He saved a young Cassius Clay when he was in trouble in England, convinced Sugar Ray Leonard that he could somehow overcome the fearsome Tommy Hearns. Angelo Dundee worked thousands of corners, and had just as many stories about fighters and the games they played in the ring.
The emergence of mixed martial arts (MMA) as a legitimate sport in recent years has brought with it some of the same challenges in officiating that have plagued the sport of boxing for some time.
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The mere mention of Nicole Polizzi, aka Snooki, promoting boxing to the diehard fan leaves them baffled and confused. What does Snooki, known for her wild party girl antics on MTV’s the Jersey Shore, know about boxing?
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Feb. 7, 2012) – Both Elvin Ayala and “Hammerin’” Hank Lundy have reached the point in their careers where they can no longer hide behind past accomplishments without facing each test the sport of boxing has to offer.
Late last year, Brooklyn rapper Michael Passias (better known as Kasual) released the video for “Floyd Mayweather,” a clip that has gone viral. A longtime fight fan, Boxing Insider caught up with Kasual to discuss “Floyd Mayweather,” the sweet science, the music industry, and more!
It is important as a writer to try your best to keep your opinions unbiased, and to remain as objective as possible. Despite this, it is difficult to not have your personal history influence the way you view the world.
There has not been a lot of action involving our current 'pound-for-pound' combatants in 2012 thus far and despite rumours over Christmas that Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao might finally get it on in May, that fight looks further away than ever.
Sadly this has been a bad two days for boxing with the passing of middleweight Gene Fulimer, Goody Petroelli, the trainer and manager of Marvin Hagler, and on Wednesday the passing of referee Wayne Kelly and legendary trainer Angelo Dundee.
The way Bob arum sees it a second fight with Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao has not been made. The fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. is another story, and according to Arum, Mayweather can keep his May 5 date but it won’t be with Pacquiao.
At this point, I don’t even care who’s considered guilty of blocking the long-awaited Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight. I’m over it, for now. It seems Floyd has found his next opponent in Miguel Cotto.
San Antonio, Texas – Nonito Donaire Jr.’s left hand was a bloody mess after his 12 round championship fight against Puerto Rico’s Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. But that did not deter the boxer nicknamed “The Filipino Flash” in dominating a defensive minded Vazquez Jr. to win his 4th title in as many weight class.
This is a relatively slow month if you’re a boxing fan; we’ve gone a few weeks between major fights on the premium networks. If you’re like me, you start to go into withdrawals.
By Scoop Malinowski Presenting a collection of exclusive BoxingInsider.com interviews with the Hall of Fame beloved legend Angelo Dundee... It's always a
Tito Trinidad: “I always want to fight great fighters and I am coming back to fight Roy Jones Jr. because he is one of the greatest in the sport.”
Floyd Mayweather, boxing’s reigning pound for pound king, today donated $50,000 to Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas in support of their “Blitz Build” project. The “Blitz Build” is a program bringing community and volunteers together to construct a home in under a week.
To many he was “The Greatest Fighter of All-Time.” Muhammad Ali would say it that way, and we all believed because it was the truth. On his 70th birthday Tuesday, boxing once again received some deserved acclaim and a lot of that has to be attributed to Ali.
THERE was always more to Sugar Ray Leonard than the smile and his role as the eternal good guy of boxing.
We are called judges. We are not jurors. Fights that go to a decision are decided by judges, not jurors. What is meant by that is that the winner of a fight is determined by the scores of the majority of the three judges sitting at ringside.
