It wasn’t difficult for boxing fans to pick Roy Jones to win his January 19th showdown with Felix Trinidad at Madison Square Garden. Trinidad, coming back to the ring after a long two year layoff was the heavy underdog. Stylistically, it would be a complete mismatch; Jones’ speed, technical ability and much more natural 170lb ...
A phrase I read more often when boxing pundits discuss the career of Oscar de la Hoya is that “he has never defeated a great champion in his prime.” It is a controversial statement to direct at a six division champion who is also the most financially successful non-heavyweight of modern times, having been involved ...
Oba Carr was born in Detroit, Michigan on May 11, 1972, and learned to box in the legendary Kronk Gym, the same institution that produced Tommy “Hitman” Hearns. He turned pro in December 1989, racking up a 20-0 record before he met 140 lbs gatekeeper Livingstone Bramble in October 1991. In his first stern test, ...
Origins… Felix “Tito” Trinidad, is, like Miguel “Angel” Cotto, a Peurta Rican boxer (or former boxer if you’d rather). Tito (as he will mainly be called from here on in for the purpose of the review), was born Flix Juan Trinidad Garca (otherwise known as Felix Trinidad Jnr) and was born on the 10th of ...
Ronald Wright was born on November 26th, 1971 in Washington, DC, but he grew up in St. Petersburg, FL. It has been his home ever since. Wright learned to box starting at age 16 in Dan Birmingham’s gym (which also produced 168 lbs puncher Jeff Lacy). It was rather a late start for a man ...
Terry Norris was born on June 17, 1967 in Lubbock, Texas. He was a natural athlete, as was his brother Orlin (who would also become a world champion boxer), and excelled at baseball. Norris was so good at America’s national pastime that he was being eyed by a number of college and universities and sporting ...
The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics was one of the historic events forming the background of world affairs in the 1980s. Taking place prior to the Soviet thaw under Gorbachev, it was boycotted by the Communist bloc in retaliation for the US-led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Games. Set in the center of the Reagan Years ...