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Entries tagged with "Evander+Holyfield":

• What Do Women Know? – May 1st, 2011

  "Boxing is for men, and is about men, and is men. A celebration of the lost art of masculinity all the more trenchant for being lost..."
  
  

• The Surreal Deal – May 2nd, 2011

  
  
  

• Evander TKOs Nielsen – May 7th, 2011

  
  
  

• Don’t Cry for Me Argentina – May 17th, 2011

  
  
  

• Holyfield Jumps on Bandwagon – June 16th, 2011

  
  
  

• Bronson, Haye, and Tyson Fury – June 23rd, 2011

  We shall see if Haye is a little big man. Does he have The Great Spirit? Will he attack or slowly be worn down?
  
  

• The Long Weekend – June 30th, 2011

  The reason I have the boxing bug this weekend is that I think we are finally going to get some heavyweight fireworks…
  
  

• The Oncoming Train Wreck in Combat Sports – July 5th, 2011

  If Evander Holyfield can still continue to fight, you can be assured that Jermain Taylor will get a license to fight in Arkansas...
  
  

• Khan Turns New Judah Old – July 23rd, 2011

  Judah’s actions explain Judah. He hypes himself up. He talks a great game. But against elite opposition, he falls short every time...
  
  

• Ran Nakash and the Playboy Mansion – August 2nd, 2011

  I can hear our esteemed Mr. Editor now: “Tell me about the fight, I don’t give a rat’s ass about bikinis and playmates…"
  
  

• Mike Tyson Looks Back – August 4th, 2011

  
  
  

• Povetkin-Chagaev vs. Holyfield? – August 26th, 2011

  Holyfield believes that god is in his corner, whispering in his ear, telling his to keep his hands up and chin down, advising him to keep barreling forward…
  
  

• Ten-Count for Georgie Benton – September 19th, 2011

  
  
  

• Postscript to a Bad Night in Vegas – September 20th, 2011

  Come with me as I return to the Silver Slipper in Las Vegas in 1976, a night grounded in the true pathos and ambivalence of boxing…
  
  

• Holyfield on Mayweather-Ortiz – September 20th, 2011

  
  
  

• Atlas Shrugged: Povetkin vs. Holyfield – September 22nd, 2011

  “I have some experience with old-timers who aren’t supposed to have anything left,” Atlas said. “One of them was a guy named George Foreman..."
  
  

• Jack the Ripper’s Dead: Sonny Liston – September 27th, 2011

  There always has to be a boogieman to keep us on our toes and fire our humdrum lives with some dangerous excitement...
  
  

• The Tyson Effect and the Fall of the Pure Boxer – October 9th, 2011

  Can we analyze the heavyweight division in a way that might better educate us on how the division has changed, and why it has declined…
  
  

• Big George on Bernard Hopkins – October 15th, 2011

  
  
  

• Roy Jones Jr. Plays with Fire – October 22nd, 2011

  
  
  

• “The Rone Incident” – October 30th, 2011

  Maybe someday some boxing commissioner in some obscure state will say, “Hey hold on a minute. This one reminds me of the ‘Rone Incident'..."
  
  

• Big Bowe Peep – November 1st, 2011

  
  
  

• Big Daddy: Should He Be Inducted into the Hall? – November 2nd, 2011

  Bowe slaughtered highly touted trash-talking Jorge Luis Gonzalez. He did this like a butcher works on fresh meat…
  
  

• Pacquiao vs. Marquez: A Tapestry of Trilogies – November 8th, 2011

  It had everything. Post-war drama, a rubber match, the Chicago vs. New York big city ingredient, unabashed ethnic pride…
  
  

• Jim Lampley: Boxing’s Vibrant Expressionist – November 16th, 2011

  “The bottom line is that boxing attracts literate observers because the psychological confrontation between two fighters is so compelling—and so identifiable...”
  
  

• It’s Transition Time Again – November 17th, 2011

  
  
  

• Rock Solid: Magnificent Marciano – November 27th, 2011

  Now to the big question: How good a heavyweight puncher was Rocky Marciano? The simple answer is that he was one of the true elite...
  
  

• One More Round: Too Much to Ask – December 4th, 2011

  The night was to end with a "convicted" glove-loader losing to a man he was suspected of using loaded gloves to beat a few years earlier…
  
  

• Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe I – December 27th, 2011

  Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe fought an an amazing trilogy in the early- to mid-1990s. All three fights were outstanding, but their first fight might be the most outstanding of them all. They first met on Nov. 13, 1992 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas for Holyfield's WBC/WBA/IBF heavyweight titles. Both fighters were undefeated at the time. Evander was 28-0. Big Daddy Bowe was 31-0. It's been a long time since we've seen a heavyweight title fight of this caliber, and it may be a long time before we see another...
  
  

• Remembering Those Who Passed in 2011 – December 29th, 2011

  The sweet science lost some greats and near greats in 2011, and each of them will be missed. May the Lord grant them eternal comfort...
  
  

• Navigating the Moral Landscape – December 31st, 2011

  We are not children and should not be tempted to think about complex issues as children do…
  
  

• Holy Moly – January 1st, 2012

  
  
  

• The Dragon Slayers, Part I: Hasim Rahman – January 18th, 2012

  Their storylines can include a David and Goliath, reluctant heroes, tales of redemption, good/evil and old school/new school dichotomies…
  
  

• When Hagler Speaks We Listen – January 22nd, 2012

  Dubai is perfectly situated to host Mayweather vs. Pacquiao. Its location is ideal, being only 100 miles from Iran…
  
  

• Holyfield: Gulf War Syndrome – January 23rd, 2012

  
  
  

• Return to Sender – February 7th, 2012

  
  
  

• Vitali Klitschko: One Big Enigma – February 16th, 2012

  Vitali Klitschko is a mystery man—and he’s about to cause more headaches for boxing critics and historians than he ever has with his powerful jab...
  
  

• Dr. Ironfist, Del Boy, and the Secret Dream – February 17th, 2012

  Redemption is a slippery concept in the best of times, and in Haye’s capable hands nothing less than a wriggling carp…
  
  

• Finding a New Low – February 19th, 2012

  
  
  

• Mills Lane: Let's Get It On! – March 8th, 2012

  Lane knew he had moved to a new level of celebrity after the fight when he sold his bloodstained shirt to a collector…
  
  

• Lennox Claims Heavies DOA – March 21st, 2012

  
  
  

• First Round KOs – March 21st, 2012

  Here's a look at some of the most significant early KOs ever to grace the sometimes graceless heavyweight division…
  
  

• Remember When: A Card Worth Remembering – March 27th, 2012

  Tony Soprano, Nucky Thompson, Gordon Gekko are part of a long list of movie tough guys. But that’s just Hollywood...
  
  

• Evander Holyfield vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi – April 12th, 2012

  Evander Holyfield was a force to be reckoned with. In only his 12th professional fight, he met WBA cruiserweight champion Dwight Muhammad Qawi on July 12, 1986, at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. Holyfield was undefeated. Qawi was 26-2-1, his last loss coming more than three years earlier to Michael Spinks. It was Evander's final fight at cruiser before moving up in weight, and what a fight it was...
  
  

• Las Vegas Sun Doesn't Shine on Mike – April 15th, 2012

  
  
  

• Hopkins-Dawson II Predictions – April 27th, 2012

  Bernard Hopkins, who generates intense reactions pro and con, has hit more ends of the road than he has heavy bags...
  
  

• Two Guns, Six Heads and Three Fouls – May 8th, 2012

  In the end, when they tally up the guys who fight under the creed of “anything goes,” Teddy Reid's name will be near the top…
  
  

• The Razor’s Edge – May 16th, 2012

  
  
  

• On Champions, “Champions,” and “Championships” – May 18th, 2012

  In terms of scoring and ranking, boxing has more in common with gymnastics or synchronized swimming than it does basketball or football...