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.
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