Archive for May, 2013
This Week in Boxing History
TWIBH: May 27, 1983 – Hagler vs. Scypion
The fighters in the ring, the crowd amped up, and Dick Johnson pulls out a saxophone to play the national anthem. He starts in, getting jazzy, dirty. The people at the Civic Center in Providence throw on a backing track for him...
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Former champ Paul Williams paralyzed
In November of 1992, Queen Elizabeth II gave a speech in which she called the year just ending — which saw three marriages in the family fall apart and one of the royal castles heavily damaged by fire — an “an...
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Johnny Tapia: 1967-2012
Five-time world champion Johnny Tapia has died at the age of 45. The fighter’s body was discovered by a family member at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Sunday evening. According to police, authorities were called to the...
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Froch shocks Bute and the boxing world
One must search one’s memory to recall a blowout as unanticipated and surprising as what boxing fans witnessed last night when Carl Froch laid waste to Lucian Bute, battering him about the ring and finally stopping him af...
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Countdown to Bute vs. Froch
Carl Froch and Lucian Bute weighed-in yesterday for their IBF super middleweight World title fight under blazing sunshine in front of the Capital FM Arena. In front of a throng of Froch and Bute fans, both made the weight for t...
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Le Tombeur vs. The Cobra: Intrigue and Intensity
While many of the less biased observers are picking Lucian “Le Tombeur” Bute to get the win against Carl “The Cobra” Froch this Saturday, the matchup still provides plenty of intrigue. That is the reason why fans of all caliber...
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Getting Ready for Bute vs. Froch
So far 2012 has been the best of times and the worst of times, with the worst unfortunately getting the best of it. Early on things looked promising with a whole slate of excellent match-ups: Rios vs. Gamboa, Ortiz vs. Berto II...
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Austin Trout to leave no doubts on June 2
On June 2, a major showdown in the 154 pound division takes place in Carson, California, part of the Showtime “quadruple-header” billed as “Four-Warned,” which also features Antonio Tarver and Winky Wright. While not the main e...
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Lively summer forecast for Canadian boxing
With a handful of exciting fighters making comebacks and some prospects taking the next step forward, it’s shaping up to be a very exciting summer for Canadian boxing fans. Cote Back in Action on Bute-Froch Undercard: After bei...
This Week in Boxing History
TWIBH: May 15, 1992 — Moorer vs. Cooper
Michael Moorer and Bert Cooper were at different stages of their careers when they met for the vacant WBO heavyweight title in Atlantic City. If the 28-0 Moorer was an exciting fighter on the ascent, the Joe Frazier-protégé Coo...