Lack of money is the root of all

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

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

What Happened to Heavy Weight Boxing Where Have all the Fighters Gone

What Happened to Heavy Weight Boxing - Where Have all the Fighters Gone? By Michael Littles The Sport of Boxing, which had been a dominate force in the world of sports for over a century, has fallen into the abyss of obscurity.

Three Indians in Commonwealth boxing finals
LIVERPOOL: Indian boxers Thokchom Nanao Singh (48 kg), Sunil (51 kg) and Rakesh Arvind Kalaskar (60 kg) stormed into the Commonwealth Boxing Championships finals that will take place on Saturday.

Baldomir Ready To Upset The Odds
Carlos Baldomir became known as boxing's modern-day 'Cinderella Man' after successive shock victories over Zab Judah and Arturo Gatti catapulted the Argentinian from journeyman status into a worldwide star.

Unbeatens Mayweather, Hatton to square off
Pound-for-pound champ Floyd Mayweather and England's unbeaten junior welterweight Ricky Hatton are finalizing plans to fight Dec. 8 at a U.S. site to be determined on HBO Pay-Per-View.

Former heavyweight Oyebola dies in shooting
four days after he was shot in the head following a dispute about smoking at a bar, police said. He was 47. The 6-foot-9 Nigerian-born boxer won a bronze medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games and retired from the ring in 1996.

Judah to face Vazquez in 'Friday Night Fights' finale
Former undisputed welterweight champion Zab Judah will face Edwin Vazquez at the Hard Rock resort in Biloxi, Miss., in the Sept. 7 season finale of 'Friday Night Fights' (ESPN2, 10 p.m.). 'It's a signed deal.

Chot's chatter, boxing's bandwagon
When are we going to realize that we are focusing too much on basketball's foolishness while we are missing other sports' chances?

Israel Vazquez Poised to Regain Title Aug. 4
- A few teenagers, out of school on summer vacation, stand near the weight room of the South El Monte Boxing Club watching Israel Vazquez (41-4, 30 KOs) pace around the ring as he gets loose for what will turn out to be an exhilarating sparring


If I'd known I was going to live so long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
- Leon Eldred

Do not be fooled into believing that because

Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.

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

Rees is ready for Hatton - Warren

Rees celebrates his world title with trainer Enzo CalzaghePromoter Frank Warren says there is no reason why light welterweight champion Gavin Rees could not meet Ricky Hatton. 'Why shouldn't it happen?' said Warren.


Mother Teresa
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.

Ex-boxing champion shot in smoking row

A former British heavyweight boxing champion shot in the head at a nightclub is believed to have been attacked after asking a group of men to stop smoking.

Welterweight champ Cintron to take on Feliciano
Welterweight titlist Kermit Cintron, so impressive in his first defense earlier this month, will make a quick return to the ring to defend his belt against Jessie Feliciano on Sept.

Boxing champion fights for life after nightclub shooting
A former heavyweight boxing champion is fighting for his life after being shot in the head at a London club.

Wales' Rees, Maccarinelli take title bouts
CARDIFF, Wales -- Gavin Rees won the WBA light-welterweight title from Souleymane M'Baye by unanimous decision before fellow Welshman Enzo Maccarinelli retained his WBO cruiserweight belt Saturday.

Linares wins WBC featherweight crown
LAS VEGAS (AP) -Jorge Linares won the WBC interim featherweight title with a 10th-round TKO of Oscar Larios on the undercard of Bernard Hopkins' meeting with Winky Wright on Saturday night.

Hopkins pulls off another upset
LAS VEGAS (AP) -Bernard Hopkins outfoxed age and Winky Wright the same way: First with his head, then with his heart.

Khan Keen To Take On Thaxton
Newly crowned Commonwealth lightweight champion Amir Khan says he is keen for a domestic showdown with British title holder Jon Thaxton.

Four's Boxing Clever
CHANNEL 4 is taking on MTV after clinching a 28million deal. The broadcaster has splashed out to buy a 50 per cent stake in Box Television, which runs Emap's seven digital music channels. These include Smash Hits, Kerrang!

Ex-boxing champion critical after shooting at nightclub
A FORMER British heavyweight boxing champion is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot at a London club. James Oyebola, of north-west London, was wounded at the Chateau 6 club in Fulham Road, in the south-west of the city.

Gonzalez: Hopkins outpoints Wright
Las Vegas, Nev. - Both fighters swore they were Coming to Fight, but ended up fighting the same defensive battle that they have all their careers.


Fresh air impoverishes the doctor.
- Danish Proverb

Hopkins wins, targets Calzaghe

Bernard Hopkins beat Winky Wright by a unanimous points decision in Las Vegas on Saturday night to remain the universally recognised light heavyweight champion. The scores were 116-112, 117-111 and 117-111. Although it was a catchweight fight at 77.

Hopkins outpoints Wright for another upset
/ Associated Press Posted: 2 hours ago Bernard Hopkins told everyone who would listen that he had a foolproof plan for getting inside Winky Wright's impenetrable defense.Hopkins claims that plan didn't include a timely head-butt.

Linares wins WBC featherweight crown; Katsidis survives bloody fight
/ Associated Press Posted: 4 hours ago Jorge Linares won the WBC interim featherweight title with a 10th-round TKO of Oscar Larios on the undercard of Bernard Hopkins' meeting with Winky Wright on Saturday.

Hopkins tops Wright in return to ring
Bernard 'The Executioner' Hopkins defeated Ronald 'Winky' Wright in a unanimous, but controversial decision in their light heavyweight bout Saturday, in Hopkins' return from retirement.


The... patient should be made to understand that he or she must take charge of his own life. Don't take your body to the doctor as if he were a repair shop.
- Quentin Regestein

A wise man should have money in his

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.
- Doug Larson

He that is of the opinion money will

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

The greatest wealth is health.
- Virgil

{Spam?} It will be Klitschko's first bout in nearly three years

Extract not available.

Vitaliy Klitschko to fight McCline in September in comeback
Extract not available.

Hopkins trains for Wright encounter
Extract not available.



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

'Magic Man' wants Hatton fight

Paulie Malignaggi wants to fight Ricky Hatton - and says he will expose 'a lot of flaws' in the Mancunian's make-up.

Cook out to serve up treat
Cook is scheduled to headline the evening, fighting American featherweight Steven Luevano at London's O2 Arena.

Boxing trainer in punch-up
Top East London boxing trainer Lennox Mpulampula is in hot water after punching a boxing official in a tournament at Mdantsane recently.

Sheehan boxing for Bronze
Irish heavyweight Con Sheehan will be boxing for at least a bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in Serbia today. Sheehan, from the Clonmel club, meets Olig Teifanov in the quarter finals of the tournament in Sombor.

Sulaiman Apoligizes To Warren, Talks Khan
By James Blears WBC President Jose Sulaiman has apologized to promoter Frank Warren about the micky taking verbal jab, in which he jested that WBA/WBC super middleweight champ Mikkel Kessler could beat his fighter, WBO titleholder Joe Calzaghe, with


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

{Spam?} Executioner Still Willing To Learn

Freddie Roach says 42-year-old Bernard Hopkins is still willing to learn ahead of his clash with 'Winky' Wright. 'The Executioner' faces Wright in Las Vegas on July 21 after coming out of retirement.

Limond Plans To Ditch Tools
Willie Limond will reward himself for a successful Commonwealth lightweight title defence against Amir Khan by hanging up his tool belt.



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

{Spam?} Top bull at Steamboat Springs rodeo event

Steamboat Pilot & Today - He’s so athletic he gives you more power,” he said. “It’s like a heavyweight fighter in the there with a featherweight’s agility.” Walk This Way is ranked the No. 11 bull in the PBR Built Ford Tough Series. He’s bucked off 95 percent of
Source: www.steamboatpilot.com

Drinking in flavor of boxing
Times Union - In the night's headline fight, Missy Fiorentino of Cranston, R.I., beat Cindy Serrano of Brooklyn by unanimous decision for the NABF super featherweight championship. In a cruiserweight bout, Chris Horn of Guilderland improved to 2-0 by stopping
Source: timesunion.com


Eat right, exercise regularly, die anyway.
- Author Unknown

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

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

Ornelas vs. McKart Aug. 10 in Philly

East Side Boxing - Rogers Mtagwa, of South Philadelphia, takes on Aldo Valtierra, of Mexico City, for the vacant NABF featherweight title there Friday evening, July 20. That card is promoted by Don Chargin in association with Peltz Boxing and Joe Hand. DeeLee
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com

A Wake-up Call For Boxing But How Will The Sport Respond
Sweet Science - The bout preceding the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather clash last May drew a steady chorus of boos from the sparse crowd who unwittingly found themselves sitting through ten rounds of featherweight contender Rocky Juarez’ points win over Jose
Source: www.thesweetscience.com

The Debriefing: a Letter From Bud Selig's Doberman Pinscher
AOL - Under that JC Penney shirt and tie, the freakin' guy looks like one of those Latino featherweight boxers. Wiry. Mean. I don't know what that junk is that he puts in his body, but he started it a couple of years ago, and I've been miserable since. I
Source: sports.aol.com

Comeback kid
St. Petersburg Times - Campbell knocks out Renor Rojas Claure in the fifth round and improves to 25-0. Heading up: The win sets up Campbell with former super-featherweight champ Joel Casamayor, a stiff test for the quickly ascending contender. Casamayor pulls out a
Source: www.sptimes.com

Carl Johanneson Seeks Revenge
East Side Boxing - I have never been so up for a fight before,” Johanneson said of this European super featherweight clash. “I had a few problems earlier this year which have been sorted now and I feel great. “This fight will not be for the weak hearted. One of us
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com

Roach Talks PacMan, Barrera, Marquez, Guzman
Sweet Science - The most popular pick seemed to be JMM who scored a unanimous decision over the Baby Faced Assassin for his WBC Super Featherweight title back in March. JMM also battled PacMan to a draw in 2004 despite tasting the canvas three times in the first
Source: www.thesweetscience.com

7 Things You Need To Know About Nate Campbell
Tampa Bay Online - He has not won more than two consecutive fights in 13 bouts since 2003, and outside of beating Daniel Alicea for the NABA and NABF super featherweight titles in 2002, Campbell has been defeated in his past three title fights (twice by Robbie Peden
Source: sports.tbo.com

Morales - magnificent against Hernandez
Sporting Life - Erik Morales produced a masterful performance to beat Carlos Hernandez in Las Vegas and unify the super-featherweight titles. 'El Terrible', a modern great and three-weight world champion, showed his full repetoire of skills as he brawled and then
Source: www.sportinglife.com

Chi successfully retained his title.
Sporting Life - South Korea's Injin Chi knocked out Eiichi Sugama in the 10th round to retain his WBC featherweight crown. Chi, who won the title by stopping Michael Brodie in April in Manchester, made a successful first defence courtesy of a punishing combination
Source: www.sportinglife.com

Morales is counted out. (Getty Images)
Sporting Life - There was little to separate these two ring warriors for the first five rounds of their super-featherweight bout at the Thomas & Mack Arena. However, Pacquiao turned up the heat in the sixth and clearly hurt Morales, who suffered a broken nose during
Source: www.sportinglife.com


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

{Spam?} Santiago-Velázquez Title Eliminator added to Forrest-Baldomir Card

East Side Boxing - TACOMA, WA (July 4, 2007) -- Undefeated featherweight MARIO SANTIAGO will take his biggest step toward a world title when he takes on top-10 contender HÉCTOR VELÁZQUEZ in a 12-round WBC featherweight title elimination bout with the winner becoming
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com

ESPN Deportes to Showcase Over 20 Hours of Boxing Coverage at the 2007
East Side Boxing - The boxers representing the United States at the Pan Am Games will be light flyweight Luis Yanez (Duncanville, Texas); flyweight Qa’id Muhammad (Atlantic City, N.J.); bantamweight Roberto Marroquin (Dallas, Texas); featherweight Luis Del Valle
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com

Power to your Pocket (COLUMN)
Sunday Times South Africa - Royal Air Force: The gigantic galoot will use his action to set a bombing pace. Airborne attacks will come; but a featherweight might help him jet away. 10-1. Selection: 1 Pocket Power, 17 Ravishing, 16 Dynamite Mike, 7 Pick Six. (Remember, four
Source: www.sundaytimes.co.za

BARRERA EDGES AHEAD OF MORALES
Sporting Life - Marco Antonio Barrera has claimed the WBC super-featherweight title with a majority points win over old adversary Erik Morales at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Barrera, 30, prevailed by scores of 115-113 and 115-114 on two of the judges
Source: www.sportinglife.com

Marquez, Barrios headline big Sept. 15 card
Boxing Insider - The evening will be headlined by the WBC Super Featherweight Championship bout between Juan Manuel Marquez and Jorge Barrios. Also on tap is a middleweight showdown between former World Champion Kassim ‘The Dream’ Ouma and ‘The Contender
Source: www.boxinginsider.com

A Look At The Career Of Sammy (The Clutch) Angott - The Only Man To
East Side Boxing - He concluded his campaign in 1938 by defeating Freddie Miller, the former featherweight champion of the world, by a decision over ten rounds. After the Miller contest he was ranked the sixth best lightweight in the world. In 1939 he started to
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com

Oliver - Carbajal Title Eliminator Headlines July 18 ESPN2 Wednesday
East Side Boxing - And, in his most recent outing (3-16-07) Carbajal, with less than three days notice, took on former IBF featherweight champ, Eric "Mighty Mouse" Aiken. After 12 action-packed rounds (which likely makes the bout a candidate for Fight of the Year
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com

Paez in action Friday
Boxing Insider - Rodriguez, from Los Mochis, Mexico, lists a record of 1-2-1 with one knockout, that win coming in his most recent outing May 11. Paez Jr. is the son of former International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization featherweight champion Jorge
Source: www.boxinginsider.com


Krishnamurti
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

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.

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

Fighting Faber defends title

Rebel Yell - The fight only lasted 1:38, but the first punches were thrown well beforehand. Dominic Cruz, the challenger in Saturday’s World Extreme Cagefighting Featherweight title fight against Urijah Faber, signed his name on several of the fight’s posters
Source: www.unlvrebelyell.com

Even Bob Dylan has a connection to Springfield
Springfield News Sun - The Springfield-Dylan connection â€" Springfield, not to mention the world at large, was shocked when its hometown hero, world featherweight champ Davey Moore, was killed in the boxing ring. A south-end role model â€" he was born, raised and lived
Source: www.springfieldnewssun.com

Bernard Fernandez | Even without jewels, Camarata's title belt is a
Philadelphia Daily News - Joe Maselli is the brother-in-law of the late Nick Camarata , a New Orleans featherweight and lightweight who posted a 52-31-10 record from 1933-46, not counting numerous exhibitions. Seven of those bouts took place in Philadelphia, as Camarata - a
Source: www.philly.com

Jorge Paez Jr Wins
East Side Boxing - Paez Jr. is the son of former International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization featherweight champion Jorge Paez. comments ? Love This Story Then Digg It: previous article: Diaz/Morales: David Diaz Jets to Mexico for Press Conference next
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com

El Paso will always have love affair with boxing
El Paso Times - One of this city's landmark fights was that 15-round featherweight war between Salvador Sanchez and Juan LaPorte, a non-stop battle that had fans on their feet and one that handed ABC excellent ratings. The great wars are many. But few had better
Source: www.elpasotimes.com

Featured PRFirm
PRWeb - "PRWeb has proven to be a powerful way to promote my book and speaking. One release landed me a book signing and speaking engagement at a worldwide IBM event. Another lead to becoming the cover story of a major industry magazine. A third drew people
Source: www.prweb.com

Upcoming fights
FOXSports.com - Alisher Rahomov, Russia, 12, for Jaca' IBF Inter-Continental super featherweight title. At Stuttgart, Germany Felix Sturm, Germany, vs. Noe Tulio Gonzalez Alcoba, Uruguay, 12, for Sturm's WBA middleweight title. At the Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas
Source: msn.foxsports.com

Faber delivers in title defense
Rebel Yell - Sweet 16 frequently flows off the tongue in a variety of sports, but rarely in the world of Mixed Martial Arts. World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight champion Urijah Faber, walking into the sold out Joint at the Hard Rock, was prepared to
Source: www.unlvrebelyell.com

Carl Johanneson Seeks Revenge
East Side Boxing - I have never been so up for a fight before,” Johanneson said of this European super featherweight clash. “I had a few problems earlier this year which have been sorted now and I feel great. “This fight will not be for the weak hearted. One of us
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com

Savarese is ready for fight with Holyfield
Las Cruces Sun-News - Also on Saturday's card is Las Cruces featherweight Ricky Vasquez, Rodriguez and Juarez featherweight Mickey Roman. Vasquez is 1-0, Rodriguez is 25-0 and Roman is 21-0. Tickets for Holyfield vs Savarese are $300, $200, $100, $60, $40 & $30 and are on
Source: www.lcsun-news.com


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