosley is suing boxing promoter Cedric Kushner for more than $600,000 he said he's owed from a 2002 title fight. Copyrighted Story on USA Today

SUGAR RAY LEONARD BOXING: Homie on latest card
(JAN 21) Sugar Ray Leonard is giving local boxer Norberto "Nito" Bravo a chance to impress the home crowd.  Leonard lighted up a group of about 50 people here yesterday as he announced the fight card for the Feb. 6 event at the Desert Diamond Casino. Copyrighted Story on Tucson Citizen

Boxing will remain on its feet no matter how many blows it takes
(JAN 20) had to laugh the other day. In light of the FBI's probe of another well-known promoter, someone suggested that the federal government fix professional boxing. Right. As soon as it finishes resolving issues involving Iraq, the budget deficit, health care insurance, immigration, Copyrighted Story on USA Today

Bills to reform boxing rules in state pass House committee
(JAN 20) LANSING, Mich. — Sweeping reforms to Michigan's boxing industry approved Tuesday by a state House panel will attract big fights — and big money — to the state, supporters say. A pair.... Copyrighted Story on USA Today

Investigation offers plenty of questions 
(JAN 19) Questions outnumber allegations in an investigation that is reported to involve Top Rank's business practices, fixed fights, phony weights, fraudulent documents Copyrighted Story on Arizona Republic

John Whisler: Investigation could help boxing  (JAN 18) Boxing is under investigation again, and I say dat's great.  Throw da bums out.  The sport should welcome the FBI's recent raid on promoter Bob Arum's Las Vegas offices with open minds, if not open books. It's a chance to weed out some of the bad elements so the good ones will be that much stronger... Copyrighted Story on San Antonio Express

Tszyu injures shoulder, pulls out of fight
against Mitchell
(JAN 18) Sharmba Mitchell's exasperating three-year wait for a rematch with junior welterweight champ Kostya Tszyu was nearly over. Now he'll wait at least six more months.  Tszyu, citing a partially ruptured shoulder tendon, has pulled out of their Feb. 7 rematch, which was scheduled to take place in Moscow as part of Showtime's historic split-continent Copyrighted Story on USA Today

Broad-ranging investigation -  probe puts boxing on edge
(JAN 18)  "It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy," he said.
Goodman's boss knows too well about FBI raids. When it raided King's offices in 1999 during the IBF bribery investigation, the FBI brought along 70 agents, and nearly as many television cameras showed up, too. Copyrighted Story on Las Vegas Review-Journal

Fighting mad over boxing `fraud'
(JAN 18) Paul Ripp finally understands why boxing gets such a bad rap. The Fairhope resident said he was one of many who were disappointed Friday night when they attended the Birmingham Brawl, which was anything but. Copyrighted Story on AL.com

Reusse: Colorful former Twin back in town in role as IBA founder (JAN 17)Ray Leonard was sitting at a table in a restaurant at the Minneapolis Hilton. It was lunchtime, but there was too much chaos around him for the promoter of Friday night's boxing card to order more than an iced tea. Sugar Ray would end a call, put his cell phone on the table and it would ring again. Dean Chance was a couple of seats away. by Patrick Reusse, Star Tribune

Press Release: Ellis Calls Out Taylor January 16, 2004

(TACOMA, WA) Kenny Ellis has been the most active middleweight contender in the world. In 2003, Ellis fought seven times going 6-1. His only loss was to Kingsley Ikeke for the NABO, NABF and NABA titles. Ellis lost the fight when an inexperienced fight doctor stopped the fight prematurely. Ellis was ahead..Full Press Release

Rules give victory to unlikely fighter in amateur boxing (JAN 15) COLORADO SPRINGS - (KRT) - Boxer Jaidon Codrington was confident he had beaten DeAndrey Abron. He was so confident that he raised his right arm in anticipation of a victory announcement. He was wrong. Abron's arm was raised as the victor, and Codrington quickly departed the ring.   lawsuit...Copyrighted Story on San Jose Mercury News

Repo man counters ex-boxing champ with lawsuit (JAN 15) Former WBA boxing champion William Joppy might have been out boxed in his recent title defense, but he allegedly had little trouble putting a repo man down for the count, according to the injured man's lawyers. Joppy, 33, faces a date before a judge and a $5 million personal injury lawsuit...Copyrighted Story on Maryland Gazette Newspapers

Boxing: Tyson, bankrupt, sees income drop  I(JAN 13) Mike Tyson's financial world, once filled with eight-figure bouts, has narrowed since he filed for bankruptcy protection last August.  Financial reports filed last month in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan show that Tyson's only substantial income...Copyrighted Story on International Herald Tribune

Lanham man files lawsuit against ex-boxing champ (JAN 12) Former professional boxing champion William Joppy has been charged with assault and faces a $5 million personal injury lawsuit. The charges stem from an alleged incident that occurred in November outside of the Round One gym in Capitol Heights...Copyrighted Story on Maryland Gazette Newspapers

Promoters teaming up to bring big-time boxing back to Chicago (JAN 12) mpresario Don King and local boxing promoter Bobby Hitz are joining forces to bring big-time boxing to Chicago, Hitz said Sunday. "Don's talking about the United Center," Hitz said. "The important thing is we ...Copyrighted Story on Chicago Sun Times

Top Rank is not sole target in boxing investigation (JAN 11)The ongoing probe of professional boxing that resulted in a raid at promoter Bob Arum's office on Tuesday extends beyond Arum's Top Rank Inc. Sources familiar with the investigation said that in addition to Top Rank...Copyrighted Story on  Las Vegas Review Journal

John Whisler: Year to remember ahead for boxing (JAN 11) The crystal ball has been dusted off and polished. So let's see what's in store for 2004 in boxing: Roy Jones Jr., ever the opportunist, announces he's retiring from boxing to join Siegfried Fischbacher to form new act. Jones...Copyrighted Story on San Antonio Express

Talkin Boxin - Howie Reed
(JAN 11) It didn’t take long for the sport of boxing to take its’ first three direct hits of the New Year. Irene M. Reed (“M” for Maude which she hated with a passion usually reserved for the university of spoiled children and notre dame), dam of your humble typist,
use to say “Things always come in threes.” Granted she wasn’t the first to ever utter those words in that...Full Story

Boxing Officials Dispute Allegations of Fixed Fights (JAN 10) The promoter and lawyer for the super welterweight boxer Shane Mosley yesterday disputed a report that an investigation by the F.B.I. and the New York Police Department had found evidence that his fight last September against Oscar De La Hoya might...Copyrighted Story on New York Times

Ruiz skipping Oquendo for Jones rematch
BOSTON, Mass. (January 9, 2004) – WBA Interim heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz will hold off on his rumored showdown against fellow Puerto Rican “Fast” Fres Oquendo to fight a rematch against WBA heavyweight title-holder Roy Jones, Jr.   Ruiz captured a unanimous 12-round decision December 13 from Hasim “The Rock” Rahman for the WBA Interim heavyweight crown. The WBA had mandated that Jones fight the Ruiz-Rahman winner within 120 days for his world title. According to WBA rules, Jones has until February 13^th – 60 days prior to his 120-day deadline to fight Ruiz – to go into negotiations for a rematch against Ruiz or a purse bid will go into effect. (excerpt off press release).
 

Bad Boy Boxer: Ex-boxing champ jailed for assault (JAN 9) Former WBA Middleweight champion William Joppy was arrested and jailed this week on charges of assault stemming for a November incident, according the Sheriff's office. Joppy of Seabrook, who lost his middleweight title in a bout on Dec. 13, was  Copyrighted Story on Maryland Gazette Newspaper

Was De La Hoya-Mosley fight fixed?
(JAN 8) LAS VEGAS - A corruption probe of boxing is examining whether the disputed bout between Oscar De La Hoya and (Sugar) Shane Mosley was fixed, the New York Daily News has learned.  The investigation centers on allegations that Top Rank - one of the world's largest..Copyrighted Story on San Jose Mercury News

New Jersey Commission Fed Up with Promoter  (JAN 8 ) ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – As reported by the Press of Atlantic City: "Of all the crafty moves Don King has made in his 30 years as a boxing promoter, perhaps none rivals his maneuver....Copyrighted Story on Casino City Times, MA

Carlos Palomino and 14 others to enter International Boxing Hall ...  (JAN 8) CANASTOTA, N.Y. - Carlos Palomino could field and hit a fastball. He dreamed of playing infield for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Boxing? He hated it growing up, especially since his father frequently made him spar in the backyard with one Copyrighted Story on the Canada.com

Lawsuit seeks release of boxing panel data (JAN 6) TRENTON, N.J. -- Gannett New Jersey has sued the state Department of Law and Public Safety and Attorney General Peter Harvey in a bid to gain access to records related to boxing and the Athletic Control Board. The lawsuit filed Dec. 31 in Superior Court stems from the state's refusal to provide Gannett's Statehouse Bureau...Copyrighted Story on Newsday