Battle for Mediocrity â Don Kingâs Heavyweight Extravaganza
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11.15.04 - By JB Reather â-reather@Battle for Supremacy? Battle for Mediocrity was more like it. With four heavyweight bouts on the card, I naively expected to see at least one exciting fight in this heavyweight smorgasbord.
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When Vitali Klitschko lost to Lennox Lewis on cuts last year, it was a fumbling attempt at passing the heavyweight torch. Klitschko was ahead on the judges&#39; cards when his face got
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Let&#39;s face it, there are not a lot of attractive matchups these days in boxing&#39;s heavyweight division. There are four different champions, and, arguably, only one of them can be considered legitimate.
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For years, boxing fans have dreamed of mythical matchups: &quot;What if Joe Louis fought Sonny Liston?&quot;
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Tune into a classic rivalry in the same league as Russell and Chamberlain, or Itchy and Scratchy.
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Score tied. One round to go. A shot at an Olympic boxing gold medal at stake. Apparently only US coach Basheer Abdullah didn&#39;t know his 178-pound fighter, Andre Ward, was even with
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Boxing promoter Don King filed a $2.5 billion defamation suit Wednesday, claiming he was portrayed in a false light on an ESPN "SportsCentury" segment aired last May.
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ATHENS -- Unfortunately for the United States, the Olympic boxing tournament has gone just about as expected.
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At first glance, it appears the advantages lie with undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins in his title defense against Oscar De La Hoya tonight.
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The first time Larry Donald told his buddies he was fighting four-time heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield, they thought he was kidding.
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What a night for a heavyweight showdown, what a night for boxing, and what a night for your average outspoken, crazy-eyed, biker-looking foul-mouthed trainer.
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Bernard Hopkins came into the ring to a recording of one of Frank Sinatraâs epic songs. Fighting his usual tactical fight, Hopkins allowed Oscar De La Hoya to dominate the first
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He is a sizable underdog in Saturday night&#39;s heavyweight title fight, and it&#39;s no mystery why. Danny Williams, by all accounts, is taking a major step up in class.
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No matter how athletically gifted an aspiring young boxer may be, if the kid can&#39;t take the physical demands of training or the pain and punishment that is dished out in the ring, he or she won&#39;t last very long in the fight game.
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If Bernard Hopkins v Oscar de la Hoya did not quite live up to its ludicrously lofty billing, it was through no fault of the fighters.
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In the tradition of great, and not so great, boxing movies, Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" seems to have the makings of a classic.
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Is Danny Williams a one-hit wonder? Is Vitali Klitschko the best of the heavyweight champions? Those questions could be answered when the two meet on Dec. 11 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.