(NOV 7) This week I had an opportunity to talk with WBC World champion Jelena Mrdjenovich to get the latest scoop on her traveling to Thailand for the 51st WBC Convention. I asked Mrdjenovich about the convention and how it came about that she decided to attend the event. Courtesy photo: Mrdjenovich Mrdjenovich said, “I
(JAN 6) So we come to another end-of-year award season in the sport of Women’s boxing; a search for the high points in a rather desultory twelve months in a sport that desperately needs to be more concerned with it’s future than it’s past. Shortly after exchanging holiday wishes on the first day of the
(JUNE 10) This is the age of hyperbole, exaggeration has become the norm. One of the adjectives orally chucked about, with abandon, today, is “historic.” It is often applied to an event that, at the time it occurs, seems to have secured it’s place in the pantheon of never-to-be-forgotten occurrences. Remember the score of the
(MAY 10) Last night in front of a sold out crowd at the at the Korakuen Hall, in Tokyo, Japan, in what has been considered the first time the Japan Boxing Commission recognized women’s boxing this year, there was 10 women’s bouts on this card. [If anyone has photos, more info on this card, email
The event was surrounded by potential controversy, mainly due to Tyson’s and Golota’s past tarnished reputations with previous fights with others. Both fighters labeled, “The Bad Boys of Boxing” had a list of reasons for having such a name! Tyson hitting Norris after the bell, biting Holyfield’s ear and trying to continue to hit one
In February of 2000, I had an opportunity to cover an all-women’s fight card in Kenner, Louisiana (February 11, 2000). My first contact with some of the female boxers, Marsha Valley and Kim Messer was at the Sea-Tac International Airport. When I arrived at the host hotel and met up with all of the female
Christy Martin vs. Diedre Gogarty – The Fight that lit the sport on Fire! On March 16, 1996, on a Showtime televised card, Christy Martin and Diedre Gogarty set the sport on fire when they outshown the Mike Tyson mainliner. Martin won the six-rounder by a unanimous decision. This WAS the defining fight that lit the