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Joe Frazier Tribute: Jameel McCline Interviews Smokin' Joe in July
Jameel McCline, who himself was a heavyweight contender for years, interviewed the late, great Smokin' Joe Frazier on July 8 of this year in Hollywood, Fla. I've seen it called Frazier's last interview, but I can't really verify if that's 100% accurate or not. But that's not the most important...
Last Five Fights: Cristobal Arreola and Tomasz Adamek
Cristobal Arreola is up first. Fight 1: Israel Garcia (W-TKO-3 / September 25, 2008) Weight: 258 1/2. The last five fights of Arreola's career are, coincidentally, where his conditioning has taken a massive slide backward. Arreola had come in in the mid-250s earlier in his career in junk fights...
Last Five Fights: David Haye and John Ruiz
This Saturday at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, David Haye makes his first defense of the WBA heavyweight title when he faces former titlist John Ruiz, the American veteran best known to most for his fight with Roy Jones Jr., and also well-known in boxing circles for his clutch-and-grab style....
CompuBox: The last two fights of Vitali Klitschko and Chris Arreola
It's hard to really compare historical stats for Vitali Klitschko and Chris Arreola given that Klitschko is a massive step up in competition for Arreola, and that Klitschko's career has a part one and a part two, the latter just two fights old. So with some help from CompuBox, let's look at the...
Williams landslides Wright in Vegas
Former welterweight titlist Paul Williams stepped up to middleweight for a serious test, and won the fight going away, outpointing veteran Winky Wright by scores of 120-108, 119-109 and 119-109. My official BLH scorecard had it 116-112 for Williams, and while all the BLH commenters scoring along...
Bad Left Hook Fight Night: Paul Williams v. Winky Wright
HBO World Championship Boxing starts live at 10pm ET, and we'll be here with live, round-by-round coverage, scoring, analysis and BS for both fights. We hope you'll join us for the return of Winky Wright, and Paul Williams' first real test at 160 pounds! Dan Rafael sums up what most of us probably...
Official Picks for Williams-Wright and Arreola-McCline
Here we go again on our own... This weekend's HBO World Championship Boxing doubleheader will just be part of a night of the sweet science on the network. At 8pm, the documentary Thrilla in Manila will air for the first time ever. The fight has been talked to death over the last three decades,...
Dawson-Tarver II rescheduled for May 9
According to Dan Rafael's Notebook, the postponed rematch between Chad Dawson and Antonio Tarver has been rescheduled for May 9. The fight was originally scheduled for March 14, but delayed due to a minor hand injury suffered by Dawson in training. They could put this fight on any day and it's no...
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