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If St. John does not want
the fight…Anani says she does!
By Sue TL Fox
May 26, 2003 |
(MAY 26) WBAN has been in contact with the
“Island Girl” Sumya Anani….you know, the girl
who gave Christy "The Coal Miner's Daughter" Martin a beatdown way
back in 1998! Anani has also been wanting to step into the ring with
Lucia Rijker, but Boxing Folks never seem to hear Rijker wanting to
fight Anani. Anani is not built on hype, she just
fights…and fights well…fights to win….and will fight Anyone, Anytime….Full
Story
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Up Close and
Personal with Mississippi Retired Boxers Foundation Representative, Brad
Cooney...
By "Bad" Brad Berkwitt |
(MAY
25) Boxing is such a unique sport in the sense that it draws in so many
diversified people. People such as Brad Cooney, who is the Mississippi
Representative for the Retired Boxers Foundation (RBF). Cooney, a Mahopac,
New York native, contacted me a couple of years ago when he was interested
in reaching former Heavyweight Title Challenger “Gentlemen” Gerry Cooney.
Full Story
TALKIN BOXIN
by Howie Reed -May 25, 2003
WITH the month of May now in the record books,
it’s
time to move on into summer. "Time out. How can May
be in the record book when it’s only the 25th ?" That
my friend is a very good question and one that I will
not shy from answering.. Full Story
Boxing still packs a punch
(MAY 24) Only boxing has been able to
consistently score a knockout. It has been that way since the late 1970s,
when casino properties first....Copyrighted Story on Press of Atlantic
City, NJ
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Spending Time in the Garden
By Bernie McCoy
May 23, 2003 |
To
many boxing fans my age, and that means those who saw Floyd Patterson
fight an eight-round main event in Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway Arena
because he wasn't old enough to be licensed to fight ten rounds, "the
Garden"
can mean only one thing. Its the arena that was on 50th Street and 8th
Avenue in New York City and it was the Mecca of boxing in the forties and
fifties. Full Story
Unbeaten Regan faces Weaver
(MAY 22) Hall of Fame promoter Don Chargin presents IBA Continental
Middleweight champion Eric "Hitman" Regan (20-0-13KO) in his
sternest test to date when he defends against Louisiana native Ron
Weaver, May 28, 2003, at the Radisson Hotel in Sacramento, California.
New promoter lands ESPN2 boxing show on
Cape Cod
(MAY 22)
Letterlough-Hall headlines Hank Tuohy’s July 18th card in
Hyannis...SANDWICH, Mass. – Pro boxing’s newest promoter, Hank Tuohy, has
landed an ESPN2 show July 18 on Cape Cod in his inaugural promotion --
“Battle Zone at the Tent" – headlined by a 10-round light heavyweight
match Full Press
Release
Cow Pasture boxing making comeback in
Nevada
(MAY 21) The Cow Pasture Boxing
Festival is returning to northern Nevada this summer after a 12-year
hiatus. The fights that drew up to 2000....Copyrighted Story on San
Francisco Chronicle
Probe sought for Dodge director
Norm Frauenheim -The Arizona Republic
(MAY 21) The Arizona State Boxing Commission asked its director, John
Montano, to investigate allegations involving Tom Gaffney of the Dodge
Theatre.
Link to copyrighted story on Arizona Republic
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Induction Weekend Fight to Feature Manfredy
vs. Bailey
©Photo by Sue TL Fox |
(MAY 20) Oneida Nation Homelands—As the eyes of the boxing world turn to
Central New York for the International Boxing Hall of Fame’s Induction
Weekend, the Oneida Indian Nation’s Turning Stone Casino Resort offers a
night of quality fights. The first bell on Friday, June 6 will sound at
7:30 p.m.
Full Press Release
Fresh bout for celebrity boxing
(MAY 20) Programme makers are trying to reach agreement with boxing
officials about safety requirements for The Fight on BBC Two.
Copyrighted Story on BBC, UK
Deaths and safety concerns hit Toughman boxing
(MAY 20) At least five have suffered brain damage.
The fatality rate is more than quadruple that of organized amateur
boxing, a Detroit News investigation found...Copyrighted Story on
Olympian
Book Review:
Facing Ali 15 Fighters - 15
Stories -Hardcover ISBN 1-58574-829-3
Written by STEPHEN BRUNT
Reviewed by "Bad" Brad Berkwitt
Many things have been written about "The Greatest" Muhammad Ali, but not
much about the many men who stood across the ring from him during his
legendary run. Well, that has changed. Author Stephen Brunt's
new book, Facing Ali brings to life 15 of his opponents stories.
Stories that this author truly researched...Full
Review
TALKIN BOXIN
by Howie Reed - May 18, 2003
THERE were two major fights (major cause they were
on TV only) Saturday Night on Television. One on Showtime (Sharmba Mitchel-Ben
Tackie) and one on HBO ( WBA Leonard Dorin-IBF Champion Paul Spadafora). In
the air of disclosure I will admit that I saw neither. Full
Story
Boxing: Slimmer Spadafora not taking this
title match lightly
(MAY 17) In every sense. "I'm going
to throw as many punches as I have to," said Spadafora, who is pitting his
International Boxing Federation lightweight title
...Copyrighted story on the Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Tribe to oversee boxing card
(MAY 16) SAHUARITA - The Tohono O'odham tribe,
instead of the Arizona State Boxing Commission,
will regulate a Top Rank-sponsored card tonight at Desert Diamond Casino...Copyrighted
Story on Arizona Republic
Upcoming Event in Rochester!
(MAY 15) On Saturday, June 14, 2003 at 7:00pm, Seattle's Tim Shocks returns
to the Lucky Eagle Casino for the first time since 1999 to face Fight Night
40 winner, Alejandro Jimenez in the 10 round Main Event. Shocks lost to
Julio Garcia in June of 1999, and will have a tough test against Jimenez,
who KO'd Ruben Munoz in the April main event. Shocks comes in with 23 wins,
including 14 KO's. Alejandro, from Guadalajara, Mexico has 13 wins, six by
KO. There are seven bouts scheduled on this card.
Boxing, Jimmy Hoffa Jr. and the Teamsters
(MAY 15) Former light heavyweight champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, a
co-founder of the Joint Association of Boxers, said he has wanted to form a
boxers' union for a long time. That and this report from The Las Vegas
Review Journal's Royce Feour
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Hot Scoop! Ali to fight
on Lewis Card!
May 14, 2003 |
(MAY 14) WBAN has just learned that World
Champion Laila "She Bee Stingin'" Ali will be on the World
heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis/Kirk Johnson mainliner that will
take place June 21, 2003, at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, California.
Ali will be fighting an eight round bout. Opponent has not been named at
this time. (Untelevised)
Nordin injured!
(MAY 14) The re-match for the WBA
INTERNATIONAL - E.B.A. 168 lbs. Title
between FRANCISCO MORA vs. FIGHTING NORDIN
scheduled on next May 31st in Frankfurt Oder (Germany) will probably have to
be postponed due to a hand injury from Challenger Fighting Nordin, as
reported by German Promoter Sauerland Events. Yesterday afternoon during his
training camp in Holland Nordin had to go to the hospital due to this
injury, though we still do not know the seriousness of it. Next week he will
visit again to the doctor and will know when he will be able to train again.
Source: WBA News
Andreas Kotenik getting ready!
(MAY 14) The WBA INTERNATIONAL - E.B.A. Super Lightweight Champion ANDREAS
KOTELNIK is getting ready for his voluntary Title defense to take place on
May 31st in his hometown in Ukraine (Lvov). Challenger will be announced
within the following days. Promoter of the event will be Universum
Box-Promotions (Hamburg, GER). Source: WBA News
Lewis sues King, Tyson for Hefty $385
Million....by Jack Welsh
(MAY 13) Slice it any way you want
but the alleged association between Lennox Lewis and Don King you have been
reading about in recent years was strictly a moment of convenience when they
had a fight to sell.Full
Copyrighted Story on Boxing In Las Vegas
Romero to fight Mendoza
(MAY 13) On May 23, 2003, at the Sandia Casino, in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
Fresquez Productions, Don Chargin and Telefutura presents Danny Romero,
(43-5-1-KO) and Trinidad Mendoza (20-5-2-15KO) squaring off for the vacant
IBA world jr. featherweight title.
Local boxing group joins with Teamsters
(MAY 13) The Las Vegas-based Joint Association of Boxers
announced today that it has reached an affiliation agreement with the
Teamsters Union and will attempt to ... Copyrighted Story on Las
Vegas Sun
THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS
Wambolt unjaded in sweet science deeds (MAY 12)
Unlike baseball, the game of boyhood
innocence, boxing has never inspired teary-eyed fits of melancholy. Nobody
gets misty recalling summer afternoons spent throwing up in the gym, or the
first time they heard the "crack" of leather smashing into jaw...
Link to Copyrighted Story
TALKIN BOXIN
May 11, 2003 -by Howie Reed
"You can’t kick a dead horse to death", Chick Reed.
NOW before you all get excited and start yelling, "What’s he on about?"
"Just take a chill pill, go with the flow and wait for a second." I’m not
about to kick a dead horse, although a few to the sides of Indian Express,
Most Wanted and Ten Cents a Shine would darn sure make me happier.
Full Story
.An unfinished canvas
(MAY 10)
Boxers are supposed to be fearless. So
when a young fighter admits to any kind of weakness, it is easy to wonder
how much of a future he has in the sport. But Mike Alvarado doesn't mind
admitting he is a work in progress. After taking up the sport less than
three years ago, Alvarado still is learning the tricks of his new trade.
Copyrighted Story on Rocky
Mountain News, Colorado
Upcoming event in San Jose...
(MAY 10) On May 22, 2003, Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions presents
at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, Ernie Zavala (16-2-7KO) and
Henry Bruseles (18-1-11KO) for the vacant IBA Continental Jr. welterweight
title. Source: IBA Norm Longtin
Boxing: Dorin is set to meet Spadafora as planned
(MAY 10) The fight is on. Greg
Sirb, the Pennsylvania Athletic Commission’s executive secretary and state
boxing boss, said late last night all sides “accepted” the ringside judges
as announced and the Leonard Dorin-Paul Spadafora match Saturday will
proceed as scheduled at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. Copyrighted Story
on Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Boxing: Golden Gloves finals return for first time since
'95
(MAY 10) Meldrick Taylor
started in the Pennsylvania Golden Gloves championships. Paul Spadafora did,
too, in the same neck of the commonwealth. Marvis Frazier, too.
Copyrighted Story on Pittsburgh Post
Gazette
50 and
Still Going Strong...
Reported from ringside by:
“Bad” Brad Berkwitt -May 9, 2003
On Thursday, May 8, 2003, I was honored with being invited back to cover
the 50th show of Scott Wagner’s long running syndicated boxing series,
Ballroom Boxing from Michael’s Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, Maryland. As
I sat ringside, I thought about the 8 shows I covered from ringside in the
last three years, and a plethora of good memories.... Full Story
No
decision in Tyson-King case
(MAY 9)
NEW YORK -
(KRT) - A judge barred Mike Tyson and Don
King on Friday from settling their breach-of-contract lawsuits against each
other unless they give WBC....Copyrighted Story
San Jose Mercury News
Boxing: Wayne lashes out at critics
(MAY 8) WAYNE McCullough has finally broken his
silence on why he is fighting on and how angry he is at those who have
criticised his decision....Copyrighted Story on Belfast Telegraph
Ballroom
Boxing Celebrates 50th Show Tonight!
(MAY 8) 08.05 - The greatest boxing club show
in the US celebrates a golden milestone TONIGHT! Thursday, May 8, at
Michael's Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, MD. Copyrighted on
Eastsideboxing.com
Boxing: Spadafora opponent threatens to bow out
(MAY 8) Dorin's camp contends that its boxer, the
World Boxing Association lightweight champion from Canada by way of
Romania, will get an unequal decision because two ... Copyrighted
Story on Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Three galleries added to records site!
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(MAY 8) WBAN has been
busy updating the Exclusive Records site that includes one gallery called
“Preview” that has four mpegs (Gallery #55) of Texas Shootout I.
WBAN is now having "preview" mpegs of videos that are available for purchase
on other sites, and where WBAN has gotten permission to have them on the
records site! Also, a special feature photo gallery of Sunshine
Fettskether, WBAN’s May 2003 “Fighter of the Month.” (Gallery #56);
and lastly, a huge photo gallery with three short mpegs of the
Vaia Zaganas vs. Nina Ahlin bout, that took place on April 18, 2003. (Gallery
#57) WBAN is currently working on an Alphabetical listing of hot
photos of the boxers, that will soon be added to the records site!
Members
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Boxing card features local attractions
(MAY 8) LAFAYETTE — A “who’s who” list of local
boxing names and the heavyweight member of the 2000 US Olympic Team will
“Punch at the Hilton” May 31....Copyrighted Story on The Advertiser,
Louisiana
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The One and
Only
By Bernie McCoy
May 7, 2003 |
He began
life eighty three years ago this month, May 3, as Walker Smith Jr in the
small town of Ailey,Georgia. His birthplace was one, maybe the only, of the
small town elements about the man who was known throughout his career as
"Sugar Ray". He lived large outside the ring and inside the ropes he was the
largest presence of his, or possibly, any other generation of fighters.
Full Story
Interview
w/Former Hwt Champ Pinklon Thomas...Reported
By: Brad Berkwitt
(MAY 7) Pinklon Thomas came
into this world at the end of the reign of the only undefeated Heavyweight
Champion of the World who was known as the original “Rock”, and was none
other then, Rocky Marciano. And, when he turned professional in 1978, he
came along at the end of yet another era for a Heavyweight Champion; this
one nicknamed “The Greatest” Muhammad Ali. Copyrighted Story on
Boxinginsider.com
SPOTLIGHT: NEW BOXING VENUE: Cannery getting in swing
(MAY 7) Promoter Richard Steele, left, and Cannery
special events manager Dennis Finfrock are teaming to present the Cannery's
first boxing card tonight.... Copyrighted Story on Las Vegas
Review-Journal, Nevada
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A sad day for boxing
By David Randles
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(MAY 6) ENGLISH boxing was dealt a massive
blow today (Tuesday 6th May) by the news of Jimmy Albertini's death.
Following a quadruple bypass heart operation two months ago, the popular
Rotunda ABC and England coach suffered a heart attack early on Tuesday
morning. He was 53.
Copyrighted
Story on icLiverpool
Boxing: Klitschko to feature on Lewis bill
(MAY 6) Vitali
Klitschko will finally share the same ring with Lennox Lewis when they both
appear at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on 21 June. Klitschko has
replaced Mike Tyson as the chief supporting contest when Lewis defends his
International Boxing Organisation heavyweight title against Canada's Kirk
Johnson. Copyrighted Story on Independent.co.uk
IBA
PPV Doubleheader
(MAY 6) On May 17, 2003, at the Thunderbird Wild West Casino in
Norman, Oklahoma, Ringside Promotions presents Mauricio Pastrana
(29-3-1-19KO) and Mike Trejo (27-2-2) for the vacant IBA World
Bantamweight Championship and Robert Daniels (45-5-1-35KO) and Alex Gonzales
(19-2) meeting for the vacant IBA World Super-Cruiserweight Title.
Boxing: De La Hoya's Plan Is Perfect
(MAY 5) Oscar De La Hoya celebrates his seventh-round
victory over Yory Boy Campas in their super welterweight championship.
Copyrighted Story on Salt Lake Tribune, Utah
Big-time boxing is back
(MAY 5) Professional
boxing returns to Shreveport tonight with a six-fight card that includes a
WBC Continental Americas Featherweight championship bout and international
television. Copyrighted Story on Shreveport Times, LA
Boxing: Kennedy boxer out to make Golden
Gloves finals a hit
(MAY 4)
Luke Chiovitti goes door to door, business to
business, stumping for the Pennsylvania Golden Gloves championships. He
dresses for such calls like any good marketing person would. Copyrighted
Story on Pittsburgh Post Gazette
De La Hoya Knocks Out Campas in 7th Round (MAY 4) Oscar De La Hoya knocked out a fighter whose body was filled with
anabolic steroids for his last fight, so it didn't seem likely tonight that
he would be bothered by one who said he was using "a magic potion."
Copyrights: By Kevin Iole-
Special to The Washington Post
Interview
w/ Former Contender Mustafa Hamsho...By Brad
Berkwitt
(MAY 3) In the history of
boxing, we have had so many diverse personalities come through the sport.
Some were hailed as the “Golden Boy’s” while others were labeled as “Black
Bart” the guy who wore all black in the movie westerns and .....Full
Copyrighted Story on BoxingInsider.com
Boxing returns to NBC in series of Saturday fights
(MAY 2) About the time he was turning pro, however,
networks were droppingboxing. Marquez will be behind a microphone
instead of in the ... Copyrighted Story on San Francisco Chronicle
Boxer 'had no hope' in fatal fight
Gosia Kaszubska -May 02, 2003
A QUEENSLAND boxer who died after being knocked out in the ring should
never have been allowed to fight an Australian champion, his stand-in
trainer said yesterday.
Ahmad Popal had fought and lost just two bouts before his fatal clash with
Australian junior bantamweight champion Tony Pappa for the Victorian
bantamweight title in April 2001. Copyrighted story on News Interactive
Morales motivated to humble Velardez
(MAY 1) WBC featherweight champion Erik Morales
of Tijuana, Mexico, wants to tie one more loose end in the featherweight
division before moving up to super-featherweight, and it doesn't involve
Marco Antonio Barrera. Morales takes on Bobby Boy Velardez on the Oscar De
La Hoya-Yory Boy Campas pay-per-view card Saturday at 6 p.m. at Mandalay Bay
in Las Vegas. Copyrighted Story on the Orange County Register, CA
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