By Jessica Sinyard The name Emanuel Steward has been synonymous with success in one of the most physically and psychologically demanding sports there is for a total of more than three decades. One of the most revered and respected trainers of a generation (or two) who has consistently provided the voice of...
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Written by: Cain Bradley I found out about Fernando Montiel in February 2008. A wonderful night mainly due to two great fights on the undercard before Kelly Pavlik – Jermain Taylor 2. Montiel was fighting and he excited and impressed me. He knocked Castillo down twice and stopped him in the 4th round. I...
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Written by: Javseer Singh Gill Usually sitting at the front row of most of Britain’s biggest boxing shows is former pound-for-pound contender and British boxing legend ‘Prince’ Naseem Hamed, perhaps as a reminder to any potential world titlists. But what is Naz reminding them of? Is he a reminder of the glory they can...
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Written By: Jamie Hooper I generally don’t tell people this, but I have followed Audley Harrisons professional career since the Sydney Olympics ten years ago. It’s a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine, we all have them, for example I have ‘ Aba’s Greatest Hits’ on my ipod – I don’t tell anyone...
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Written By: Armando Paz While most teenage boys at the age of 15 are thinking about girls, video games, and puberty the pugilist prodigy Wilfred Benitez was knocking out men twice his age. Benitez was born in the Bronx, New York in 1958. His family moved back to Puerto Rico when he was...
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After the disappointment of losing twice to Jr Jones, Barrera came back from his ten month layoff with six straight wins. With his confidence returning, he could once again focus on his mission to become Mexico’s greatest ever fighter. This was never going to be an easy task, emerging into the Junior Feather...
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Written By: Armando Paz If you are a fan of sports or even music you surely have witnessed an athlete or a musician that stayed performing way past their prime. For some musical acts they try to cash in on their past glories while charging steep ticket prices for a generation of baby boomers...
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By Jamie Hooper Barrera didn’t have the start in life that you would expect from a typical boxer. Boxing for most boxers is seen as a way out , they draw their strength from the desire to free themselves and their families from poverty stricken areas. It is often asked why boxing is dominated...
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By Jamie Hooper Part one of three “Tonight was Barrera’s night. It was the night the ‘Baby faced assassin’ became a stone cold killer.” Roy Foreman I am often asked who my favorite boxer is. It comes as a surprise to some people that my answer is not Muhammad Ali, Sugar ray Leanard/Robsinson, Durran...
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by Ted Sares Ted Sares looks back on Steve Collins, the Irishman who challenged for world titles at middleweight and then in the mid-1990s went on a run that qualifies him as one of the great super middleweights in the division’s short history. I’ll fight him in a phone box in front...
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