By Ivan G. Goldman One of my favorite boxing stories grew out of the storied July 18, 1997 clash between Albuquerque natives Johnny Tapia and Danny Romero at the basketball stadium of the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus. The fight had percolated for years as both men stormed through …
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Jackie Kallen on Boxing: Sad Weekend Tapia/Williams
By Jackie Kallen Talk about a sad weekend for boxing. First we lose Johnny Tapia, a 45 year old warrior whose life has been one battle after another. And now we find out that Paul Williams may be paralyzed from the waist down for the rest of his life. Both …
Read More »Is the Political Water Too Deep for Manny Pacquiao?
by Charles Jay When Manny Pacquiao talked to the Associated Press about the controversy that was caused by the comments some attributed to him about same-sex marriage, he did not back down from his general stance, but made clear that it didn’t go to the point of extremism some suspected. …
Read More »Johnny Tapia, Age 45, Scores Draw against the Devil
By Ivan G. Goldman Johnny Tapia, found dead in his Albuquerque home Sunday night of unknown causes, led a tortured, brave life that ended in a draw against the devil. They went 45 rounds that lasted a year each, and Johnny backed up a few times but always came back …
Read More »RIP: Johnny Tapia 1994 Interview Before First Title Fight
Johnny Tapia has been found dead today at his home in Albuquerque, N.M at age 45. He finished with a 59-5-2 record he won five championships in three weight classes, winning the WBA bantamweight title, the IBF and WBO junior bantamweight titles and the IBF featherweight belt. Int this video …
Read More »Thrilling Carl Froch Victory over Lucian Bute Also Brings Luster to Andre Ward, EPIX Channel
By Ivan G. Goldman Carl Froch’s 5th-round destruction of Lucian Bute in Nottingham, England Saturday gave impressive boosts to his own career and the U.S. telecaster, the relatively new EPIX network, which finally bought itself an exciting fight. Also lifted by the outcome was the reputation of Andre Ward, who …
Read More »Was The “Gay Marriage” Pacquiao Controversy A Hatchet Job? The Nemesis – Floyd Mayweather
by Charles Jay Floyd Mayweather doesn’t seem to want to make a fight with Manny Pacquiao a reality, so he concentrates on being an opponent of sorts outside of the ring. So it is not surprising that when sparks flew over the misinterpretation of a story run by Granville Ampong …
Read More »Froch/Bute: Blessed Are the Chance-Takers
By Hans Olson “Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it is about feeling pain, if not devastating psychological paralysis, more than it is about winning.” – Joyce Carol Oates Saturday evening in Nottingham, England, Lucian Bute lost the first fight of his …
Read More »Mike Tyson Showing Justin Bieber Some Boxing Moves
Justin Beiber stopped by Mike Tyson’s house after the Billboard Music Awards and got some boxing tips from Iron Mike. Leave a Comment
Read More »Timothy Bradley & Bob Arum Pre Fight Media Interview
BOB ARUM: I would like to wish everyone a happy holiday weekend. I was just at the gym with Timothy at his public workout in Palm Springs yesterday [Thursday] and he looks tremendous and we’re looking forward to a great, great fight. One thing that I have to say that …
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