Muhammad Ali Buys Home Near Louisville

Washington Post - LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Muhammad Ali and his wife, Lonnie, have bought a $1.8 million home that will bring the three-time heavyweight boxing champ closer to his native Louisville. Mike Fox, president of the Muhammad Ali Center, told The Courier-Journal
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Eyes of a tiger
Daily Progress - Boxing is about as foreign to Central Virginia as greeting-induced gun violence, but Robles is helping bring the sport to the center stage. On Saturday he will fight in the main event in the first professional boxing match in the greater
Source: www.dailyprogress.com

Morning Tipoff
Bismarck Tribune - Redskin John Riggins had more than 100 yards rushing in four consecutive playoff games. He capped his run with a Super Bowl record 166 yards on 38 carries, earning MVP honors in 1983. Playback 10 years ago (1997): Del Seelye roams through the boxing
Source: www.bismarcktrib une.com

Muhammad Ali
Forbes - E-Score is a celebrity appeal ranking, comprised of 46 separate personality attributes. E-Score evaluations are provided by E-Poll Market Research, which has a database of more than 2,800 celebrities. The boxing legend sold the rights to his name and
Source: www.forbes.com

Klamath Falls cage fighter wins pro debut
Herald and News - Graham, who is undefeated as professional boxer for the Klamath Cage Fighters, part of Klamath Basin Boxing and Fitness, had a 16-2 record in cage fights as an amateur. That included 14 first-round knockouts. He gives the Klamath Falls club two
Source: www.heraldandnews.com

Harrison fails to attend tribunal
BBC News - Scott Harrison remains banned from boxing after failing to appear before a British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) tribunal on Wednesday. The ex-WBO featherweight champion was summoned after pulling out of his defence agains t Nicky Cook. Harrison had
Source: news.bbc.co.uk


If the pain wanders, do not waste your time with doctors.
- Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

The Best of Hi-Def

Wired - The 37-inch LCD set is a featherweight at 56 pounds with its base. Hangs on the wall with standard mounts. Solid upscaled DVD playback. TIRED: Bare-bones price equals bare-bones input options: No analog or HD tuner; you'll need to provide your own
Source: www.wired.com

European Boxing Roundup: Krasniqi-Brewster II?
East Side Boxing - Frenchman Cyril Thomas have relinquished the EBU featherweight title. Dane Spend Abazi and Ukrainian Yuri Voronin are co-challengers for the vacant title with January 30 as deadline for agreement or pursebids. Abazi is of course still in line to
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com

Memories of two 65-year-old sports heroes
Chattanooga Times Free Press - viewing the beginning of his career, I thought he was mouthy, disrespectful and overly full of himself, but he certainly could box â€" a former Olympic light heavyweight champion now winning as a pro heavyweight by fight ing like a featherweight. Still
Source: www.timesfreepress.com

Sports Watch
WNEM - LONDON (AP) _ Former W-B-O featherweight champion Scott Harrison remains suspended after failing to appear at a hearing to explain why he withdrew from a title defense last month. The Scottish fighter pulled out of the December ninth defense against
Source: www.wnem.com

To the MAXson: Boxing's simple formula
Rebel Yell - The stage is set for the grand finale of a long heated rivalry, with previous matches turning into unprecedented super featherweight brawls with Morales winning a unanimous decision and Pacquiao taking a 10th round TKO victory, the first ever
Source: www.unlvrebelyell.com

Boxing: Distance no object as Hatton earns return ticket to Vegas
Times Online - He started well; indeed, he believed that he had started so well that he compared himself to Willie Pep, the American featherweight of the 1940s and 1950s who was so technically good that, legend has it (wrongly), he once won a round without throwing
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Bernard Fernandez | Thompson won't let career fade into sunset
Philadelphia Daily News - In addition to Anthony Thompson, another Philly guy appearing on the card is featherweight Eric Hunter (5-0, 3 KOs), who takes on Carlos Vinan (6-3, 1 KO). But one local fighter who won't be on the card is Zahir Raheem , who originally was scheduled to
Source: www.philly.com

WBC allows Barrera to defend title
FOXSports.com - WBC president Jose Sulaiman says his organization is "very, very, very confused" over plans for a possible super featherweight title bout between reigning champion Marco Antonio Barrera and mandatory challenger Manny Pacquiao. In a phone conversation
Source: msn.foxsports.com

Bute retains WBO title with decision over Russian Sergey Tatevosyan
SLAM! Sports - Super-featherweight Benoit Gaudet of Drummondville, Que., won all eight rounds of a free-swinging bout with 19-year-old Mexican David Tyson Gomez. Both fighters are now 11-1. Super-lightweight Antonin Decarie (13-0) of Montreal made the first trip
Source: slam.canoe.ca


Aaron Antonovsky (1987).
Unraveling The Mystery of Health: How People Manage Stress and Stay Well. We are coming to understand health not as the absence of disease, but rather as the process by which individuals maintain their sense of coherence (i.e. sense that life is comprehensible, manageable, and meaningful) and ability to function in the face of changes in themselves and their relationships with their environment.

Boxing: Mason to step into ring

He would sit in his dingy cell in Cessnock jail, the fallen brother of rugby league star Willie Mason, a man riven with anger. A few metres away sat mass murderer Ivan Milat.

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Predictably, Peter upset
By Lyle Fitzsimmons, Boxing Contributing Editor Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Samuel Peter is having his own, ahem.. 'Nigerian Nightmare.

Prominent Iraqi boxer found dead
Prominent Iraqi boxer found dead Posted 1/26/2007 1:11 PM ET BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The body of a well-known Shiite boxer was found in central Baghdad Friday near the dangerous street where he was kidnapped several days ago, police said.

Rahman in talks to fight Sam in May
By John Wawrow, The Associated Press BUFFALO - Former WBC champion Hasim Rahman is close to a deal to fight Sinan Samil Sam in a bout that would pit two of the council's top four heavyweight contenders.


The longer I live the less confidence I have in drugs and the greater is my confidence in the regulation and administration of diet and regimen.
- John Redman Coxe, 1800

Be rich to yourself and poor to your

Be rich to yourself and poor to your friends.

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
- Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, 1903

Hip-Hop Rumors: Freaky Friday

allhiphop.com - Jim Lampley, the famed boxing announcer, was arrested for throwing his girl against a wall after allegedly drinking and smoking that piffery. He was charged with one felony count of domestic violence/corporal injury. See? It ain't just rappers (If
Source: www.allhiphop.com


Mark Twain
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. thanks to Alan Bennett

De La Hoya says no to elder Mayweather

By Chuck Johnson, USA TODAY An official announcement is forthcoming, but Oscar De La Hoya has already decided against having Floyd Mayweather Sr. train him for his May 5 bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Photos: John Duddy-Anthony Bonsante Presser
View the gallery to the New York press conference announcing the upcoming bout

Hatton Captures 140-pound Title By Beating Urango
POSTED: 11:46 pm CST January 20, 2007Las Vegas, NV -- (Sports Network) - Ricky Hatton captured the IBF light welterweight title by scoring a one-sided unanimous 12-round decision over Colombia's Juan Urango.

Harrison fails to attend tribunal
Harrison's career remains on hold Scott Harr ison remains banned from boxing after failing to appear before a British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) tribunal on Wednesday.

Mayweather's dad out as De La Hoya's trainer
NEWSWIRE Mayweather's dad out as De La Hoya's trainer Lance Pugmire;Eric Stephens From Times Staff and Wire Reports January 25, 2007 Oscar De La Hoya has decided not to use trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr.

Former world boxing champion Klitschko plans comeback
Former world boxing champion Klitschko plans comeback Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:56 AM GMT Printer Friendly Top News MORE BERLIN (Reuters) - Former world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko is planning a comeback in April.

Stay out of ring, says Laila Ali
By Kgomotso Sethusha Laila Ali may be the role model for women aspiring to be world-class boxers, but she won't encourage them to get into the ring.

Duddy-Bonsante NYC Presser
25.01.07 - John Duddy: "It's going to be a great night the 16th of March in Madison Square Garden, the arena of all arenas. I thank Anthony (they shook hands). I respect him in and out of the ring.

Boxer Vitali Klitschko to make ring comeback
Boxer Vitali Klitschko to make ring comeback Argentina StarThursday 25th January, 2007 IANS Former world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine, who retired in 2005, is set to make his comeback with a hoped-for title fight in April against


Doc Childre
A healthy, balanced ego expression allows you to perceive a true picture of yourself and builds a solid foundation of security. A balanced ego expression would mean appreciating yourself not just when things are going well, but especially at those times when you slip backward. Appreciate yourself for whatever progress you've made, then use that energy of appreciation to move forward. To dwell in poor-me attitudes or pitiful feelings is inverted vanity. It's a convenient hiding place, but it's still vanity. You can waste enormous amounts of energy in inverted vanity, creating reasons why you or others are to be blamed for something that happened that left you feeling victimized and powerless.

Still Plenty of Fight left in Kathy Duva

For a company said to be a downhill slide, Main Events has managed to be in the news and boxing gossip circles quite a bit of late.

Former champ Vitali Klitschko eyes title
Former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, who retired days before a title defense against Hasim Rahman in November 2005 because of a knee injury, is planning to return to the ring. Gene Blevins/WireImage.

Klitschko to return to the ring
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Mormeck Gets Another Shot at Bell
PARIS -- Jean-Marc Mormeck is getting another chance at O'Neil Bell, and this time he'll have the advantage of fighting in front of a home crowd.

Vitali Klitschko set to end retirement
Kyiv, Ukraine - Former WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will return to the ring in April, more than two years after injuries forced his retirement.

Klitschko to Battle Maskaev in Comeback
Klitschko to Battle Maskaev in Comeback 12:02 PM PST, January 24, 2007 KIEV, Ukraine Former WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will return to the ring in April, more than two years after injuries forced his retirement.

V. Klitschko to return to ring
Vasyl Samokhvalov, who described himself as an 'information adviser' to Klitschko, told the Associated Press on Wednesday that Klitschko would face Oleg Maskaev on April 21 in Moscow.

Oscar De La Hoya speaks on Microsoft's 1 million dollar donation
By Doghouse Boxing (Jan 24, 2007) Doghouse Boxing According to reports, Microsoft Corp. is giving $1 million in software to the Oscar de la Hoya Foundation.

Klitschko poised to make comeback
Klitschko last fought in December 2004 against Danny WilliamsFormer WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko is set to return to the ring in April.


In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
- Author Unknown

Eddie Sanchez - The Chance of a Lifetime

Sympatico - everyone thought, ‘who’s this kid coming out and saying his right hand’s so big that he’d knock out any heavyweight?’ Well, look at what happened. And I’m not being arrogant, I’m just confident. Training with the North County Fight Club
Source: sports.sympatico.msn.ca

NICE N'KNEESY FOR VALUEV
Sporting Life - Nikolai Valuev retained his WBA heavyweight championship on Saturday night, after his challenger Jameel McCline suffered a mid-fight knee injury in Basle. The American badly hurt his kneecap in round three - and he could not continue. He was in pain
Source: www.sportinglife.com

Eric Kinney, President
PRWeb - New York State Heavyweight Title Undefeated Heavyweight Prospect Derric Rossy of Medford, New York takes fellow New Yorker and long-time Heavyweight Contender Gary “Bring Da Pain” Bell for the vacant New York State Heavyweight title. The fight is
Sourc e: www.prweb.com

The Great White Hype [1996]
MSN Entertainment - Jackson ) is a shrewd boxing promoter and manager whose meal ticket is heavyweight champion James "The Grim Reaper" Roper ( Damon Eager to find a white challenger for Roper, Sultan digs up Terry Conklin ( Peter Berg ), who won a Golden Gloves fight
Source: entertainment.msn.com

Former Champ Bruce Seldon Returns
East Side Boxing - Seldon lost his WBA Heavyweight Championship when he was stopped in the first round by Tyson. It was after the fight between Seldon and Tyson that Tupac Shakur was murdered in a drive-by shooting. Known as "The Atlantic City Express", Seldon began
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com

Adamek defends WBC crown
Eurosport.it - he will make history again at the Silver Spurs Arena at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Fla., when he presents the biggest fight ever in the greater Orlando area. The showcase feature s undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) Light Heavyweight
Source: www.eurosport.com

Keith Idec
NorthJersey.com - Valuev has bigger challenge People keep asking Jameel McCline about the unprecedented problems 7-foot, 330-pound Russian Nikolai Valuev will present in their World Boxing Association heavyweight title fight.
Source: www.northjersey.com


The longer I live the less confidence I have in drugs and the greater is my confidence in the regulation and administration of diet and regimen.
- John Redman Coxe, 1800

Escalante battles Pastrana

Escalante battles Pastrana [Press Release] Super bantamweight Antonio Escalante, amongst the hottest prospects in boxing, returns to Cicero Stadium this Friday night, January 26th, to battle former world champion Mauricio Pastrana in the main event of

HBO will air Wlad-Austin LIVE!
On March 10, HBO will air the Wladimir Klitschko vs. Ray Austin IBF heavyweight title fight live from Mannheim, Germany at 5PM ET/ 2PM PT.

Double header on HBO
Double header on HBO [Press Release] The late night HBO boxing series premieres with a spectacular doubleheader when HBO Boxing After Dark: Jorge Arce vs.


The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.
- G.K. Chesterton

The easiest way for your children to learn

The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any.

If the pain wanders, do not waste your time with doctors.
- Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

It's time to make fighters break clean and come out fighting

By Mansfield B. Frazier: Unbeaten British junior welterweight titleholder Ricky Hatton makes no bones about his intentions of cashing in big on his talent in Las Vegas , and few would argue against that possibility in light of his unanimous 12-round

The Re-Education of the Boxing Fan
By Troy OndrizekI have often wondered exactly when boxing fans stopped appreciating the sport.

Kelly Pavlik-Edison Miranda in The Works
By Mark VesterAccording to a recent report in the Las Vegas Review Journal, two of the hardest punching middleweights could possibly meet in the next few months.

Kelly Pavlik-Edison Miranda Bout in The Works
By Mark VesterAccording to a recen t report in the Las Vegas Review Journal , two of the hardest punching middleweights could possibly meet in the next few months.


Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
- World Health Organization, 1948

Nikolai Valuev Retains WBA Title

BASEL, Switzerland -- Nikolai Valuev retained the WBA heavyweight title Saturday night when American challenger Jameel McCline collapsed in the third round after his left kneecap popped out of place.

Nikolai Valuev Retains WBA Title
BASEL, Switzerland - Nikolai Valuev retained the WBA heavyweight title Saturday night when American challenger Jameel McCline collapsed in the third round after his left kneecap popped out of place.

Hatton Wins Title Back Unanimously
LAS VEGAS -- Ricky Hatton came to Las Vegas to win back his 140-pound title and make an big impression doing it.

Cavaliers Defeat Warriors 106-104 in OT
LeBron James scored 32 points and Larry Hughes had 15 as the Cleveland Cavaliers put an impressive finish on their seven-game road trip with a 106-104 overtime victory over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night.

Hatton outpoints UrangoRicky Hatton scored a unanimous decision over Juan Urango to win the
More storiesRicky Hatton scored a unanimous decision over Juan Urango to win the International Boxing Federation light welterweight championship in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Witter Successfully Defends WBC Belt
LONDON -- Junior Witter successfully defended his WBC light welterweight title Saturday night, stopping Mexican challenger Arturo Morua in the ninth round. Referee Tim Adams stopped the fight 2:12 into the ninth round.

Hatton Recaptures IBF Jr. Welter Crown
:LAS VEGAS-Great Britain's Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton returned to the junior welterweight division with a few of his friends and recaptured the IBF world title from Colombia's Juan Urango.

Hatton grinds out decision over Urango to take title
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Ricky Hatton scored a unanimous decision over Juan Urango to win the International Boxing Federation light welterweight championship in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Hatton reclaims IBF title
Hatton reclaims IBF title 07.47 Sun Jan 21 2007 Ricky Hatton has reclaimed his old IBF light-welterweight title with a gruelling points victory over previously unbeaten Colombian Juan Urango at the Paris Casino in Las Vegas.


He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb

today's blogs

Slate - What follows featherweight waltzes, crystalline sound scapes, and rave-ups inspired by the band's annual pilgrimage to New Orleans' Ponderosa Stomp garage-band festival is a slow cycle through the idioms that Yo La Tengo has mastered, and a
Source: www.slate.com

'Red Steel' won't win any fans with its awkward control scheme
Pioneer Press - You can create a custom boxer in classes ranging from featherweight to heavyweight. Skills can be improved through winning bouts. Win enough amateur bouts, and you'll go pro and eventually challenge the titleholder. But the road to glory is a painful
Source: www.twincities.com

Frank Maloney's Stable Hard At Work At The Fitness Academy
East Side Boxing - Those hard at work at the Fight Factory included light middleweight Sam Webb, featherweight Akash Bhatia, light middleweight Paul Porter, super middleweight Dwayne Lewis and welterweight Grant Skehill, along with amateur boxers Junior Asif and 12
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com


Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something.
- Lord Chesterfield

Who is rich? He that is content. Who

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Doc Childre, The HeartMath Solution
Our mental and emotional diets determine our overall energy levels, health and well-being more than we realize. Every thought and feeling, no matter how big or small, impacts our inner energy reserves.

The Ghost and Freddie Roach Unite

East Side Boxing - 08.01.07 - Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero is set to fight for the vacated IBF featherweight championship of the world in his next bout, this time he will have a new face in his corner, Freddie Roach. Guerrero stated "I look forward to working with
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com

Sosa: "I'm Going to Knock Manfredy Out of the Park!"
East Side Boxing - Sosa, 34-2-1 (24 KOs), the IBF's No. 5-rated contender, has captured the Dominican Republic's national super featherweight and lightweight titles as well as the FECARBOX (Central America and Caribbean) lightweight title. In his sole world title fight
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com

Happy Birthday Alex Ramos
Boxing Insider - Millions of people, worldwide, know that Muhammad Ali, "the greatest of all time", turns 65 years old today. Also, hoards of boxing enthusiasts are well aware that current WBC super featherweight world champion Marco Antonio Barrera is celebrating
Source: www.boxinginsider.com

Coaching provides Penn with route back to lightweight division
Houston Chronicle - The main event for its first Vegas show pits Kit Cope against Rob McCullough in a fight for the vacant WEC lightweight crown. The light heavyweight and featherweight titles also are on the line. Steve Sievert covers mixed martial arts for the Chronicle
Source: www.chron.com


As a people, we have become obsessed with Health. There is something fundamentally, radically unhealthy about all this. We do not seem to be seeking more exuberance in living as much as staving off failure, putting off dying. We have lost all confidence in the human body.
- Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail, 1979

Everlast Worldwide Inc. Announces Listing on the Nasdaq Global Market

Forbes - Since 1910, Everlast has been the preeminent brand in the world of boxing and is among the most dominant brands in the overall sporting goods and apparel industries. Over the past 97 years, Everlast products have become the "Choice of Champions(TM
Source: www.forbes.com

Boxing beat: Ali's great reach extended to Sacramento
Sacramento Bee - Muhammad Ali is one of those rare, larger-than-life figures whose name is known in even the most remote areas of the world. It was true during the peak of his career and is just as true today, on the former heavyweight champ's 65th birthday. Ali, who
Source: www.sacbee.com


Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
- World Health Organization, 1948

Be you in what line of life you

Be you in what line of life you may, it will be amongst your misfortunes if you have not time properly to attend to pecuniary [monetary] matters. Want of attention to these matters has impeded the progress of science and of genius itself.

To feel keenly the poetry of a morning's roses, one has to have just escaped from the claws of this vulture which we call sickness.
- Henri Frederic Amiel

Step aside boys, boxing ladies are here to stay

Belfast Telegraph - Love it, or lump it, women's boxing is here to stay. The hands that rock the cradle now fit snugly into 10-ounce crimson-coloured gloves. As Ireland's first World amateur champion, a title she won in India two months ago, Katie Taylor, from Bray
Source: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

For fans in '95, Ripken's pen was mightier than his bat
Baltimore Sun - Blast schedule Blast roster Live MLS scoreboard MLS standings United schedule United roster United statistics - - - - - - TENNIS Men's updates Women's updates - - - - - - AUTO RACING NASCAR updates NASCAR schedule Champ Car updates - - - - - - BOXING Schedule IBF
Source: www.baltimoresun.com

Still sparring over Ali
ChicagoSports.com - Long after he no longer could sting like a bee in the boxing ring, Muhammad Ali's legacy beyond the ropes continues to float like a butterfly. Ali's birthday is Wednesday. He has been such a charismatic presence for so long, arguably the best-known
Source: chicagosports.chicagotribune.com

BIG TURNOUT FOR BOXING DAY RUGBY
Scottish Rugby - Despite the heavy frost which had prevailed up to and including Boxing Day over 50 players young and old turned out for the traditional Boxing Day Rugby at Blairgowrie Rugby Club. Because of the hard ground conditions it was decided that contact
Source: www.scottishrugby.org

Ward back in the ring to fight for vacant title
Cleveland Plain Dealer - After a 19-month layoff, the women's heavyweight champion from Northfield will return to the ring on Feb. 10 at Cleveland State's Wolstein Center when she once again faces Martha Salazar in a 10-round bout for the World Boxing Council title. "I've
Source: www.cleveland.com


If the pain wanders, do not waste your time with doctors.
- Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

Riches may enable us to confer favours, but

Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give.

Michael Miller, MD, F.A.C.C., Center for Preventive Cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center
It may be possible to incorporate laugher into daily activities, just as is done with other heart-healthy activities, such as taking the stairs instead of the elevator. The recommendation for a healthy heart may one day be exercise, eat right and laugh a few times a day.

The world is a stage and we are

The world is a stage and we are all actors ....

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
- Redd Foxx

Money is the opposite of the weather. Nobody

Money is the opposite of the weather. Nobody talks about it, but everybody does something about it.

Aaron Antonovsky (1987).
Unraveling The Mystery of Health: How People Manage Stress and Stay Well. We are coming to understand health not as the absence of disease, but rather as the process by which individuals maintain their sense of coherence (i.e. sense that life is comprehensible, manageable, and meaningful) and ability to function in the face of changes in themselves and their relationships with their environment.

Carlos Monzon: Once Upon A Time In The West

By Mike CaseyThe 'It' factor, it is often said, can never be truly defined. We simply know that some people have it and others don't. Identifying and appreciating its components is another matter and can prove a devilishly difficult task.

Briggs-Ibragimov Press Confrence Quotes
Wednesday afternoon at Firebird's restaurant in midtown Manhattan, Shannon Briggs and Sultan Ibragimov met the media in anticipation of their March 10th WBO Heavyweight title fight at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden.

Five Fights I'd Like To See In 2007
By James Slater: Sure, there are some great, or at least potentially great, fights being staged in the coming year. But there is always more the matchmakers can do.

8 Count Productions Prepares or Huge 2007
CHICAGO, January 7, 2007) 8 Count Productions, HOME OF THE BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING, is preparing for another outstanding year of presenting world class professional boxing for Chicagoland fight fans.

Weights from Minnesota
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Adamek-Dawson; Chavez -Diaz Presser quotes
(NEW YORK) Jan. 11, 2007 Four talented, crowd-pleasing boxers with a combined record of 130-6 with 89 knockoutsa winning percentage exceeding 95 percent -- will be featured during an excellent world championship doubleheader on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP

Another setback for Miami Arena
Promoter Don King, who planned to present a fight card at the downtown Miami facility Feb. 3, said Thursday he would consider other local sites after a deal fell through with Arena officials.


A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book.
- Irish Proverb

Free Boxing Gloves

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Barnes secures light fly success
Eamon O'Kane is aiming for his fifth successive Ulster titleEamon O'Kane's middleweight battle with Thomas Hamill could prove the pick of the finals at Thursday's Smithwicks Ulster Amateur Boxing Finals.



Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
- World Health Organization, 1948

Hatton plans to light up Vegas

|| Your comments Thursday, 11th January 2007 Stuart BrennanFIGHTING FIT: Ricky HattonTHE excitement is back for Ricky Hatton, and now he is aiming to show the Yanks the real Hitman.

Peter's People Want Maskaev
Samuel Peter's team are calling on the WBC to force champion Oleg Maskaev to defend against the 'Nigerian Nightmare'. Peter became number one contender for the WBC belt after decisioning James Toney for the second time in as many fights at the weekend.


The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.
- G.K. Chesterton

Peter Scores Unanimous Decision Over Peter

Samuel Peter, 249 lbs of Las Vegas took on James Toney, 234 lbs of Sherman Oaks, CA., in a highly anticipated rematch in front of a sold out crowd of 5,238 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL.

Maccarinelli misses out on Haye
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The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.
- G.K. Chesterton

Money is better than poverty, if only for

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

If the pain wanders, do not waste your time with doctors.
- Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

Legend Lou Duva: At 84, I May Work With King; Peter Will KO Toney; Pacquiao May Get Punchy

05.01.07 - Interview by Michael Marley, BoxingConfidential.com: It's not every freakin' day that you get to talk to a living legend. So today was a special day as I heard the bulldog bark of Big Lou Duva on the other end of the phone.

Stallone disses Image of Boxing thanks to guys like Tyson and Promoters
By DHB (Jan 5, 2007) The star of the new hit movie, 'Rocky,' Sylvester Stallone on Thursday during a promotional stop for the movie said Boxing today is suffering from an image problem.

Former SA champ gets life!
Former SA junior featherweight champion Charles Mailula has been sentenced to life imprisonment resulting from the death of his girlfriend. Mailula, from Tembisa, east of Johannesburg, was sentenced in the Johannesburg high court.

Carrera faces doping questions!
Strong rumors are circulating that WBA middleweight champion Mariano Carrera may have tested positive for a steroid after his December 2 win over Javier Castillejo in Berlin.

Former boxing star becomes Britain's first black prison governor
As a troubled youth, Brian Anderson was often warned: 'You'll end up in prison.' At 45, the prediction has come true. And he couldn't be prouder. Mr Anderson, a father of two, has become Britain's first black prison governor.

Barrera-Marquez to take place March 17
Golden Boy Promotions is in the middle of a law suit with Top Rank after Filipino superstar figher Manny Pacquiao signed a deal with both companies. Pacquiao recently said he was siding with Top Rank in the dispute.

Peter, Toney meet again for title shot
Peter, Toney meet again with title shot at stake Jan. 5, 2007CBS SportsLine.com wire reports HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- There was no consensus over who won the first fight between Samuel Peter and James Toney.


Doc Childre and Howard Martin, The HeartMath Solution
Heartfelt positive feelings create far more than a healthy psychological effect. They fortify our internal energy systems and nourish the body right down to the cellular level. For that reason, we like to think of these emotions as "quantum nutrients."

The chief value of money lies in the

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.

As a people, we have become obsessed with Health. There is something fundamentally, radically unhealthy about all this. We do not seem to be seeking more exuberance in living as much as staving off failure, putting off dying. We have lost all confidence in the human body.
- Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail, 1979

Money is better than poverty, if only for

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

Aaron Antonovsky (1987).
Unraveling The Mystery of Health: How People Manage Stress and Stay Well. We are coming to understand health not as the absence of disease, but rather as the process by which individuals maintain their sense of coherence (i.e. sense that life is comprehensible, manageable, and meaningful) and ability to function in the face of changes in themselves and their relationships with their environment.

If you want to know what God thinks

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
- Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, 1903

Money is better than poverty, if only for

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
- Cicero

He had heard people speak contemptuously of money:

He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.

Gary Zukav (as quoted in HeartMath Discovery Program)
If your thoughts are thoughts that draw low-frequency energy current to you, your physical and emotional attitudes will deteriorate, and emotional or physical disease will follow, whereas thoughts that draw high-frequency energy current to you create physical and emotional health.

Floyd Patterson remains an uncommon boxing champion

Baltimore Sun - Record books show that former heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson, who died Thursday in New York, was the first man to win the The first Patterson fight I heard on radio was in the summer of 1963, when he tried to regain the title from champion
Source: www.baltimoresun.com

All the King's men for 2007
Nevada Appeal - With the book on boxing in 2006 now closed, we open up the 2007 tome to its opening chapter: the state of the heavyweight really no purpose in contemplating the bout itself, much less about whom the winner - if there is one - gets to fight
Source: www.nevadaappeal.com

Euro News; Sorokin, Ustinov, More.
Boxing Scene - EBU heavyweight champ Vladimir Virchis takes on American Marcus McGee on January 13 in a non-title fight on Universum s show in Halle/Saale. Sweden-based Ugandan lightweight Sam Rukundo will next fight on February 7 at the Mayfair Sporting Club in
Source: www.boxingscene.com

Hagler vs Antuofermo I This Thursday On Versus
East Side Boxing - The series has also aired Ali-Ken Norton I, "the broken jaw fight," from 1973, Ali-Joe Frazier II from 1974, the George Foreman-Tommy Morrison WBO heavyweight title fight from 1993, and the comeback fights of Roberto Duran featuring his 1983 rumbles
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com

UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship Betting
Gambling 911 - rich subject of a scorned friendship is what made Saturday night's Ultimate Fighting Championship light-heavyweight title showdown between Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell so compelling, according to Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times. "The fight was
Source: www.gambling911.com

14-Day Search:
Brampton Guardian - Former heavyweight champion Rocky Balboa steps out of retirement and back into the ring, putting himself against a new rival in But when his desire to fight in small, regional competitions is trumped by promoters calling for a rematch of the cyber
Source: www.northpeel.com

Let's try to make 2007 a knockout
New York Daily News - The idea of returning to fight as a heavyweight is intriguing but he should start smaller. He did just fine at light heavyweight, and Joe Calzaghe thinks he can shut down Hopkins. I'd love to see the clinic Hopkins would put on in that one. Can we get
Source: www.nydailynews.com


Gary Zukav (as quoted in HeartMath Discovery Program)
If your thoughts are thoughts that draw low-frequency energy current to you, your physical and emotional attitudes will deteriorate, and emotional or physical disease will follow, whereas thoughts that draw high-frequency energy current to you create physical and emotional health.

Tyson jail time sought

'He has run out of second chances, at least in my book,' attorney Andrew Thomas said in a news conference. Tyson, 40, was charged with two felonies for drug possession and two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence of drugs.

Former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson was charged Wednesday with drug possession and driving under the in
Former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson was charged Wednesday with drug possession and driving under the influence of drugs, and the top prosecutor of Arizona's most populous county wants to send him to prison.



Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
The thousand mysteries around us would not trouble but interest us, if only we had cheerful, healthy hearts.

Someday I want to be rich. Some people

Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That΄s how rich I want to be.

There are two things in life that a sage must preserve at every sacrifice, the coats of his stomach and the enamel of his teeth. Some evils admit of consolations, but there are no comforters for dyspepsia and the toothache.
- Henry Lytton Bulwer

Promoters amazed by Hanshaw's boxing resurrection

Mansfield News Journal - MANSFIELD -- Let's get back to the gym. Smell the sweat, hear the rhythm of the speed bag, eavesdrop on tactics in the corner. A championship fight, albeit a lower-level one, has north central Ohio's boxing community talking shop once again. "I don't
Source: www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com

Lloyd lines up for Boxing Day deals
Meridian Booster - Local shoppers extended their holiday shopping season and holiday shopping budgets to take advantage of the annual Boxing Day madness. Frank Supleve, sales manager for The Brick, said about 150 people were waiting outside the Lloydminster
Source: www.meridianbooster.com


Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something.
- Lord Chesterfield

What to look forward to in 2007

By Matt Yanofsky: 2006 is finally over. The ball has dropped and so has a great year of boxing! While many fans may not belive 2007 will be as good as 2006, I disagree.

Dominick Guinn vs. Kirk Johnson: In The Works!
HOSTOUN, TX (January 2nd, 2007)-Final preparations are being made for a scheduled ten round bout between former heavyweight contenders Dominick Guinn 27-4-1 (18 KO's) and Canadian born boxer Kirk Johnson 36-2-1 (26 KO's) which is attentively set to

Diamond headkines Jan 11
Diamond headkines Jan 11 [Press Release] Kid Diamond makes the first defense of his North American Boxing Federation (NABF) lightweight title when he boxes hard-hitting Antonio Pitalua in the scheduled 12-round main event Thursday evening, Jan.

Tyson Arrested and Released
Mike Tyson was arrested for driving under the influence and possession of cocaine after police stopped him leaving a Scottsdale nightclub early Friday.

The world of boxing has given us more top-class writing than any other sport. But why is that?
FX Toole may not be a name you recognise. His fame, such as it is, rests on being the writer of the short story that became the film Million Dollar Baby, which won four Oscars in 2004.

Martin ready to Power past Munyai
Martin ready to Power past Munyai January 2nd, 2007 - by Toms Rohan On a cold and foggy East End morning in London, British Bantamweight Champion Martin Power was busy preparing for his rematch against Commonwealth Champion Tshifhiwa Munyai on


Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something.
- Lord Chesterfield

'Floyd Mayweather, the Best In The West He Must Confess' - Bad Chad Dawson Would Agree, Thrives Under Mayweath

By Michael Marley, BoxingConfidential.com: NEW YORK--That little bit of egotistical doggerel is what you hear when call trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. Let's face it, he's not the kind of guy who likes to hide his light under a bushel.

Lenny Hoping To Open Daws
Lenny Daws will be hoping to prove he is the next big thing in the light-welterweight division when he fights on the undercard of the Junior Witter/Ricky Hatton transatlantic double bill later this month.



I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.
- Author Unknown

Be you in what line of life you

Be you in what line of life you may, it will be amongst your misfortunes if you have not time properly to attend to pecuniary [monetary] matters. Want of attention to these matters has impeded the progress of science and of genius itself.

The greatest wealth is health.
- Virgil

Naseem Hamed Stripped of Royal Honor

SHEFFIELD, England - Former world featherweight champion Naseem Hamed had a royal honor taken from him after serving a jail sentence for reckless driving.

Some outstanding boxing during recently held card
Marcus Thomas (right) trying to evade a left hand punch from Ricardo Kellman in their light-heavyweight title fight.

Man of the 'House: Chuck Liddell
Maybe you were at the MGM Garden Arena. Maybe you were one of the countless fans tuning in via pay-per-view. Or maybe you followed the action on . However you got your fix, you were no doubt hyped for Chuck Liddell's match against Tito Ortiz at UFC 66.

Ex-UK boxing champion stripped of honour
Former world featherweight boxing champion 'Prince' Naseem Hamed, who was convicted and jailed last year for dangerous driving, has been stripped of an honour bestowed on him by Britain's Queen Elizabeth in 1998.

Queen strips Hamed of MBE honour
Mon Jan 1, 10:15 AM LONDON (AFP) - Former world boxing champion 'Prince' Naseem Hamed has been stripped of his MBE honour on the orders of Queen Elizabeth II.

Finkel: 'I Can Get Pacquiao 5 Million For Barrera'
By The head of Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao's management team Shelly Finkel whose contract expires on January 31 but which Top Rank promoter Bob Arum repeatedly claimed ended last August after Finkel signed a waiver says he can guarantee making

Boxer Kolenovic killed after bar dispute
Kolenovic killed following bar quarrel Jan. 1, 2007CBS SportsLine.

A Tribute to Sportswriter Allan Mallamud
By John Howard: 'Pete Rose was such a model prisoner at Marion, Ill., that they're thinking about retiring his number.

Boxing: Queen strips boxer Hamed of MBE honour
Boxing: Queen strips boxer Hamed of MBE honour Posted: 01 January 2007 2340 hrs LONDON : Former world boxing champion 'Prince' Naseem Hamed has been stripped of his MBE honour on the orders of Queen Elizabeth II.

Boxing: Fresh blow for Hamed as MBE is withdrawn
The downfall of Naseem Hamed, the former world featherweight champion, continued yesterday when it emerged that he had been stripped of his MBE.


Doc Childre, The HeartMath Solution
Our mental and emotional diets determine our overall energy levels, health and well-being more than we realize. Every thought and feeling, no matter how big or small, impacts our inner energy reserves.

Make money your god and it will plague

Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.

Mark Twain
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. thanks to Alan Bennett

Young stars tipped to shine in 2007

Guardian Unlimited - The hard-hitting Dagenham super-featherweight Kevin Mitchell may not have seen his career hyped in the manner of Amir Khan, but seasoned observers in the business suggest 2007 could be the year he begins to emerge as a star with a profile to rival
Source: sport.guardian.co.uk


The power of love to change bodies is legendary, built into folklore, common sense, and everyday experience. Love moves the flesh, it pushes matter around.... Throughout history, "tender loving care" has uniformly been recognized as a valuable element in healing.
- Larry Dossey