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Andrew's Boxing Blog June 2004 Archive

By Andrew Eisele, About.com Guide to Boxing since 1999

Tyson Settles with Don King

Wednesday June 30, 2004
Mike Tyson turns 38 today and appears at least relatively sincere about trying to turn his life around (again). Don King has agreed to pay Tyson $14 million ($8 million ... Read More

Tonya Harding Gets Pounded

Wednesday June 30, 2004
Tonya Harding's boxing career took a beating as she lost by third-round TKO to Amy Johnson. Harding, 33, has been hoping to become the bad-girl of boxing and parlay that ... Read More

New Opponent for Tyson

Wednesday June 23, 2004
Kevin McBride feels like he was robbed ... but boxing fans might be (slightly) better off. McBride was tentatively scheduled to face Mike Tyson in Tyson's latest comeback on July ... Read More

Barrera Impressive in Ring Return

Wednesday June 23, 2004
Don't write off Marco Antonio Barrera just yet. After getting stopped in 11 rounds by Manny Pacquiao last November there was a lot of talk that Barrera was a shot ... Read More

Tyson Comeback Seems Set for Louisville

Wednesday June 16, 2004
Former champ Mike Tyson finally appears ready for yet another "comeback" bout -- this time against carefully-selected club fighter Kevin McBride on July 30 in Louisville, KY. Despite being such ... Read More

Hall of Fame Weekend Underway in Canastota, NY

Saturday June 12, 2004
Festivities are underway in Canastota, NY as the International Boxing Hall of Fame prepares to enshrine its 2004 class of inductees: Azumah Nelson, Carlos Palomino, Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Daniel Zaragoza, ... Read More

De La Hoya Edges Sturm to Preserve Hopkins Bout

Sunday June 6, 2004
It wasn't pretty but Bernard Hopkins and Oscar De La Hoya accomplished what they had to in order to preserve their highly anticipated middleweight title bout on Sept. 18. Hopkins ... Read More

De La Hoya, Hopkins Set for Tune Ups

Wednesday June 2, 2004
Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins need to take care of business on Saturday night to make sure that their Sept. 18 middleweight mega-fight comes off as planned. De ... Read More

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