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Andrew's Boxing Blog February 2007 Archive

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

Lennox Lewis is NOT Coming Back

Monday February 26, 2007
From time to time since retiring, Lennox Lewis has had to deny reports that he is planning a comeback to give Vitali Klitschko a rematch. Well, this past weekend Lewis ... Read More

Morrison, Mesi, Tua Win

Friday February 23, 2007
It was a good night for former heavyweight contenders on the comeback trail. In Chester, West Virginia, Tommy Morrison and Joe Mesi destroyed overmatched opponents. Mesi remained undefeated - and ... Read More

Tommy Morrison Cleared to Fight ... Tomorrow

Wednesday February 21, 2007
Heavyweight Tommy Morrison was cleared to fight by the West Virginia state boxing commission yesterday and will be in the ring tomorrow night for the first time in over ten ... Read More

Malignaggi Impresses; Ex-"Contenders" Lose

Sunday February 18, 2007
Junior welterweight Paulie Malignaggi (21-1) scored a ten round unanimous decision over Edner Cherry (21-4-2) in his first fight since last June, when he absorbed tremendous punishment from Miguel Cotto. ... Read More

Next for Holyfield: Vinny Maddalone

Saturday February 17, 2007
Former heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield, 44, finally has an opponent for his March 17 bout in Corpus Christi, Texas: Vinny Maddalone (27-3, 19 KOs). This marks the third bout in ... Read More

BREAKING NEWS: Briggs-Ibragimov Delayed

Tuesday February 13, 2007
WBO heavyweight champ Shannon Briggs has pulled out of his March 10 title defense against Sultan Ibragimov due to a case of "walking pneumonia". Briggs, 35, already suffers from chronic ... Read More

Peter Rejects $2.5 Million to Step Aside

Tuesday February 13, 2007
Samuel Peter, with back-to-back wins over James Toney, is the mandatory challenger for the WBC heavyweight belt currently held by Oleg Maskaev. However, Maskaev would prefer to defend his title ... Read More

Mosley Turns Back the Clock

Sunday February 11, 2007
At 35, Shane Mosley is ten years older than Luis Collazo, but you wouldn't have known it by watching the two men in the ring together. Mosley, in his return ... Read More

Mike Tyson Checks Into Rehab

Thursday February 8, 2007
Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson - awaiting trial on drug charges - has checked himself into an in-patient program at the Wonderland Center in the Hollywood Hills for treatment of ... Read More

Mosley Ready for Collazo

Wednesday February 7, 2007
Sugar Shane Mosley, coming off back-to-back TKOs of Fernando Vargas, takes on Luis Collazo this Saturday night in Las Vegas for the interim WBC welterweight title. Both Mosley and Collazo - ... Read More

Wins for Dawson, Diaz, Spinks and Ali

Sunday February 4, 2007
Boxing may have a new star and his name is Chad Dawson. A year ago, we identified Dawson as one of the top ten prospects in the sport, but there ... Read More

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