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Bernard Hopkins leading the charge for old men in combat sports
Bernard Hopkins will turn 45 on January 15. One day later, his old rival Roy Jones Jr. turns 41. And if they have their way, the two of them will meet sometime in the months after, in a rematch that h...
Bad Left Hook Best of the Decade: Junior Middleweight
Now that 2009 is getting close to wrapping up, it means this decade is almost over. Before the end of the year, I hope to get through all the weight classes, presenting to you some choices for t...
Wednesday Morning Notes: No evidence in Pavlik assault claim
WFMJ is reporting that there is "no evidence" to support a 45-year old man's claim that middleweight world champion Kelly Pavlik punched him in the groin, which is hardly a surprise. Ronald Cappitte w...
Ranking the Junior Middleweights: June 1, 2009
The division between glory classes welterweight and middleweight often gets ignored, but it has recently become one of the more active and TV-featured classes out there, thanks to some good young figh...
WBC stuns world by doing the right thing and ordering Forrest-Martinez
The WBC put the kibosh on Vernon Forrest and promoter Gary Shaw's idea to have the WBC junior middleweight titlist face Charles "Killa" Whittaker in the Cayman Islands in April, and has ordered that ...
Williams punishes Phillips, Arreola-Walker fireworks steal the show
Paul Williams won his third straight fight in his third straight different weight class, beating Verno Phillips by doctor/referee stoppage after eight rounds of body bashing, and Chris Arreola won a ...
Bad Left Hook Fight Night: Paul Williams v. Verno Phillips
The show starts at 10pm ET on HBO, and we'll be here with live, round-by-round coverage and scoring. The holiday weekend is winding down, and what better way to relieve yourself the stress of wanting ...
Money Talks: Williams-Phillips and more
Personally, I don't think Ted wore the white outfit nearly enough. As always, odds are taken from Bodog. Paul Williams is a MASSIVE favorite (-1100) against Verno Phillips (+600) in the H...
Paul Williams will fight anyone in November
Early talk was that WBO welterweight titlist Paul Williams wanted to defend his belt when he returns to action on November 29, live on HBO. Now, following a one-round blowout of Andy Kolle at middle...
Ranking the Junior Middleweights: May 2008
The junior middleweights (154 pounds) are one of boxing's admittedly weakest divisions. With no truly big names and no marquee titleholders, plus a vacant Ring Magazine championship, the division woul...
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