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Barrera Dominates, Mosley Bores, Chavez Retires (?) and We Pray for Johnson

Some weekends you see almost everything in boxing and this past weekend has been such an occasion. Now, we may not have witnessed any remarkable fights and nothing may have been settled in any division but we still saw plenty. First and foremost,...

The Next Generation of Boxing Stars

Many have complained to me recently about the lack of prospects in the sport of boxing. Actually I find this to be quite untrue as we have a new crop of champions and those that are ready to fight for world titles in Samuel Peter, Jeff Lacy, Jermain...

Hatton and Calzaghe Going Wobbly?

With only six-weeks between Joe Calzaghe and a mega-fight for big money with Jeff Lacy, he decides to take on a non-mandatory 5'7 Super-Middleweight for a small payday. During the course of this meaningless fight, Calzaghe is injured and now says...

Raheem Schools Morales: Now Must Fight Top Rank

School was in session this past Saturday. Erik Morales was the pupil and Zahir Raheem was his disciplinarian. The befuddled Morales couldn’t figure out why Raheem didn’t want to stand in the middle of the ring and play the game “I hit you and now y...

A Closer Look at The Tune-Ups For Morales and Pacquiao

This weekend boxing fans will tune into HBO to watch two fights that are being called “tune-up bouts” by most in boxing. The common line of thinking is that Erik Morales (48-2) will make easy work of Zahir Raheem (26-1) and Manny Pacquiao (39-3-2) w...