Tag: ESPN

How Will ESPN Cutbacks Affect Women’s Boxing? – 2003

By BRIAN ACKLEY –  WBAN Senior Editor (DEC 5) It’s good news that the postponement of Ali-Wolfe apparently had nothing to do with the sad news leaked on the same day that ESPN is significantly cutting back it’s involvement in boxing. Scheduled as a second straight Valentine’s Day matchup, the two rivals were scheduled as the

Kim Messer vs. Yvonne Caples- by Sue TL Fox

When I spoke to Caples and her trainer, he made it clear that Caples was not only going to defeat Messer, but that there would be a KO.  During that conversation, I mentioned mismatches, and he told me the following:    He said that I would be calling the Caples match with Messer a mismatch after

Blackshear vs. Sidoroff – – ESPN2 Story by Sue TL Fox

The Margaret Sidoroff  (108) vs. Jolene Blackshear (111) fight was considered by most— the best fight on the televised portion of ESPN2. (Three undercard fights that were very exciting did not make it on television). There was no loser in this fight—the reason why I say this is because women’s boxing needed a real shot