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Which One Is The Real Santa Claus?

Merry Christmas (!) from two heavily-tattooed men who plan to punch the snot out of each other Saturday night on Showtime — Kendall Holt, left, and Demetrius Hopkins, right, fighting for Holt’s junior welterweight (140 lbs.) alphabet title belt.  (Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime)

Tomasz Adamek – Steve Cunningham Video; Fight Of The Year?

For those boxing fans without Versus — and I know too many who go without — Thursday night heralded its official arrival as a real player on the boxing scene with its broadcast of a great card headlined by the tremendous cruiserweight (200 lbs.) championship fight between Tomasz Adamek and Steve Cunningham. Every boxing fan […]

Holt-Hopkins: Preview and Prediction

I have to admit that I am having a bit of an emotional letdown in light of the recent announcement that the much anticipated rubber match between Kendall Holt and Ricardo Torres was called off due to Torres coming down with an illness.  The previous two fights of this burgeoning rivalry were filled with enough […]

In A Sensational Fight, One Of 2008’s Best, Adamek Squeaks By Cunningham

NEWARK, N.J. — Tomasz Adamek and Steve Cunningham fought each other to a standstill for 12 rounds to produce a strong finalist for the best boxing match of 2008. That Adamek won and became the lineal cruiserweight (200 lbs.) champion of the world ultimately proved secondary; this was an exceptional fight in every imaginable way, […]

Live Blog For Cunningham – Adamek, Agbeko – Gonzalez

NEWARK, N.J. — This live blog could jump around the page a little bit as I post dispatches about the non-televised undercard, but please do join us later this evening as I file running commentary of the televised Versus card that starts at 8 p.m. (Since a couple undercard fights could end up making the […]

Cunningham – Adamek Undercard Results And Diary

NEWARK, N.J. — We’re just getting underway as I write this. I’ve managed to snag a ringside media seat and I’ll keep a running diary/undercard results tally. To the right is a photo of my view. Since, as I said, some of the non-televised undercard bouts might make the Versus broadcast if things run short, […]

Klitschko – Rahman: Preview & Prediction

Most – including myself – view today’s heavyweight division with a sense of apathy.  Standing atop the mountain of mediocrity that is today’s behemoths is Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko.  After being written off following a devastating loss to Lamon Brewster in 2004, Klitschko has rebounded going undefeated since that loss. Thought many consider Wladimir to be […]

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