It’s not a changing of the guard or a passing of the torch scenario, but basic economics. In a time of financial uncertainty around the globe, the historic lightweight division has fallen into a recession of talent and relevance. During th...
By Troy Ondrizek - Much is being made of Cristobal Arreola’s ring return on December 5th following the life lesson he was forcibly given in September; compliments of Vitali Klitschko and his fist. Truly it’s remarkable that the young man from Southe...
By Troy Ondrizek - Without David Haye, we wouldn’t know nor care about the happenings in Nuremberg this on Saturday night. On the same night, HBO is offering up the sequel to Chad Dawson and Glencoffe Johnson’s thrilling fight, leaving the “other fig...
At the Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida, the second IBF title fight of the evening saw two light welterweight stalwarts had a tough act to follow. Former titlist and fan favorite Randall “The Knock-Out King” Bailey and current titlist Juan “Iron Twin...
In one of boxing’s best venues, the Hard Rock Live arena in Hollywood Florida hosted two IBF title fights. The first of which was contested in the light heavyweight division between longtime veteran and former titlist Clinton Woods (42-5-1, 24KO) fr...
Featherweight Rances Barthelemy (2-0, 2KO) opened up the non-televised portion of ESPN’s final Friday Night Fights of the season with a spectacular 1st round KO of overmatched Vineash Rungea (2-14, 0KO). Rungea looked as if he has never found a doub...
By Troy Ondrizek - When ESPN went looking for a quality fight to headline their last Friday Night Fights of the season, it’s obvious they wanted to go out with a bang. Come August 28th, Juan Urango and Randall Bailey will literally slug it out for b...
At first, we felt deprived. As the much anticipated bout between England’s David Haye (22-1, 21KO) and Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko (52-3, 46KO) was called off due to a back injury suffered by Haye. It was the most talked about heavyweight fight si...
One of the more decorated amateur heavyweights on the American scene in recent years, Travis Kauffman was supposed to be a big thing. However, things have been a bit tumultuous in the beginning, but the 23 year old from Reading Pennsylvania is final...
It is a wonderful time to be a boxing fan. Manny Pacquiao has the mainstream media still talking, weeks after he destroyed Ricky Hatton’s career. Floyd Mayweather Jr. has announced that he really never left the sport and has recently been seen argu...
By Troy Ondrizek - I doubt that I’m the only person who was annoyed at how the Wladimir Klitschko/David Haye negotiations were going, and how they held most of the attention in the heavyweight division. It’s a good fight and I’m sure as the June even...