Unified and Undisputed in 2008

Posted by MICHAEL AMAKOR on Feb 9, 2011 in Editorial | Comments Off on Unified and Undisputed in 2008
By Michael Amakor 2007 was another great year for the sweet science, and historians will trace the renaissance of boxing to this decade. Who can honestly say boxing is dying, just look at the pay per view numbers for Mayweather vs. Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya, Cotto vs. Zab Judah and Mosley, Pavlik vs....
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The Cruiserweights Are Back

Posted by MICHAEL AMAKOR on Feb 9, 2011 in Cruiserweights | Comments Off on The Cruiserweights Are Back
By Michael Amakor The division that once featured the likes of Evander “Real Deal” Holyfield, David Oawi, Orlin Norris, James Toney, Vassily Jirov, and Virgil Hill, has been lackluster for the past couple of years to put it mildly. None of the past champions, except Holyfield had the star...
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Perhaps a Bridge too Far for Oscar? Oscar vs. Mayorga Pre-Fight Analysis

Posted by MICHAEL AMAKOR on Feb 9, 2011 in Pre-Fight Jabs | Comments Off on Perhaps a Bridge too Far for Oscar? Oscar vs. Mayorga Pre-Fight Analysis
By Michael Amakor On Saturday May 6, 2006, there will be an explosion of gagantum proportions as battle tested veteran Oscar De la Hoya tries to seize the WBC Light Middleweight Title from Ricardo “El Matador” Mayorga in a fight labeled Danger Zone at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino Las Vegas in one of...
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Calzaghe Remains Undisputed

Calzaghe Remains Undisputed
Posted by MICHAEL AMAKOR on Feb 9, 2011 in Fight Reports | Comments Off on Calzaghe Remains Undisputed
By Michael Amakor | November 4, 2007 The decade rule of WBO Super Middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe continued uninterrupted as he comprehensively out-boxed the game, strong but technically overmatched Mikkel Kessler to annex the WBA and WBC titles to seal his legacy and supremacy in the 168 pound division...
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20th Title Defense

Posted by MICHAEL AMAKOR on Feb 9, 2011 in Fight Reports | Comments Off on 20th Title Defense
By Michael Amakor Bernard The Executioner Hopkins crushed the challenge to his supremacy of the Middleweight Division by dominating Howard Eastman down the stretch to retain his WBA, WBC, IBF AND WBO Titles. It looked like Hopkins was in trouble in the early rounds as Eastman applied the pressure forcing...
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American Heavyweights Under Attack

Posted by MICHAEL AMAKOR on Feb 9, 2011 in column | Comments Off on American Heavyweights Under Attack
By Michael Amakor | February 26, 2006  I was trying to do a ranking of the champions in the heavyweight division and one thing became quite clear to me, the United States is losing the war for the soul of the heavyweights division to fighters from the former republics of the Soviet Union. This realization...
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Back to the Cruiserweight Division

Posted by MICHAEL AMAKOR on Feb 9, 2011 in Cruiserweights, Editorial | Comments Off on Back to the Cruiserweight Division
By Michael Amakor What can you say about the Cruiserweight Division, for the past several years the Division has been battling in the throes of obscurity, the last time the division generated any excitement was when a certain 1984 Olympic bronze medallist by the name of Evander Holyfield beat Dwight Mohammed...
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Boxing From Bowie

Posted by MICHAEL AMAKOR on Feb 9, 2011 in Fight Reports | Comments Off on Boxing From Bowie
By Michael Amakor from Ringside This boxing event was scheduled to start at about 6pm. The gates remained unopened at 6.30pm, by which time a long queue of people like an army of ants ringed the entrance of the Bowie Baysox arena spilling out into the parking lot. One highlight was the unheralded entrance...
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Brewster Bombs Out Golota

Posted by MICHAEL AMAKOR on Feb 9, 2011 in Fight Reports | 1 comment
 By Michael Amakor In a performance reminiscent of a young Mike Tyson or Jack Dempsey,  Lamon “Relentless”  Brewster unleashed fifteen punches to knockdown the “Foul Pole” Andrew Golota three times en-route to securing a technical knockout victory in the 0.53 second of the  very first...
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Karsniqi Shocks Whoopi

Posted by MICHAEL AMAKOR on Feb 9, 2011 in Fight Reports | Comments Off on Karsniqi Shocks Whoopi
By Michael Amakor Germany’s Luan “The Lion” Karsniqi knocked out NABA Heavyweight and WBO NABO Heavyweight Champion Lance”Whoopi” Whitaker in the sixth round to become the mandatory challenger for the WBO Heavyweight Belt currently held by Lamon Brewster at the...
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King of the Cruiserweights

Posted by MICHAEL AMAKOR on Feb 9, 2011 in Cruiserweights, Fight Reports | Comments Off on King of the Cruiserweights
By Michael Amakor The world of boxing witnessed the Coronation of an Emperor heralding the return of the division. The crown is now perrsonified by WBA Champion Jean Marc Mormeck who displayed fearsome punching power backing up “Big Truck” Wayne Braithwaite thoroughly brutalizing him over twelve rounds...
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Winky Beats Tito!

Posted by MICHAEL AMAKOR on Feb 9, 2011 in Fight Reports | Comments Off on Winky Beats Tito!
By Michael Amakor In a fight that defied all analyst predictions Ronald “Winky” Wright decisively beat three division champion Felix “Tito” Trinidad for the WBC Middleweight title elimination spot in front of a sellout crowd of screaming boxing fans at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.  Tito paid for...
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