The Battle of the Cover Girls, as it was billed, involved Mia Rosales St John, who cuddled up to red boxing gloves on the cover of Playboy, versus Christy Martin whose blocky, blood smeared figure glared triumphantly from the cover of Sports Illustrated following her defeat of Deirdre Gogarty on the undercard of Tyson-Bruno back
Tonight I had the opportunity to talk with Laila “She Bee-stingin” Ali about her upcoming fight this Friday, November 8, at the Stratoshere Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas. Ali and Valerie Mahfood is the mainliner on “Friday Night Fights” on ESPN2. The two will duke it out for the unification of three belts
(Sept 26, 2002) That is right folks…Tomato Cans are NOT for boxing…and yet the sport continues to furnish a fresh supply of tomato cans for World Champions, Top World contenders, and boxers who have a lot more experience than their defenseless opponents. And who does it hurt?—- EVERYONE! Every time a top woman boxer goes
This week I conducted a one on one Interview with Yolanda Gonzalez. Yolanda is a lawyer by day and boxer by night. Yolanda’s boxing background included participating as an amateur, and was the New Jersey 1999 Golden Gloves Champion, and the Diamond Gloves Champion of 2000. In addition, she received the honor of “The Fighter of the Night” in her
CONNECTICUT (Feb. 9, 2001) Liz Mueller, 5′ 3″, 133, faced Jaime Clampett, 5′ 5″, 136, in a six-round lightweight bout that resulted in a close majority decision, 57-57, 58-56, 58-56, at the Foxwood Casino, in Connecticut that was televised on ESPN2. [WBAN report, by Sue TL Fox] Liz Mueller, who fights out of Ledyard,
HOUSTON (Nov. 30) – Billed as the woman’s fight of the year, Valerie “Lone Wolf” Mahfood and Ann “Brown Sugar” Wolf did not disappoint the 1,610 fans in attendance at Browning Boxing’s last fight night of the year Thursday at the Radisson Hotel Astrodome producing three of the most exciting light heavyweight rounds in recent
Tonight, September 17, 2000, at the Cobo Arena, in Detroit, Freeda Foreman took on her second opponent, Aicheria Bell. According to Fox Sports Net, Bell is a 0-3 fighter, losing two of her previous bouts by being stopped. Bell is out of Wisconsin. Foreman’s first opponent, Laquanda Landers…you guessed it…. is out of Wisconsin—-at least
Andrea Nelson of Dodgeville, Wisc., pounded out a unanimous decision over a fired up Brenda Bell Drexel of San Marcos, Tex., Saturday, Aug. 5, in their four-round lightweight bout, a preliminary to a KO Nation boxing program aired over HBO from Madison, Wisc. The women’s bout and the other three men’s matches were not broadcast
Andrea Nelson of Dodgeville, Wisc., pounded out a unanimous decision over a fired up Brenda Bell Drexel of San Marcos, Tex., Saturday, Aug. 5, in their four-round lightweight bout, a preliminary to a KO Nation boxing program aired over HBO from Madison, Wisc. The women’s bout and the other three men’s matches were not broadcast
I arrived in the middle of the night on August 4th to Las Vegas, and stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel. You really have to see this hotel to believe all of the extensive historical memorabilia they have literally displayed on the walls and display cases throughout the hotel. There is authentic rock n’ roll