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Trevor Berbick killed in
Jamaica
28.10.06 - Former world heavyweight champ Trevor
Berbick, 51, was killed in Jamaica on Saturday by an
assailant wielding a hatchet or machete, according
to Reuters.
Berbick, who lost his heavyweight title to Mike
Tyson in 1986 and was the last boxer to fight
Muhammad Ali, suffered a head wound in the attack
and was pronounced dead at the Port Antonio
Hospital.
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Benn in the Hall?
By TED SARES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
When you
think of Nigel Benn, you think of
words like fury, rage, and ferocity.
These were his trademarks in the
ring and provided uncommon
excitement and entertainment.
Unfortunately, his career defining
fight ended with tragic results and
sometimes detracts from his entire
body of work. As one writer stated,
" One man's finest hour was the end
of another man's life as he knew
it."
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The
Dream
By TED SARES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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Many great fighters who have
thrilled us over the years, whether fighting for a
championship belt or at a local club, face retirement
without any kind of financial assistance or access to
medical care. Many suffer from depression, alcohol and
substance abuse, rage disorders, homelessness or being
indigent, and the horrific effects of pugilistic
dementia. Bobby Chacon, about whom I have written at
great length, Willie Pep, Jimmy Ellis and Wilfredo
Benitez, come to mind.
Even the great Joe Louis died penniless. Some, like Greg
Page or Gerald McClellan, have been injured in the ring.
It can occur in a split second. For many ex-fighters, a
combination of these factors adds up to a dismal
outlook.
(Story)
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Photographers Join to Provide
Professionally Licensed Photography
Pompton Lakes, NJ - October 2, 2006
World-class fight
photographers Javiel Centeno, Chris Cozzone and Ed
Mulholland, announced today the formation of
www.fightwireimages.com, a wire service and
high-resolution image library specifically designed to
serve the
needs of the Boxing & Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) world.
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"ShoBox: The New Generation." Update
In a sensational match-up of world-ranked boxers,
once-beaten Kendall Holt collides with undefeated Isaac
Hlatshwayo in a 12-round bout for the vacant NABO
140-pound title in the main event Friday, Nov. 3 on "ShoBox:
The New Generation.''
Holt (20-1, 12 KOs) is ranked No. 13 in the WBA.
Hlatshwayo (26-0, 1 NC, nine KOs) is ranked No. 5 in the
WBC, No. 7 in the WBO and No. 9 in the IBF.
In an excellent "ShoBox" co-feature on SHOWTIME (11 p.m.
ET/PT, delayed on the west coast), Shamone Alvarez
(15-0, 10 KOs) will make his third appearance on "ShoBox''
when he meets fellow unbeaten Enrique Gutierrez (9-0, 7
KOs) in an eight-round welterweight bout.
The Duva Boxing-promoted doubleheader will take place at
Bally's Casino Ballroom in Atlantic City.
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Erik Morales
Pacquiao III Update
ERIK
MORALES WEIGHS IN; OVER 10,000
TICKETS SOLD FOR PACQUIAO VS MORALES
III 'THE GRAND FINALE' ON NOV 18!
Three-time world champion Erik 'El
Terrible' Morales weighed 142 pounds
today and said he felt "unbelievably
strong" while at a press conference
in Mexico City.
Morales has been training in the
mountains at the Otomi which is
north of Mexico City. There, Erik's
father, Jose, has been directing the
training.
Morales and Pacquiao are fighting in
the super featherweight division, at
130 pounds.
"Not only am I am on weight, but I
feel stronger than ever," said
Morales told the fight press in
Mexico City.
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Peak into the Head of a Boxing
Writer
By TED SARES
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A big
disclaimer at the outset. This is just
my opinion and only mine.
Heck, it is virtually impossible to get
two boxing writers to ever agree on
anything.
But I think it might be interesting to
share the mental checklist I use that so
that readers know where at least I am
coming from.
Here are some thoughts in no particular
order:
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Corrales Insider Questions
Business Blunder By
Golden Boy
Shaw Not Letting Chico Jump Over The Wall Without A Fight
Written By William Trillo
www.Pound4Pound.com
Foto Follie: Bret "The Threat" Newton
A member of Team Corrales
told Pound4Pound on Friday afternoon that although he
thinks Diego will eventually end up with Golden Boy, he
is not so sure the deal is 100% official, and now we
know why.
Reports are circulating today that Diego is still
contractually obligated to Shaw for at least one more
fight and the promoter plans on holding Corrales to that
commitment, or else. Like the premature GB announcements
in the past, our source noted, "Look at the Juan Diaz
deal, Golden Boy was saying they signed him, then he
jumped to King!"
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The "Schoolboy" and "Blade"
By TED
SARES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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The headline
read: "Darrin Van Horn, a sophomore at
the University of Kentucky, won his 32d
bout without defeat last night when he
knocked out Norberto Bueno at 1:26 of
the third round of a scheduled 10-round
junior middleweight bout at the Felt
Forum."
I remember noting this in some magazine
back in 1986 and was amazed at this
young fighter's record. He would go on
to win 7 more fights and amass a 39-0
record (23 ko's) before losing a UD to
tough Gianfranco Rosi (48-2 coming in).
But previously, he had whipped Robert
Hines (24-1-1 at the time) for the IBF
Light Middleweight Title, the first of
two world belts he would garner.(Story)
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Bowe in the Hall?
By TED
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Staff Writer FightNightNews
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Record:
42-1-0-1 with 33 wins by ko. Riddick
"Big Daddy" Bowe had great amateur
success and won the silver medal in the
1988 Seoul Olympics, losing to future
undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox
Lewis. Bowe also won the New York Golden
Gloves championship as well as various
tournaments. After winning the silver
medal, he turned professional.
Style: Bowe had great size (6'5"
and weighed approximately 230 pound).
His strength made him very difficult to
fight. He was unusually quick for his
size and fought in an orthodox manner.
Possessing all the tools necessary for
greatness, he could fight just as
effectively on the inside as he could
from the outside and had exceptional
power in both hands as well as a lethal
jab.
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Thinking outside the box: Will the real heavyweight please
stand up?
Please complete
the (1) question questionnaire at the bottom of this
article.
By Jerrell Ellerbe
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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Finding the
real heavyweight prodigy today in 2006
is like trying to find "Where's Waldo."
Perhaps he's considering retirement,
sitting out amongst the pasture of a
sold out crowd or considering packing on
20 or 30+lbs. Maybe there are already
heavyweight champions and we need to be
more grateful.
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Why you should buy Mayweather -
Baldomir in November
By Jerrell Ellerbe
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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Anything can
happen in the sport of boxing.
Mayweather - Baldomir has the potential
to be an extraordinary pay per view
event.
Carlos Baldomir has provided incentives
that he may be able to test Floyd if he
doesn't come correct! In addition, this
could be another feather in Mayweather's
cap, if Baldomir isn't ready to handle
the velocity of Mayweather's attack.
(Story)
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Brock Father: FightNews Report on
SuperFighters is Fabricated
Leaves Door Open to
Participating
By William Trillo
Pound4Pound.com
and Nat Gottlieb
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Calvin
Brock and his father/manager
Calvance are fuming over an
apparently false story that was
planted in FightNews.com which
quoted Calvin as saying he has
removed himself from the $5 million
one-night only, "Superfighter
Heavyweight Boxing Tournament" on
December 1 in Melbourne, Australia.
"That story is fabricated," said a
livid Calvance Brock. The story,
later picked up and run on its blog
by TheSweetScience.com, said that
Brock, who fights Wladimir Klitschko
for his IBF belt Nov. 11, "had been
released from his contract to fight
in the $5 million" tournament."
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Sergei Liakhovich / Shannon Briggs
Conference Call Transcript
The 20-year anniversary celebration of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP
BOXING continues with an exciting world championship
doubleheader on Saturday, Nov. 4, when Sergei "White Wolf"
Liakhovich (23-1, 14 KOs) defends his WBO heavyweight title
against Shannon "The Cannon'' Briggs (47-4-1, 41 KOs) and
WBA lightweight champion Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz (30-0, 15
KOs) risks his crown against Fernando "La Fiera" Angulo
(18-3, 12 KOs).
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The Don
King Productions-promoted twinbill
will air on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/PT
(delayed on the west coast) from
Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz.
Question: Sergei, how is your
training is going?
Liakhovich: Everything is great.
Camp is great. It is everything we
asked.
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Underestimating can be Unhealthy
By TED SARES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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When Ray
Mancini was riding high as the
real-life Italian Stallion, his last
moment in the sun would be when he
met two-time world champion (but
shop worn) Bobby Chacon, 52-6-1 at
the time, and easily beat him in
three rounds. He would then lose his
title by upset stoppage to a then
unknown Livingston Bramble, 20-1-1,
in 1984 but not before giving an all
out effort, the result of which was
an overnight stay at a hospital and
over 70 stitches to close cuts
around his eye. The Mancini camp had
badly underestimated the colorful
Virgin Islander. Bramble's non stop
offensive and sharp punches turned
"Boom Boom's" face into a hideous
and bloody mess.
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Lightening Strikes in Kingston
By TED SARES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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It was
Saturday, November 13, 1984, and
highly touted Jaime Garza was
scheduled to meet rugged Juan "Kid"
Meza in the main event at the Mid
Town Neighborhood Center in
Kingston, NY.
Meza was a clear 5-1 underdog to the
40-0 heavy handed puncher from
Californian who was being compared
to Danny "Little Red" Lopez for his
full throttle offense, porous
defense, and ability to come off the
canvas and put his opponent out. In
fact, Garza won his title some 17
months before by coming off the
floor in typical "Little Red"
fashion to knock out Bobby Berna in
two and take the belt vacated by the
legendary Wilfredo Gomez.
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FNN Exclusive Interview: Adrian
Mora
By Troy
Ondrizek
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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I got a
call a little while back from a boy
of mine and he was praising this
young welterweight prospect named
Adrian Mora.
So I hopped online and found out
that Mora wasn't so young (29) but
was a solid prospect and I left it
at that. My boy called me again
later on and he kept bragging how
good Mora was, so I was like fine,
I'll try to get some video of him,
calm down.
(Story)
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FNN Exclusive Interview: Chauncy
Welliver.
By Troy
Ondrizek
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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Chauncy
Welliver has been the butt-end of
many jokes regarding the heavyweight
division these days.
People have mocked him for his fat
content, of which there is plenty.
Hecklers have fired shots at
Welliver in regards to some dubious
decisions in his favor and his
inability to crack an egg, let alone
a heavyweight's chin.
(Story)
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My "New" Top
Twenty since 1945
By Ted Sares
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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They say
one learns from his or her mistakes.
Let's see if there is any truth to
that as I come up with a revised
list below.
And why since 1945? Because I
actually witnessed each listed boxer
fight at one time or another, and I
don't mean by video.
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Calzaghe vs. Kessler: Someone's "O" must go!
By Ted Sares
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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Joe
Calzaghe, W 42 (31 ko's) - 0 vs.
Mikkel Kessler, 38 (29) ko's) -0 is
a fight that has to be made and
someone's "O" must go! Off their
respective fights with Sakio Bika
and Markus Beyer tonight, Kessler
must be given a reasonable chance to
slow down the Welshman's express
train.
Joe had to battle his way to the
final bell of a very hard night's
work with the game Australian (by
way of Cameroon), Bika, who came to
win. Joe was breathing hard at the
end,On the other Hand, Kessler
brutally dispatched WBC super
middleweight champion Markus Beyer
in three rounds and now owns both
the WBA and WBC 168-pound belts. (Story)
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The case for Virgil Hill in the
Hall (IBHF)
By Ted Sares
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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Next
year Roberto Duran becomes eligible
for induction into the International
Boxing Hall Of Fame and that should
be a slam dunk.
A few years later, Virgil
"Quicksilver" Hill also will become
eligible and I submit a reasonable,
if not compelling case can be made
for his induction as well. Let's
look at the facts.
Virgil won his first fight in 1984
against Arthur Wright in Madison
Square Garden. He defeated Clarence
Osby in 1986 at the Felt Forum in
New York City to win the WBC
Continental Americas Light
Heavyweight Title.
(Story)
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Ebb and Flow
By Ted Sares
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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Certain fights feature what
is known as ebb and flow. If you get lucky, you may see
some, for none are more exciting. The first
Castillo-Corrales fight and many of Micky Ward's fights
are examples of this spectator's delight, and of course,
the ebb and flow classic between Archie Moore and
Canada's Yvonne Durelle in 1958 was one that all
hardcore boxing fans must see or read about.
See a related article I did on FightNightNews entitled,
"Five Indelible Boxing Memories."
Below are a few others to refresh your memory and maybe
wet your appetite for more.
(Story)
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Dibella Entertainment Broadway
Boxing on Oct 20th Cancelled
Show cancelled due to
injuries. Next Broadway Boxing on Tap for November 15th.
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New York, October 12-DiBella
Entertainment announced today that the October 20th
Broadway Boxing Presented by StubHub card at the Grand
Ballroom at Manhattan Center has been cancelled due to
injuries to a number of the participants.
Robert Kamya, who was scheduled to face James "Buddy"
McGirt Jr., suffered a jaw injury. Noriko Kariya, slated
to fight Elisha Olivas injured her wrist, and Darling
Jiminez has a back injury.
(Story)
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Interview: Hot New Trainer Wayne "Pocket Rocket" McCullough
By NAT
GOTTLIEB
Senior Staff Writer FightNightNews
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For 13
years, Wayne McCullough has been a
ring warrior and crowd pleaser.
The
former world champion from Belfast
has turned trainer, and is attacking
his new job with the same relentless
desire to win as he displayed in the
ring. Currently he trains four
fighters, three of whom could be
world champions by the end of 2007,
the other a promising prospect.
(Story)
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A Need for Passionate Advocates
By TED SARES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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Beethaeven Scottland was
born in 1975 and died in 2001 at 26. He was a
light-heavyweight who went into a coma after his
televised fight on ESPN2 with George Khalid Jones on
June 26, 2001.
After taking way too many clean punches to the head, he
collapsed and then passed away on July 1. As a
substitute for David Telesco, he had taken the fight on
short notice. In fact, "Bee," 20-7 coming in, was
scheduled to fight Dana Rucker," but Rucker pulled out
with a legitimate injury. Since Beethaeven was in top
shape, he took the fight against George Khalid Jones on
the U.S.S. Intrepid in New York.
(Story)
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Shannon Angry Trainer Said Camp Was
'In Chaos'
Briggs On Split With Jeff
Mayweather:
'He Wasn't Aggressive Enough'
By NAT
GOTTLIEB
Senior Staff Writer FightNightNews
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When
trainer Jeff Mayweather told Shannon
Briggs last weekend in Phoenix that
he was leaving camp, they seemingly
parted on good terms.
But Jeff being a Mayweather, he
likes to talk, and Briggs isn't
happy with what came out of the
trainer's mouth.
Mayweather told Ryan Songalia, a
reporter for the Philippines boxing
site, PhilBoxing, that Briggs' camp
was in "chaos" because Shannon had
brought in Chuck McGregor last month
to help with the training.
(Story)
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An Interview with the Iceman
By TED SARES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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John
"The Iceman" Scully finished with a
38-11 (21 KO's) record. While his
last fight was in June 2001, he had
no fewer than nine subsequent fights
fall apart on him.
Finally, when one collapsed in the
summer of 2003, a frustrated Scully
stopped trying to get fights. He is
now one of the best young trainers
in boxing.
He was a top contender in the 90's
in a career that saw him fight such
tough opposition as Tim Littles,
Drake Thadzi, Michael Nunn, Billy
Bridges, Tony Thornton, Henry Maske
and Graciano Rocchigiani. John
Scully was a fan favorite and
remains so to this day in his
hometown of Hartford, CT.
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At the Coliseum
By TED SARES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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It was a
wintry February night in 1948 and I
was at the Chicago Coliseum with my
dad to watch recent Italian import
Enrico Bertola duke it out with
Jimmy Bell.
This was a big fight for Chicago
Italians as Bertola was born in
Carrara, Italy and most of his
fights had been fought in Rome.
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Castillo, Arum Get A Good Laugh
Chico Is Not The Man On Vegas
Scales, Loses Title Due To Weight; Bout Going On But Only
Joel Can Capture Vacant Title; Corrales Whacked With
$240,000 Fine And Private Payment To Rival
BY MICHAEL MARLEY
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
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LAS
VEGAS -- That loud laughter you hear
in the background comes from
promoter Bob Arum and Jose Luis
Castillo.
They were accused of being
unprofessional and a lot worse when
Castillo failed to make the weight
to fight Diego "Chico" Corrales but
now it is Corrales who is the
overweight and suddenly stripped
world champion.
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View From Ringside: Jimmy Lange vs.
Thomas Wilt
By ROBERT JONES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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Wilt
Withers Away Late, Lange Wins by KO
Pernell Whitaker Led Dorin Spivey
Loses His Gold Tooth But Wins by UD
Jimmy Lange (27-3-1, 19 KO's)
delighted his hometown crowd as he
took a close fight out of the hands
of the judges by knocking out his
foe, Thomas Wilt (20-6, 4 KO's),
with just 15 seconds to go in the
bout.
Lange, from season one of "The
Contender," has quite the corner
supporting him in this bout. Not
only was Tommy Gallagher, also from
"The Contender," in his corner but
also Muhammad Ali's Hall of Fame
trainer Angelo Dundee acted as a
second.
(Story)
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View From The Tube: Second Round of
Super Middleweight Tournament
By ROBERT JONES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
Jean Paul Mendy
(23-0, 12 KO's) and Anthony Hanshaw (21-0, 14 KO's) advanced
to the finals last night in quite different ways than their
previous wins.
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In
Mendy's first fight of the
tournament he knocked out Dallas
Vargas at 1:45 of the opening
stanza.
Tonight he was forced to go the 10
round distance against previously
undefeated Henry “Sugar Poo”
Buchanan (14-1 11 KO's) but looked
almost as equally impressive in this
fight as in the first-round white
wash.
(Story)
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Interview: Anthony "The Bullet"
Bonsante - "The Contender"
Season I
By ROBERT JONES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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Anthony
"The Bullet" Bonsante (26-8-3, 15
KO's) is set to return to the ring
tomorrow night in Great Falls, VA,
at George Mason University. Bonsante
has lost five out of his last six,
but against great competition, most
recently Allan Green. If the former
Contender alum gets by Larry
Brothers (6-19-3 4 KO's) this
weekend, he hopes to set up an all
Minnesota battle with Matt Vanda.
See what "The #1 Daddy," Bonsante
had to say about that possible match
up, Allan Green's potential, and how
much longer he plans to fight.
(Story)
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Enters World Class!
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The
dream boxing power manager Scott
Hirsch had a year ago, of turning an
inexperienced country boy into a
world-class heavyweight, came closer
to being realized today, as
Arkansas' JD "The Natural" Chapman
has entered the WBC's world ratings
at #14.
The 23-year-old Chapman (25-0, 22
KOs) has fought ten times in the
year he has worked with Hirsch.
Along the way, he's picked up IBF/USBA
Southern Regional, NABC, WBC Latino
and Arkansas State Heavyweight
Championships.
"I'm proud of JD," exclaimed a proud
Hirsch. "Here you have a kid with no
amateur experience and he's worked
extremely hard and fought his way to
within reach of a heavyweight title
shot.
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• Breaking
News - "Kronk" Gym
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Promoter Bobby Bostick and Emanuel
Steward Consider Moving "The Kronk"
Gym to West Palm Beach, FL!!
By ROBERT JONES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
"I'm in negotiations right now with
Emanuel Steward to bring 'Kronk' to
West Palm," promoter Bobby Bostick
told me as we wrapped up our phone
interview.
(Story)
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• The
hype in Antonio Margarito
By: Jerrell Ellerbe
Staff Writer FightNightNews
At Five-feet eleven
inches Antonio Margarito is one of the larger
welterweights lurking in the division. His physicality
and brute strength have made a name for him maybe more
so than his skills in the ring. Without the exposure
needed for ticket sales, Margarito remains labeled under
the superlative "Most likely to defeat Floyd."
With 33 wins, 4 defeats, 1 draw and 24 coming by way of
knockout, Margarito remains at the top of the
welterweight chain. Despite a sufficient rep, network
time and all of the above, Margarito was the Sonny
Liston of this past summer. While Mayweather spent
eternity searching for an opponent, he was criticized
from 50 billion advisors he never knew he hired.
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Holyfield Update
By ROBERT JONES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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Fres
Oquendo to FightNightNews: "I will
win the fight. I will knock the
legend out."
A couple hours after talking to Fres
Oquendo, Mike Marley was able to put
me on the phone with Evander
Holyfield. Holyfield, much like
Oquendo, was busy with the many
members of the press gathered at the
press conference so he didn't have
much time to talk.
Once again, I tried to get the best
questions asked with about the five
minutes I had with him.
Robert Jones: How your
shoulders holding up and how is
training camp doing?
Evander Holyfield: It's
holding up great. Shoulder? I can't
even tell I have a shoulder
(laughs).
(Story)
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• "Fast" Fres Oquendo Update
By ROBERT JONES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
My
bossman, Mike Marley, is in Chicago
set to cover the "big" Nicolay
Valuev-
Monte Barrett fight. While there, he
also attended a press conference
promoting the Fres Oquendo-Evander
Holyfield clash, set for November
10th.
Minutes after the press conference
Marley was able to put me on the
phone with Oquendo, the man who
hopes to end Holyfield's dream of a
fifth world
championship. I did a quickie
interview before Oquendo was whisked
away.
On how training has been to this
point:
"Beautiful. Freddie Roach is doing
great with my training sessions out
in West
Hollywood at the Wild Card Gym.
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EXCLUSIVE!
"Lights Out" Toney
Heading to "Dark Continent" For Peter Rematch?
Duva Vows To Win Purse Bid And Take Fight To Nigeria; Gotzev:
We'll Even Give Toney A Meal On The Flight To Africa;
Toney Going Back To His Roots?
By NAT GOTTLIEB
Senior Staff Writer FightNightNews
James Toney, who vowed to knock out Samuel Peter
in their first fight and send the Nigerian back to Africa
"in a banana boat," may be taking a trip to the "Dark
Continent" himself for their rematch.
Ivaylo Gotzev, Peter's manager, revealed exclusively to FNN
today that Sam's promoter Dino Duva and a group of investors
is gathering a war chest to win what they see as an
inevitable purse bid, and take the fight to Nigeria, where
they would put it on in a soccer stadium, probably in the
country's capital of Lagos.
(Story)
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with Interim IBF Lightweight Champion Julio "The Kid" Diaz
By ROBERT JONES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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The
Sycuan Promoted, Julio "The Kid"
Diaz (33-3 24 KO's) has quite a
large fan base because of his
exciting wins that have been
telecast on ESPN 2's "Friday Night
Fights" over the last couple of
years. He also gained quite a bit of
new fans when he went toe to toe
with Jose Luis Castillo, before it
was stopped in the 10th round. Diaz
has been in the news quite a bit
lately. He was originally supposed
to fight Acelino Freitas in Brazil,
but just a few days ago Freitas
announced his somewhat surprising
retirement from the ring. That's
fine with Diaz though, because he
will now be fighting Jesus Chavez,
November 25th, in McAllen, TX, for
the IBF lightweight championship.
Diaz is in full blown training now,
so he didn't have much time to talk,
but he did speak to us about his
upcoming fight, the Freitas
retirement, and a fight he hopes to
get in the future.
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and Move - "Freeway" Frank Espinoza
By Ricardo Lois
FightNightNews Staff Writer
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Driving
down the 105 Freeway from the Los
Angeles International Airport to my
home in South Gate during the 5:00
o'clock rush hour is maddening. When
I am lucky, Natalie, my two year old
daughter, takes a nap and I call
boxers, managers, or whoever else
might entertain me.
Today's victim was "Fearless" Frank
Espinoza, manager of current junior
featherweight top perro Israel
Vazquez. FightNightNews boss man
Michael Marley coined Frank,
"Fearless", but I like to call him
"Freeway" Frank.
(Story)
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• Five indelible boxing memories
By TED SARES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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Tracking all the way back to 1945. I
have watched literally thousands of
fights during my 69 years of life
and consider myself something of an
aficionado. I have seen some things,
I'll tell you. The unpredictable
excitement that was Bob Satterfield,
the fights between Charles, Louis
and Walcott. LaMotta-Robinson, Ward-Gatti,
Ward-Green, Ward-Augustus,
Zale-Graziano, Corrales-Castillo,
Ali-Frazier, Patterson-Johansson,
and Barrera-Morales.
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• Interview: Season One of "The Contender" Star Peter Manfredo Jr.
By ROBERT
JONES
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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Peter
Manfredo (25-3 11 KO's) is now less
than two weeks away from his October
14th battle with undefeated prospect
Joey Spina (19-0-1 14 KO's).
Manfredo is well known for being on
the hit shot "The Contender," not
only in American, but all over the
world, as he tells us in this
interview.
He also told what he
thought about this season of "The
Contender," his thoughts on Spina,
and if the rumors are true he could
be next in line for Roy Jones Jr.
Robert Jones: You're father,
Peter Sr., was also a fighter. Is
that what influenced you into
becoming a fighter?
Peter Manfredo: Yeah, I kind
of had no choice. When I was five
years old I was in the gym.
He was a
fighter and my uncle was a fighter.
So, it was kind of like a family
thing.
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• Interview
with Gary Shaw of Gary Shaw Productions
By Jerrell Ellerbe
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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JE-
"What's going on Mr. Shaw? How are
things going for you?"
GS - "Very well. Thank God."
JE - (Laughing)
JE - "Can you give the world your
opinion of the upcoming match-up
with Diego Corrales and Joel
Casamayor? How do you see this fight
going?"
GS - "I think it'll be a war. I
think its bad blood between both
fighters and this trilogy.
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• The
BIOFILE Monte Barrett
By SCOOP MALINOWSKI
Staff Writer FightNightNews
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Status: Heavyweight contender
will challenge WBA champ Nikolay
Valuev on October 7th in Chicago,
LIVE on HBO.
Ht: 6-3
Wt: 220
Born On: May 26, 1971 In:
Greenville, North Carolina
Childhood Heroes: "Muhammad
Ali, that's it."
Hobbies/Interests: "Spend
time with my kids. Play chess. Play
basketball."
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• Remember
Where you Heard it First
Fight Night News is killing the
Competition, Remember Where You Heard it First
By Ricardo Lois
Fight Night News Staff Writer
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October
3rd, 2006 - Seems like more and more
breaking news on other boxing web
sites is appearing here long before
it graces the cover of other "up to
the minute" news outlets. Marley's
minions are starting to spread
across the boxing world.
The recent piss fighting between
Dan Goossen and
Lou DiBella is classic and we
can thank top-notch writer Nat
Gotttlieb. Best thing is, nobody has
to pay a dime to read the dogfight
between two of boxing's biggest
promoters.
(Story)
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There is no doubt that the Internet has pumped much-needed blood into the
staggering sport of boxing. There are five or six web sites which provide
lively information, fight results and even sometimes insightful analysis.
Unfortunately, some of the writing seems to be at the fifth-grade level.
Much of what passes for boxing "writing" now is done by fans. Newspapers, for
the most part, have abandoned the boxing beat. It seems ridiculous but there
are so-called boxing "writers" at major papers who cover as few as three or
four fight cards each year.
Now comes (forgive the egotism
but, as Ali said, "it ain' bragging if you
can do it")
something completely different. I call it Michael
Marley's FightNightNews.com
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Has it only been
one month today
since
FightNightNews.com
jumped feet
first into the
internet boxing
web site fray? I
thought The New
York Post had
too many
editions and
made me work too
hard, lol.
The Post was a
picnic compared to
this.
The Post used
to go to sleep when
the final edition
was put to bed.
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That's when
legendary editor
Steve Dunleavy would
commence his
never-ending
Drinking Olympics at
Marie's or the
always-opened dive
bar at the Fulton
Fish Market, Louie's
I think it was known
as. Great place for
pre-dawn and dawn
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Can you write with
intelligence, style
and skill about
boxing?
The hottest new
boxing site around,
FightNightNews.com is
seeking
writers/reporters
who want to write
about boxing events
in their home areas.
We cover the
waterfront, the huge
Vegas PPV cards and
the local club fight
shows from Arkansas
to Alaska. We're
also looking for
photographers and
people who can do
video interviews
with boxing figures.
We also invite
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