In the News - December 1999
Selected links and commentary on Boxing news.
Boxer says he was offered $30 K to lose to Duran (December 31, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Rape allegation made against Oscar De La Hoya (December 28, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Trainer Victor Valle dead at 82 (December 25, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Boxing has changed with and reflected the times (December 24, 1999)
- AP from CBS SportsLine.com
Morrison hospitalized for testing (December 23, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Video evidence shows IBF head taking bribes (December 22, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Jury rejects grandfather's claim Moorer owes him money (December 21, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Another year of disappointments for boxing (December 21, 1999)
- Anthony Mormile, SportsTicker from CBS SportsLine.com
Morrison back in jail after bond revoked (December 21, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
British Boxing Board of Control under court protection (December 21, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Daughters of Ali and Frazier could meet in the ring (December 21, 1999)
- AP from CBS SportsLine.com
Hamed to defend WBO featherwieght crown in London (December 21, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Kostya Tszyu to fight Ahmed Santos (December 21, 1999)
- AP from CBS SportsLine.com
Moorer feuding with grandfather over winnings (December 20, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Golota hurt, passenger killed in Iowa car accident (December 20, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Austin keeps IBF bantamweight crown with KO (December 19, 1999)
- AP from CBS SportsLine.com
Chavez stops Smith in third round (December 19, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Latecomer wins WBO flyweight title (December 19, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Castillejo retains super-welterweight title (December 18, 1999)
- AP from CBS SportsLine.com
Spadafora defends IBF lightweight title (December 17, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Irish woman bids to be Thai kickboxing champion (December 17, 1999)
- Reuters from CBS SportsLine.com
Trainers, relatives fighting over Moorer contract dispute (December 17, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Judge orders deposition from Holyfield's pastor (December 16, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
South Carolina bolsters boxing regulations (December 16, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Golden Boy goes Boy George (December 15, 1999)
- Joe Gergen, Newsday from SportingNews.com
Coley criticizes De La Hoya's strategy against Trinidad (December 15, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Ex-kickboxer Francis not afraid of facing Tyson (December 14, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
IBF boss takes leave to fight bribery charges (December 14, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
WBC strips Hamed of his featherweight title (December 13, 1999)
- Reuters from CNN/SI.com
IBF's Lee takes leave to fight charges (December 13, 1999)
- AP from ESPN.com
Hopkins outpoints Echols to keep IBF title (December 12, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Ali voted century's greatest sportsman in BBC poll (December 12, 1999)
- Reuters from CBS Sportsline.com
Mitchell retains title with draw (December 12, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Ayala wins third straight since release from prison (December 12, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Klitschko defends WBO crown against Sullivan (December 11, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Gomez knocks out Tagoe to retain WBC crown (December 11, 1999)
- AP from CBS Sportsline.com
Laila Ali scores KO in third pro fight (December 11, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Catley stops Lucas in super-middleweight bout (December 11, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Trinidad-De La Hoya II on June 17? (December 11, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Commission to discuss new boxing rules (December 10, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Tyson won't be charged with neglecting ferrets (December 10, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Ayala to continue comeback vs. Menefee (December 10, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Tyson set to fight Jan. 29 in England (December 9, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Tyson assistant claims two ferrets (December 8, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Sugar Ray Robinson named fighter of the century (December 8, 1999)
- AP from CBS Sportsline.com
AP names fighters of the century (December 8, 1999)
- AP from CBS Sportsline.com
Voting results in AP fighter of the century poll (December 8, 1999)
- AP from CBS Sportsline.com
Officials knew Johnson was suspended in Canada (December 8, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Tyson to fight Britain's Francis next (December 8, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
U.S. boxers to fight Chinese Kung Fu champs (December 8, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Super bantamweight champions to defend titles (December 8, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Ali receives replica of lost 1960 gold medal (December 7, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Boxer's passion has deadly consequences (December 7, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Mike Tyson, ferret abuser? (December 7, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Stephan Johnson dies at 31 (December 6, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Poll: Las Vegas fed up with Tyson antics (December 6, 1999)
- AP from ESPN.com
Vargas narrowly retains IBF title (December 5, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Corrales retains IBF jr lightweight title (December 5, 1999)
- Reuters from CBS Sportsline.com
Arrest warrent issued on Teofilo Stevenson (December 4, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Klitscho keeps his European championship (December 4, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Berbick allowed to stay in Canada (December 3, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
January fight in Britain for Tyson? (December 3, 1999)
- AP from CBS Sportsline.com
Leija stops Boudreaux in fifth round (December 3, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
New York governor vetoes boxing legislation (December 2, 1999)
- AP from CNN/SI.com
Ali's daughter to fight in Detroit (December 2, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Johnston might fight in hometown (December 2, 1999)
- AP from ESPN.com
Ali honored as SI's Sportsman of the Century (December 2, 1999)
- AP from CBS Sportsline.com
Stephan Johnson undergoes a tracheotomy (December 1, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Tyson to fight in Germany in August? (December 1, 1999)
- Reuters from CBS Sportsline.com
Pastor won't reveal Holyfield's contributions (December 1, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
Sikh boxer wins court challenge over beard (December 1, 1999)
- AP from SportingNews.com
