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By: William Holmes “We haven’t had a fight this big in Washington D.C. since Sugar Ray Leonard left town” The excitement in the air was palpable. As the crowd gathered outside the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the quote cited above was overheard by this author from a random fan …

by Hans Olson, ringside On December 14, 2004, Joachim Alcine knocked out local hero Stephane Ouellett in the opening round for the biggest win of his career at that point. The win solidified his status as one of the top fighters in Quebec at the time, putting him on the …

By Jaime Feal Jon Jones passed the Lyoto Machida test to continue his reign as light heavyweight king. Likely clinching MMA Fighter of the Year with the win, Jones has a limitless future in the sport. Still only 24 years old, Jones may have not reached his full potential, which …

By Jackie Kallen Last weekend’s Cotto/Margarito fight played out exactly the way I figured it would. No surprises. But this weekend’s big fight–Amir Khan/Lamont Peterson is a little tougher to call. If you ask the oddsmakers, they will tell you that Khan is the favorite. But if you talk to …

by Charles Jay So Erik Morales figures he can beat Floyd Mayweather. I’m sure the game plan has worked so well, over and over again in his imagination. Photos: Hogan Photos Then, of course, the bell sounds, and things take a dramatically different turn. I don’t know that anyone would …

By Jaime Feal Jon “Bones” Jones, the youngest ever UFC champion, defends his light heavyweight championship for the second time Saturday night, live from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Jones will be looking to do something that hasn’t been done in the light heavyweight division since Chuck “The …

By Hans Olson Can Lemieux Bounce Back? Saturday evening at the Bell Centre in Montreal, David Lemieux will step into action for the first time in 8 months since losing the only fight of his career. That April night, he was stopped in the 7th round of a WBC middleweight …

By: William Holmes On Saturday December 10th, WBA/IBF Junior Welterweight Champion Amir Khan takes on Washington DC’s very own Lamont Peterson. The winner of this matchup will likely see a bigger opportunity against another top junior welterweight contender, or even one of the current big money matchups in the welterweight …

by Charles Jay “Amir’s definitely up there in pound-for-pound terms. You can make that argument for him to become the best fighter in the world. We know Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are on top at the moment, but Amir is right on their backs.” Delane Rouse – Hoganphotos/Golden Boy …

By Hans Olson What a biased blinkered article… So, Floyd has managed his career to perfection you insist? photo by Gene Blevins/Hogan Photos Well if that means ducking his biggest rivals over the last 12 years then you are spot on my man, props to you.. He has denied his …