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How To Fight Chris Byrd

Chris Byrd refers to himself as the test, and says nobody wants to study for the test. "It's too difficult." Not many fighters have ever spoken truer words! As a fighter Byrd is basically vulnerable to two things. One is due to his style, being that...

Lacy's Starting To Smoke

Lacy's (21-0, 17 KOs) victory over Scott Pemberton (29-4-1, 24 KOs) marks his fourth consecutive defense of his IBF Super Middleweight title since winning it in October 2004. Omar Shieka is the only challenger went the distance with Jeff "left-hook"...

Rahman Will Fall On His Bold Prediction

Former heavyweight champ and current WBC Interim title holder Hasim Rahman recently predicted that WBC champ Vitali Klitschko won't make it past the ninth round of their title bout next week. Rahman said Klitschko will take an unprecedented beating b...

Holyfield: He Should of Stopped After Toney

If you're anything close to being a serious boxing fan, you have to have a lump in your throat about now. I know that I do. It never fails in boxing, all the character traits that spur fighters on to achieve greatness, always comes back to get them i...

My Opinion, Your Opinion

O-pin-ion: 1.unproven belief or assessment. 2.view held as probable. 3.what one thinks about something. 4a. professional advice b. Law formal statement of reasons for a judgement given. That is the definition given for the word "opinion" in the Oxfor...

Sugar Ray Leonard - The Only Other Sugar

He was named after singer Ray Charles and even called up the one and only Sugar Ray Robinson to ask if it was OK to borrow his moniker, "Sugar Ray." Ray Charles Leonard was born on May 17, 1956. When his boxing career concluded he would be best known...

Mike Tyson: Who Has He Beat ?

A couple nights past, I was having a conversation with someone who I hold in high regard when it comes to boxing insight. We were going back and forth between Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis, as to who fought the better fighters. One of the first...

Jimmy Young: How He Exposed 'The Greatest'

The 1976 heavyweight title bout between champion Muhammad Ali (50-2) and challenger Jimmy Young (17-4-2) is most remembered for the decision rendered by the referee and two judges scoring the fight. Ali won a 15-round unanimous decision over Young to...

Jimmy Young: A Career Worth Remembering

Jimmy Young stood slightly over 6'1" and weighed between 209 and 213 pounds during the prime fighting years of his career from 1974-77. His style was hard to interpret. Some considered him a boxer and others viewed him as a counterpuncher. He was kno...

Physical Strength And Punching Power

One of the biggest misconceptions in boxing, is the strength versus punching power correlation. Throughout the history of prize fighting, we've seen many examples of it in all weight divisions. Some fighters have possessed neck breaking power, but th...

What IF: Sonny Liston vs. Mike Tyson

What IF former heavyweight champions Sonny Liston and Mike Tyson faced each other on their best night? Imagine Liston and Tyson staring each other down seconds before the first round. Other than possibly former heavyweight champ George Foreman, Listo...

Castillo Left Hook Flattens Corrales

Obviously, Jose Luis Castillo failing to make the 135 pound lightweight limit for the biggest fight of his life is very telling. It's also a pretty good indication that he'll probably be moving up in weight to finish his career. Never before did Cast...

Give Jose Luis Castillo Credit - He's No Roy Jones

This past weekend, the boxing public was duped into spending fifty dollars for a fight with the hopes of seeing a great fighter/champion redeem himself. Instead, they saw that great fighter show up and fight like he was the sparring partner of a grea...

Tarver Didn't Forget, How To Beat Jones In Rubber Match

Tarver's victory over Jones tonight is as big of win as his stunning knockout was in their rematch, and in time may prove to be even more significant. Had they never fought again, when ever the two fights between them would be discussed, you'd hear,...

Thirty Years Later - The Building Blocks of "The Thrilla In Manila" Part 2

With Bugner out of the way, Ali vs. Frazier III was on. This time the winner would have the historical bragging rights over the other. In what was a complete role reversal after their first fight, Ali was on top of the world and Frazier was looking...