By Byron Wallin: Having fallen in love with boxing at a young age, it is with great regret and sadness that this writer finds himself composing this article.
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HBO’s Hershman has his work cut out
By John F. McKenna (McJack): HBO’s Sports new executive Ken Hershman has his work cut out for him when he assumes control of the cable giants Boxing program early next year. Hershman succeeds Ross Greenburg who resigned earlier in the year. HBO’s Boxing division has seen an ongoing decline during Greenburg’s time at the helm.
Herol ‘Bomber’ Graham: The greatest British fighter never to have won a title
By Dan Henderson: Herol ‘Bomber’ Graham born in Nottingham England is truly regarded as the greatest ever British boxer to never have won a world title he was avoided by many including the likes of Marvin Hagler, Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn.
Bellew: Cleverly is one of the weaker champions
By Scott Gilfoid: Challenger Tony Bellew (16-0, 10 KO’s) has to call a spade a spade in taking on WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (22-0, 11 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. Bellew sees Cleverly, along with WBA light heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov, as one of the weak leaks in the division. I totally agree with you, Mr. Bellew. I’ve always seen Cleverly as the weakest link among the champions.
Hershman leaves Showtime to sign on with HBO
By Chris Williams: Ken Hershman, the the executive vice president and GM of Showtime Sports, will be the replacement for Ross Greenburg for the head of sports at HBO. This means that Hershman is leaving Showtime and that’s not good for boxing fans, because Showtime was catching up to HBO ever so slightly in the recent years but mostly because of HBO’s bad habit at times of cramming bad fights and fighters down the throats of fans.
Cotto-Margarito: Miguel in a very dangerous fight on December 3rd
By Dan Ambrose: It’s been three years since Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) was massacred by Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) in an 11th round TKO loss in July 2008. Cotto took a lot of punishment in that fight, enough to where he looked like one of the walking dead from the AMC television program by the end of the fight.
A Beltless Champ?
By Will Humphries: In sport the term “governing body” would normally associate itself with upholding the rules and regulations of a particular sport. Maintaining its structure and most importantly the credibility of the industry should be at the forefront of every decision they make.
Can Arum turn Tim Bradley into a PPV star?
By Dan Ambrose: Bob Arum recently signed WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) to a contract with his company Top Rank Promotions with the idea of turning Bradley into a pay per view attraction and one of his biggest stars.
Interview with “The Boxing Diva”
By Chip Mitchell: Fans get ready! I recently had the pleasure of interviewing “THE DIVA!”, matchmaking and promoter extraordinaire Renee Aiken. Her Diva-Rize-N Promotions presents an event on Saturday October 8 at DC Star Nightclub in Washington, DC to support breast cancer awareness.
Anthony Dirrell targeting Froch-Ward winner
By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten super middleweight talent Anthony Dirrell (23-0, 20 KO’s) wants the winner of the December Super Six finals bout between WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch and WBA champion Andre Ward.