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 ...
Although the Olympic movement is one of international athletic amity, the stakes involved and simple human error have produced a string of scoring scandals over the years. The most interesing thing about officiating scandals at the Olympics is actually how few of them there have been. Most professional sports organizations have a much longer, richer ...
The Jordan Trunner was one of the flagship shoes from Nike’s Michael Jordan-directed Jordan Brand in 1998. Originally endorsed by NFL star Randy Moss and champion boxer Roy Jones Jr., the Trunner is a hybrid shoe that sought to be suitable as a “trainer” and as a “runner” in the same package, hence the name. ...
In what appeared to be a ‘less than interesting’ sport in the wake of the absence of ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson, boxing fans needed a new figure to turn to. Besides, the graciousness and ring savvy of fighters such as Oscar De La Hoya, no other fighter appeared with such charisma, skill and craft than Roy ...