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Andrew's Boxing Blog December 2006 Archive

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

Mike Tyson Arrested on Cocaine Charge

Friday December 29, 2006
Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson is in trouble again. Tyson was arrested at 1:45 a.m. on Friday morning for suspicion of driving under the influence and possession of cocaine after ... Read More

2006 Fighter of the Year

Wednesday December 27, 2006

Are You Ready for Rocky VI?

Tuesday December 19, 2006

Night of Knockouts in Miami

Monday December 18, 2006
If you're a fan of knockouts, then you definitely enjoyed HBO's latest Boxing After Dark card. In the main event, one crushing right hand from middleweight Edison Miranda (27-1) was ... Read More

Duran, Whitaker Elected to Boxing Hall

Monday December 11, 2006
Four-division champs Roberto Duran and Pernell Whitaker, and two-division champ Ricardo Lopez headline the long list of 2007 inductees to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY. Other ... Read More

Maskaev Keeps WBC Title by Decision

Monday December 11, 2006
Oleg Maskaev (34-5) successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title for the first time with a 12-round unanimous decision over Peter Okhello (18-5). The bout marked the first world title fight ... Read More

Jermain Taylor Outpoints Game Kassim Ouma

Sunday December 10, 2006
An experiment with open-scoring simply confirmed what was obvious to everyone watching -- Jermain Taylor was going to make sure his homecoming was a big success. The undefeated Taylor (26-0-1) ... Read More

Taylor, Maskaev Head Busy Boxing Weekend

Wednesday December 6, 2006
This weekend's boxing action is highlighted by middleweight Jermain Taylor defending his WBC and WBO belts in his home state of Arkansas against Kassim Ouma (Saturday night on HBO). Ouma ... Read More

Winky Outpoints Ike; Lacy Struggles but Wins

Sunday December 3, 2006
Winky Wright (51-3-1) returned to Tampa for the first time in 14 years and gave his hometown fans something to cheer about with a solid unanimous decision over veteran Ike ... Read More

Cotto Wins WBA Welter Belt; Margarito Retains WBO Version

Sunday December 3, 2006
Moving up to welterweight posed no problem for Miguel Cotto (28-0) as he won the vacant WBA welterweight title with an action-packed fifth round TKO of previously unbeaten Carlos Quintana ... Read More

HBO and Showtime Go Head-to-Head

Friday December 1, 2006
Get those recorders ready because on Saturday night, HBO and Showtime are once again going head-to-head with doubleheaders that fight fans won't want to miss. On HBO (at 9:45 pm ... Read More

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