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Andrew's Boxing Blog March 2006 Archive

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

Lamon Brewster: Best Hope for Heavyweights?

Friday March 31, 2006
In today's leaderless heavyweight division, Lamon Brewster is as credible as any of the other beltholders. He's won nine straight - eight by KO - plus he's got a great ... Read More

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Thursday March 30, 2006
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Incredible Expanding Fighters

Wednesday March 29, 2006
Historically, a boxer tends to gain weight over the course of his career. James Toney, however, has taken gaining weight and raised it to an art form. In fact, Toney's ... Read More

Klitschko KO'd in Mayor's Race

Tuesday March 28, 2006
Former heavyweight champ Vitali Klitschko has failed in his bid to become mayor of Kiev. The fact that Klitschko lost was not nearly as surprising as the fact that both ... Read More

Butler Pleads Guilty in Death of Sports Writer

Monday March 27, 2006
Boxer James Butler has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and arson in the death of Sam Kellerman, a freelance sports writer (and the brother of Max Kellerman). On Oct. 17, ... Read More

Hatton Still Searching for an Opponent

Wednesday March 22, 2006
When Ricky Hatton defeated Kostya Tszyu on June 4, 2005, he immediately joined the ranks of the top ten pound-for-pound fighters in the world. Being considered one of the sport's ... Read More

Holyfield to Fight in Idaho?

Tuesday March 21, 2006
The Idaho Statesman newspaper is reporting that Evander Holyfield, Roy Jones Jr. and Virgil Hill could all be fighting on a big card this summer in Boise, ID. Other potential ... Read More

Boxer Dies After Winning Fight

Monday March 20, 2006
Welterweight Kevin Payne, 34, died Sunday afternoon from brain injuries suffered in his bout the previous evening. Payne won an eight-round split decision over Ryan Maraldo but collapsed in his ... Read More

Ugh! Rahman-Toney a Draw

Sunday March 19, 2006
Exactly what the heavyweight division didn't need. Hasim Rahman vs. James Toney was supposed to be the first step towards some clarity in the sport's glamour division ... some consensus ... Read More

Undefeated Duddy Stops Pudwill in First Round

Friday March 17, 2006
Middleweight John Duddy (16-0, 14 KOs) remained undefeated with a first round destruction of Shelby Pudwill before a sellout crowd at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden. It took less ... Read More

Heavyweight Weigh-In: Rahman 238, Toney 237

Thursday March 16, 2006
Earlier today, Hasim Rahman and James Toney weighed in for their WBC title bout this Saturday night in Atlantic City, NJ. Rahman, whose weight has ranged from 217 to a ... Read More

Rocky Balboa Update

Wednesday March 15, 2006
Sure, it's easy to make fun of Sylvester Stallone and the fact he's making a sixth Rocky movie ... but admit it -- odds are you'll check it out once ... Read More

Clearing Up the Heavyweight Picture

Tuesday March 14, 2006
The heavyweight division has been a mess since the retirement of Lennox Lewis. No big news flash there. However, with a bit of luck, this weekend's WBC title bout between ... Read More

Ex-Champ Seeks New Title: Mayor

Monday March 13, 2006
Former heavyweight champ Vitali Klitschko has retired from the ring but he's still got a fight on his hands ... running for mayor of Kiev, the Ukrainian capital. The incumbent ... Read More

Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones Jr. in July?

Sunday March 12, 2006
Fresh off the biggest win of his career, super middleweight champ Joe Calzaghe might get the biggest payday of his career. Roy Jones Jr. says he wants to fight Calzaghe ... Read More

Sturm Wins WBA Middleweight Title

Saturday March 11, 2006
Felix Sturm (25-1, 11 KOs) won the WBA middleweight title in convincing fashion with a 12-round unanimous decision over Maselino Masoe (26-3, 25 KOs). Sturm, who previously held the WBO ... Read More

35th Anniversary of THE FIGHT

Wednesday March 8, 2006
It was 35 years ago today that the biggest boxing match in history took place. On that night, the world's attention was focused on New York's Madison Square Garden as ... Read More

Cotto to Face Malignaggi Next

Tuesday March 7, 2006
Unbeaten Miguel Cotto (26-0, 22 KOs) retained his WBO junior welterweight belt with an eighth round stoppage of Gianluca Branco. Branco was game but simply couldn't match Cotto's firepower. Next ... Read More

Calzaghe Dominates Lacy

Monday March 6, 2006
The boxing public that has been underrating Joe Calzaghe for years deserves him a big apology. In delivering a masterful shutout of previously undefeated Jeff Lacy, Calzaghe proved he deserves ... Read More

Busy Boxing Weekend Ahead

Friday March 3, 2006
All four channels that regularly televise boxing in the U.S. have live fights on tap this weekend ... and none of them are on pay-per-view! Tonight (Friday, March 3) you ... Read More

Hang 'Em Up ... Please!

Thursday March 2, 2006
In recent days we've learned of the comeback plans of Joe Mesi and Tommy Morrison ... neither of which sound like particularly good ideas. However, it's not at all uncommon ... Read More

De La Hoya-Mayorga Hype Begins

Wednesday March 1, 2006
Oscar De La Hoya and Ricardo Mayorga both know how to promote a fight ... they just go about it completely differently. Mayorga's title defense against De La Hoya is ... Read More

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