Boxing Chatter: Klitschko, Brewster Rematch

Heavyweights like Wladimir Klitschko and Lamon Brewster are a different breed. They talk softly and carry a big stick. They dont have that Chihuahua dog complex with a lot of yapping but no bite.

'Baby Doll' Reid: Most Googled
Flyweight world champion Elena Baby Doll Reid has the seven-year itch and she plans to scratch it with a win over Koreas Shin Hee Choi (8-1, 4 KOs) for the IFBA flyweight title at the Pechanga Resort and Casino on Monday, July 2. When Reids

Mayweather throws down gauntlet to Hatton
LOS ANGELES -- Brash-talking Floyd Mayweather issued a challenge to Ricky Hatton for a superfight featuring two of the boxing's most talented undefeated fighters.

'Baby Doll' Reid: Most Googled Fem Fighter
Flyweight world champion Elena Baby Doll Reid has the seven-year itch and she plans to scratch it with a win over Koreas Shin Hee Choi (8-1, 4 KOs) for the IFBA flyweight title at the Pechanga Resort and Casino on Monday, July 2. When Reids

Still the Real Deal
Evander Holyfield will take one more step towards regaining another world championship when he comes face to face with former top contender Lou Savarese in El Paso, Texas this Saturday night.

TSS First Person: Lou Savarese
Readers of TheSweetScience.com are curious, what do I have left? I'm 41, but I feel great. I train like an animal. I was in camp for six weeks, two weeks in Houston, and then four weeks in Los Cruces, New Mexico, for the altitude.

Boxing brand Everlast centre of a takeover fight
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Bronze medals for two Irish at European boxing Championships
Patrick Harkin and David Joe Joyce had to settle for bronze medals at the European Cadet Championships in Hungary this afternoon when both Irish boxers lost their semi-final bouts after being stopped on the 15-point rule.

Ricky riles Pretty Boy
By Lyle Fitzsimmons, Boxing Contributing Editor Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - An open letter to Ricky Hatton: Dear Ricky, Cheers and congrats on your big win Saturday night, Hitman.


Doc Childre and Howard Martin, The HeartMath Solution
Our mental and emotional diets determine our overall energy levels, health, and well-being to a far greater extent than most people realize. Every thought and feeling, no matter how big or small, impacts our inner energy reserves.

{Spam?} Richmond says loser's camp is full of sour grapes

Reis? promoter complains of Bermuda?s ?unfair judging? to women?s boxing site 'Sour grapes - ' that's how Vic Richmond describes the complaints from fighter Yvonne Reis' promoter after Teresa Perozzi beat her boxer in a six round fight at

Reports: Australian Boxing Champ Arrested in Northern Lebanon
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Water, air, and cleanliness are the chief articles in my pharmacopoeia.
- Napoleon I

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six,

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.

Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot.
- Dutch Proverb, sometimes attributed to William C. Hazlitt

Martin Power Travels To Fight Jason Booth

Along with Wigan continuing in Premiership football next year, the city's Robin Park Arena now hosts championship boxing for the first time when London based Martin Power defends his British bantamweight title against Jason Booth next month.



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

Unbeaten Hatton stops Castillo in fourth round

LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) Jose Luis Castillo of Mexico puts his hands down to prevent falling after a punch from Ricky Hatton of Great Britain during their junior welterweight bout at Thomas & Mack Center 23 June 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Hatton Cements Status As Top 140-Pounder
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Hatton KOs Castillo, retains IBO title (AAP)
Britain's Ricky Hatton knocked out Jose Luis Castillo of Mexico in the fourth round to retain his IBO light welterweight title in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Kimbo Slice Chokes Out Ray Mercer in One
By Mark VesterBareknuckle street fight champion Kimbo Slice choked out Olympic gold medal winner/former heavyweight champion Ray Mercer (34-6, 25KOs), 46-years-old, in the first round of their heavyweight exhibition in the main event of the Cage Fury


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

Hatton ready for Castillo challenge

LAS VEGAS: Undefeated English fighter Ricky Hatton expects to be in the best form of his career here Saturday for his 12-round light welterweight showdown with Mexico's Jose Luis Castillo.

Kenya: Boxing: World Organisations Slap Bans On Kenyan Professional Bouts
The World Boxing Council (WBC) and Africa Boxing Union (ABU) have indefinitely banned Kenya from hosting title bouts until the country sorts out wrangles within the Kenya Professional Boxing Commission and pays boxers their outstanding dues.

Boxing: Hatton the humble hero can conquer Castillo and America
Thousands of fans followed Frank Bruno to Las Vegas for his two failed attempts to conquer Mike Tyson and big numbers always turned up in support of Lennox Lewis and Naseem Hamed.

Boxing Video - Harold Lederman Interview
Jose 'OnFire' Aguirre catches up with HBO's unofficial scorekeeper Harold Lederman to speak about Hatton-Castillo, Wright-Hopkins, Malignaggi and more.BoxingScene.com video coverage is for Registered Users only.

Hatton ready for day of destiny
Ricky Hatton's day of reckoning dawned in Las Vegas with the down-to-earth Mancunian hoping to join the ranks of this generation's super-fighters with victory over Jose Luis Castillo.

Hatton, Castillo figures to be slugfest
LAS VEGAS -- Ricky Hatton plans to come out swinging from the opening bell. Jose Luis Castillo knows no other way to fight than to move forward relentlessly. The two all-out styles would ordinarily promise one great bout.

Boxing Video - James McGirt, Jr. Interview
Jose 'OnFire' Aguirre catches up with unbeaten prospect James 'Buddy' McGirt, to speak about his recent win, his career, living up to his father and more. BoxingScene.com video coverage is for Registered Users only.


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

De La Hoya gives commencement speech

LOS ANGELES (AP) -The first senior class at Oscar De La Hoya Animo High graduated Thursday. The commencement speaker? The Golden Boy, of course.


If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.
- Elbert Hubbard

Jeffries Will Again Defend Title on National TV

Hollister Free Lance - Gilroy - Kelsey Jeffries is set for her second title defense in three months. The July 2 fight at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula will be broadcast on Fox Sports Network In her sixth defense of the World Featherweight title, Jeffries (37-9
Source: www.freelancenews.com

Vanda stalks Kost
Boxing Insider - Unbeaten featherweight knockout sensation Wilton "Pretty Warrior" Hilario (8-0, 7 KOs), fighting out of St. Louis Park (MN), returns in the six/eight-round co-feature against former NABF super bantamweight champion Ricardo "El Rayo" Medina (30-17-4
Source: www.boxinginsider.com

Borat's Naked Brawl & More: Lessons Learned From MTV Movie Awards
MTV - And since this year's Best Fight nominees have no shortage of wisdom to bestow, we recruited WWE wrestler Carlito and World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight champion Urijah Faber (who, coincidentally, defends his title on Sunday) to enlighten us in
Source: www.mtv.com

Amir Laila Battles Samosir To A Draw
Boxing Scene - Indosiar TV Jakarta - In a fight in the super featherweight division, Afrizal (rated #3 in the Indonesian rankings) won a split decision in 8 rounds over Abi Metiaman. Another bout in same weight class, Irvan Bone won a unanimous decision in 8 rounds
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Olusegun Wins, Maloney Prospects Move On
Boxing Scene - Munyai, fighting at featherweight instead of bantamweight, beat Rugby’s Harry Ramogoadi over eight rounds. The towering South African landed some ferocious head and body shot combinations. He hurt Ramogoadi badly in the fourth and fifth rounds and
Source: www.boxingscene.com

Toshiba Dynabook RSS RX1 solid state notebook review
TechWorld - Toshiba Dynabook RSS RX1 solid state notebook review Weighing 780g, it's a feisty featherweight. By Martyn Williams, IDG News Service List price: TBA Pros: Lightest laptop in its class; good keyboard; Wi-Fi; claimed 12.5 hour battery life Cons: Likely to
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Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
- Cicero

Malignaggi About To Snag First Belt

Who wants to bet me? I bet Paulie Malignaggi will make it out of the ring in Connecticut on Saturday night without getting his hair gel touched. Any takers?

Steroids Found In Toney's System
Professional prizefighters James Toney and Dan Batchelder were found to have traces of steroids, said the California State Athletic Commission on Tuesday. Toney and Batchelder tested positive for steroids on two separate urine samples.

Round by Round Coverage: Malignnagi-N'dou
By Rick Reeno (photo by Ed Mulholland/HBO)Later tonight from the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT, Lovemore N'dou (45-8-1, 30 KOs) of Sydney, Australia puts his IBF junior welterweight title on the line against Paulie Malignaggi (22-1, 5 KOs) of


Arabian Proverb
He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything.

Cardiff Could Host Calzaghe Fight

By Mark Staniforth, PA Sport Joe Calzaghe could land home advantage for his projected world super-middleweight title unification bout against unbeaten Dane Mikkel Kessler later this year after all.

Wales may host Calzaghe-Kessler
Calzaghe attracted a record crowd in Wales for the Manfredo fightJoe Calzaghe's proposed unification bout with Mikkel Kessler could be held at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

Mijares Faces Kukai Defence
WBC super-flyweight champion Cristian Mijares will defend his title on July 13 against Japan's Teppei 'Tippy' Kukai.

Watt: Olusegun's one to watch
Vacant Commonwealth light-welterweight title June 15, National Sports Centre,

Juanito Rubillar's Camp Winding Down
By Rey Danseco Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) light flyweight champion Juanito Rubillar skipped his training on Wednesday to appear at the Japanese Embassy in Manila to apply for a visa prior to his scheduled title defense.

Buffalo meets brother bear in the boxing ring (Video)
Francois ?The White Buffalo? Botha announced his return to the boxing ring at a press conference held yesterday. He?ll be fighting Croatian-born Bob ?The Big Bear? Mirovic at the Carousel next month.

Damned If You N'dou, Damned If You Don't
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Boxing: Nigerian should prove class above
AJOSE OLUSEGUN should finally get his hands on the vacant Commonwealth light-welterweight title tonight when he takes on Gary Reid in Crystal Palace.


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

Valuev pounds Beck en route to an easy win.

Sporting Life - The "Beast from the East", the tallest and biggest heavyweight champion of all time, knocked down his opponent with a big right The 7ft 1in, 23-stone Russian looked much improved from his last fight, a controversial points decision over American John
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Klitschko ultimately outboxed Peter.
Sporting Life - Despite going to the canvas three times, Klitschko made himself the top contender for the IBF heavyweight title by scoring a In this one, Klitschko used better boxing skills to outpoint Peter (24-1), who spent too much of the fight looking to land
Source: www.sportinglife.com

BITTER RUIZ QUITS AFTER DEFEAT
Sporting Life - I only had five weeks to prepare for this fight. If I had more, I would have knocked him out. "I am the WBA champion and soon to be undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. "John is an average fighter. I did just what I said I would do. Get rid of
Source: www.sportinglife.com

Rahman is floored in the 12th round.
Sporting Life - The heavyweight division is now dominated entirely by eastern Europeans after Kazakhstan-born American citizen Oleg Maskaev As the fight wore on Rahman, 33, began to show the age difference as his opponent's energy waned and piled forward to turn
Source: www.sportinglife.com

The referee steps in to stop Sanders (Getty Images).
Sporting Life - Vitali Klitschko exacted a measure of revenge as he captured the WBC heavyweight title with an eighth-round technical knockout of Corrie Sanders. Klitschko (34-2, 33 KOs) methodically wore down the 38-year-old Sanders before the fight was stopped by
Source: www.sportinglife.com

Muhammad Ali: A Look Back in Photos
Time - Abbas traveled with Ali to Zaire in 1974 and grabbed this shot of the boxer as he prepared to fight George Foreman for the heavyweight title. Ali regained the heavyweight title by knocking out his opponent in the eighth round
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Jones fell to Tarver once again (Getty).
Sporting Life - Tarver would have given me all I could handle in my best days as a light-heavyweight. "I got hurt once and I think that was the turning point of the fight. He hit me with a good shot. "But I kept coming. Can't nobody else beat me but Tarver, and I'll
Source: www.sportinglife.com


Doc Childre, Freeze-Frame
A harmonious relationship with one you love can enhance your work, health and entire well-being.

Save a little money each month and at

Save a little money each month and at the end of the year you΄ll be surprised at how little you have.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
- Mark Twain

Five Ounces of Pain: An interview with Urijah Faber

CBS Sportsline - Faber (18-1) will headline the card as he attempts to defend his featherweight title successfully for the third consecutive time in a match against another former college wrestling standout, undefeated Chance Farrar (5-0). But
Source: www.sportsline.com

The Beatles Sgt. Peppers: Write Your Own Review
Rolling Stone - While to some extent, the album is a little featherweight as far as complex and thoughtful lyrics,there are poignant moments, such as the mixed emotions of a child becoming an adult but leaving her parents behind in”She’s Leaving Home,” The
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Advice To Marquez, Pac-Man: Beware "La Zorrita"
Sweet Science - Soto (41-5-2, 25 KOs) is the WBC #3 ranked super featherweight and also one of the most avoided fighters in the game. According to Soto, the top fighters in the 126 and 130 pound divisions who saw the Sinaloense break out with a stellar, unanimous
Source: www.thesweetscience.com

Local MMA fighters excited for Saturday debut
News-Review - I’ve been training for two years and I’m ready,” said Gurule, 20, who will compete in the featherweight division (145 pounds). “I didn’t come in here thinking I wanted to be a fighter, but after I worked on my technique for a while, I got
Source: www.oregonnews.com

Ramirez Belts Brazilian Rival to Win IBF Title
HispanicBusiness.com - Kansas City is now home to the International Boxing Federation's Latino featherweight champion. Marcos Ramirez defeated Adailton De Jesus by unanimous decision in the main event of ESPN2's Wednesday Night Fights at Municipal Auditorium. The win
Source: www.hispanicbusiness.com

Guzman's Manager: "Pacquiao Afraid Of Guzman"
Sweet Science - Not likely, he is a 130-pound fighter and there is an overabundance of great matches to be made in the super featherweight division. Think about it…you have Marco Antonio Barrera, Edwin Valero, Juan Manuel Marquez and last but not least Manny
Source: www.thesweetscience.com

Call to end risky mismatches
Age - Boxing News , one of the sports newspapers of record, said: "If Hunter was a debutant and Waru a fat light-welter, as has been reported, that is shocking." Brunson tied the record for 18 straight first-round KOs set by current WBA super-featherweight
Source: www.theage.com.au


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

Golden Boy and 8 Count team up for huge Chicago card on June 1st

East Side Boxing - The co-main event has highly regarded Puerto Rican super featherweight prospect Daniel Jimenez, 16-1-1 (10KO’s) against former world title challenger Angel Chacon, 30-7-2 (15KO’s). Said Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions, “Working with
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com

Euro News; Calzaghe, Berrio, Kessler and More
Boxing Scene - French featherweight Daniel Kodjo Sassou keeps up his busy - 6th fight of the year including one titlefight -  schedule June 9 when he takes on Belgian Miloud Saadi in Granville.   Arena Box Promotion have now announced the main fights for the show
Source: www.boxingscene.com

Macca thwarted in unification bid
BBC News - On the undercard of Maccarinelli's 21 July show in Cardiff, Gavin Rees challenges for Souleymane M'Baye's WBA light welterweight belt and Alex Arthur takes on Koba Gogoladze for the WBO interim super featherweight title. Gary Lockett, Derry Matthews
Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Darchinyan picked for IBF award
West Online - The preparations of the big-hitting southpaw received another boost when he sparred for the first time in three years with former IBF super featherweight world champion Gairy (Gairy CRT) St Clair. It was an unexpected bonus for Darchinyan as St Clair
Source: www.thewest.com.au

Boxing: Maccarinelli up for American test
Guardian Unlimited - Frank Warren, the promoter, has announced two world title contests on the Cardiff bill, which comes seven days after his promotion at the O2 Arena in Greenwich when Dagenham's Nicky Cook fights Steve Luevano of the US for the vacant featherweight
Source: sport.guardian.co.uk

Kickboxing: Gary won't be tongue-Thai'd when Italian steps into ring
Belfast Telegraph - The featherweight king will fight under the more taxing Thai-style rules in Belfast. His coach Billy Murray said it was a good opportunity for Gary to stretch and test himself in front of his adoring home fans. "At the moment Gary is
Source: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Hatton: "I've had tougher dinners than Floyd Jr."
Boxing Scene - Gatti was a little bit past it, Diego Corrales was a super-featherweight who looked a bit weight-drained, Carlos Baldomir was 'win some lose some', Zab Judah had seen better days and as fantastic as a result it was, even De La Hoya had seen better
Source: www.boxingscene.com

Boxing: Holm's victory impresses champion Sanders
Albuquerque Tribune - Adams picked up the vacant World Boxing Council Continental Americas featherweight belt. Fighting for the second time in four years, Adams' vast experience and more precise, harder punches outweighed the pestering boxing strategy of Martinez. "I
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John Steinbeck
A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ.

Calzaghe Looking For Kessler Ko

Calzaghe, the reigning WBO champion believes that his trip to Copenhagen will definitely revive his competitive spirit.

Joe has eyes only for Kessler
Calzaghe's promoter Frank Warren is hopeful of finalising a super-middleweight unification bout with Kessler having already accepted an offer for his charge to travel to Denmark to take on the WBA and WBC champion.


Dr.Karl Menninger
Love cures people — both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.

Be rich to yourself and poor to your

Be rich to yourself and poor to your friends.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
- Mark Twain

Lack of money is the root of all

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

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: Tarver on the poison bandwagon

Los Angeles Daily News - The night of the fight, I was a dead man walking, just a shell of myself," said Tarver, who next Saturday will take on Elvir Muriqi in a light heavyweight fight from Hartford, Conn. Showtime will televise. "I do not know what happened before the fight
Source: www.dailynews.com

Tyson seeking to work corner for Ibragimov
Philadelphia Daily News - NEW YORK - Mike Tyson has applied to work the corner of heavyweight Sultan Ibragimov during his WBO title fight against Shannon Briggs on Saturday night in Atlantic City. Tyson sent an incomplete application to the New Jersey Athletic Control Board
Source: www.philly.com

Marine continues to fight back home
Shreveport Times - The two will fight during WEC's debut on VERSUS television network. The light heavyweight (205 pounds) match is part of a nine-bout card. The telecast begins at 8 p.m. "The way I look at fighting is different than other fighters," said Stann, who is
Source: www.shreveporttimes.com

Wladimir Klitschko-Hasim Rahman a Possible Future bout?
East Side Boxing - Ideally, Wladimir Klitschko would prefer to fight for unification match with one of the other three heavyweight title holders, however, the likelihood of that happening is remote at best due to the reluctance of the promoters involved. So that will
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com


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

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.

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