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Saturday Afternoon Notes: Bradley-Campbell, Witter-Alexander all on weight
The weights came in yesterday for Showtime's big 140-pound title double-header tonight in Rancho Mirage, California, and everyone is on point. Timothy Bradley 139 Nate Campbell 138.5 Junior Witter 139 Devon Alexander 138.5 The show will start at 9pm ET, and we'll have live, round-by-round coverage...
Why HBO didn't pick up Klitschko-Chagaev
As everyone knows by now, Ross Greenburg and HBO have declined to pick up the newly scheduled fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Ruslan Chagaev. While there are a number of reasons they didn't pick up the fight, including budget, that they don't have a current contract with Klitschko like they...
Heavy Rotation: Wladimir-Haye falling apart, Peter-Chambers done
Despite earlier reports from Manny Steward (Wladimir Klitschko's trainer) that a fight between the IBF/WBO heavyweight titlist and former cruiserweight champion David Haye was nearly completed, all signs currently point to serious trouble in getting the fight done, which has been proposed for June...
David Haye: Wladimir Klitschko's nightmare?
With WBC heavyweight titleholder Vitali Klitschko forced to accept the mandatory challenge from former cruiserweight standout Juan Carlos Gomez, talks of Vitali facing ex-cruiserweight champion David Haye in mid-2009 hit the backburner. But that doesn't mean that Haye has stopped demanding a...
Boxing's 15 Biggest Losers of 2008
We did this about a year ago, so it looks like it's about time to put the list together once more. Last year, Sergio Mora topped the list, with horrible career decisions and a draw against fringe contender Elvin Ayala, followed by Joel Casamayor, who was the lucky winner in one of the worst-judged...
The 2008 Bad Left Hook Awards
Since the year is all but over and there are but a few even semi-major fights left, and no big American TV cards (I'm not counting the Valuev-Holyfield PPV circus as a big card), it's about time to get into some awards here at BLH. We'll do a top 20 for fights sort of like we did last year, but...
Tomato Cans: October 23, 2008
Hey, good news for Evander Holyfield: he's not going to jail! The former heavyweight champ has some child support issues that still need to be settled within three years (a $100,000 college fund for his 10-year old son), but for now, his home is intact, and this is open but, for the most part,...
Ranking the Heavyweights: October 2008
The heavyweight division is discussed plenty by me, even though I urge boxing fans who don't already do so to really put the heavies on the backburner and pay attention to the lower weights. All whatever this or that aside, the heavyweights will always be interesting, simply because they are the...
Tomato Cans: August 4, 2008
The September 13 head-to-head between Showtime Championship Boxing and HBO pay-per-view is a pretty legitimate question. You have to ask yourself, "Do I want to pay 40-50 bucks to see Joel Casamayor and Juan Manuel Marquez, or does Nate Campbell-Joan Guzman stack up just as well?" The HBO...
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