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Tuesday Morning Notes: Roy Jones-Danny Green looks good to go
The biggest "breaking" news of the morning comes from Australia, where a satellite press conference will be held later today to announce a fight between Roy Jones Jr. and Danny Green. I guess the idea must be to go forward with it no matter what Jones does against Jeff Lacy in August, because as...
Ray Mercer's KO of Tim Sylvia
Note just how much Sylvia really does look like a tree falling over. Timber! If anyone rational wants to know my opinion of what this means in the great pretend war between MMA and boxing, it means absolutely nothing. Listen, I've never met Tim Sylvia. I genuinely assume he's a nice guy. But I...
Miguel Cotto takes split decision over Joshua Clottey
Quick Update: 48-year old Ray Mercer knocked out former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in 10 seconds with a right hand. Good for you, Papa Ray. Miguel Cotto overcame a nasty cut that came from an accidental headbutt and wound up outpointing Joshua Clottey over 12 rounds at Madison Square...
Tomato Cans: A Slow Week, Approaching a Big Weekend
Coming off of what has definitely been a pretty slow week for action but a fairly big week for heavyweight switcheroos, here are some thoughts bouncing around in my brain right now. This weekend's Miguel Cotto-Joshua Clottey fight is the first truly marquee fight since Hatton-Pacquiao on May 2, and...
Monday Evening Notes: Miranda potentially in trouble
The California State Athletic Commission confiscated a suspicious substance from Edison Miranda's corner on Saturday, and there is a chance the Colombian fighter could be in some measure of trouble. It would seem to me that it most likely was something perfectly legal, but you never know, I guess....
Get your Mercer-Sylvia hype!
The ad for the big MMA-boxing showdown between Tim Sylvia and Ray Mercer: Ah, yes. Tim Sylvia: Bringing respect to MMA by beating up a man three years from his AARP membership. In theory, anyway. This is just awful. I do hope Ray and Tim make some decent money. It's not their fault.
Mercer and Sylvia will box in a cage
You might have heard recently that the New Jersey State Athletic Commission denied sanctioning for a boxing match between 47-year old Ray Mercer and former UFC heavyweight champ Tim Sylvia. But don't worry. The fight will go on. In a cage. They're going to box in a cage. They're going to box in...
My Non-Holiday Boxing Wishlist
Wishlists are not an uncommon feature in sports writing, but usually they happen around some holiday. "Christmas Wishlist for Boxing" pops up somewhere every year. Me? Late March. I'm a rebel, baby. By the way, I'm going to update the picks contest stuff sometime in the next few days. I'm not...
Ray Mercer to fight former UFC champ Tim Sylvia in boxing match
Former heavyweight titlist Ray Mercer, who turns 48 in April, will fight ex-UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in a boxing bout in the main event of Adrenaline MMA III. Mercer (36-7-1, 26 KO) is on a streak where he's won six of his last eight and Sylvia's manager Monte Cox is attempting to...
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