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Entries tagged with "Lennox+Lewis":

• Andre Ward: “I Can Beat a Klitschko” – April 29th, 2013

  Ward claims that heavyweight twin-peaks Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko are possible future targets for the current 168-pound world champion...
  
  

• Zab Judah Unleashed – April 25th, 2013

  "If you're going to be a gangster, be a gangster all the way. If you're going to be Al Capone, be Al Capone all the way..."
  
  

• Memories of Emanuel Steward – April 6th, 2013

  “We run a rough ass gym," said Steward. "Some top pros come to work out with us, but they leave because they can't take it…”
  
  

• Teddy Atlas on Rios-Alvarado II – March 28th, 2013

  “I live in a boxing world my whole life where it’s pretty much absolutes. You better be able to handle tangible facts if you’re going to be in boxing…”
  
  

• Vitali Klitschko—The Retiring Kind? – March 26th, 2013

  Much to the distaste of American fans his attacks have always been surgical. Like a picador, Klitschko takes his time to sap the strength of his foes…
  
  

• The 100 Greatest Fighters of All Time Part One: 100-91 – March 1st, 2013

  But who, really, is the greatest? Who are the ten greatest? Better yet, who are the one-hundred greatest fighters in the history of boxing?
  
  

• 10 Greatest Upsets in Heavyweight History – February 24th, 2013

  There's nothing like an upset to make one believe. All the questionable decisions that cast doubt on the sport are rendered meaningless when an upset occurs. And when the upset is during a contest between world-class heavyweights, the satisfaction is that much greater. This sampling covers some of the…
  
  

• Dark Heart’s Cowboy vs. The Tortured Soul Kid – January 29th, 2013

  Boxing is more than difficult. It is life and death. It is basic and poetic. It is euphoric and catastrophic. It is tragic and heroic...
  
  

• Legacy: Triumph and Tragedy of Randy Turpin – January 29th, 2013

  Without his tour de force, this magnificent country may well have been deprived of some of the world’s most transcendent athletes…
  
  

• Monster Ball – January 15th, 2013

  What about a tourney along the lines of the Super Six World Boxing Classic organized by Showtime? Imagine the possibilities…
  
  

• Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno – January 11th, 2013

  The Battle of Britain was fought on Oct. 1, 1993, at Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales. Lennox Lewis was 23-0 going in and had won the WBC heavyweight title from Tony Tucker just five months earlier. Frank Bruno was 36-3 at the time. His only losses were to Bonecrusher Smith in 1984, Tim Witherspoon…
  
  

• Weigh-In from London: Slaying the Devil – December 31st, 2012

  Happiness, health and family are where life really is, not in front of the intense glare of the 24-hour media and casino theme park of Las Vegas...
  
  

• Lennox Lewis vs. Hasim Rahman II – December 29th, 2012

  We often appreciate fighters more after they're gone than when they were active. Such is the case with Lennox Lewis. He was derided as being methodical and robotic, as dull as dishwater, especially when compared to the roller-coaster reign of Mike Tyson. But when Lennox had to step it up, he stepped…
  
  

• The 15 Greatest Composite Punchers of All Time – December 26th, 2012

  A great fighter is so much more than a collection of physical attributes, even if they are lucky enough to possess an absolutely extraordinary one...
  
  

• Jim Lampley: Renaissance Man – December 20th, 2012

  The Jim Lampley I have come to know is both humble and accessible; he is also extremely bright, fast, and assiduous…
  
  

• Calling It a Day – December 19th, 2012

  For the select few, though the desire to perform still burns within, logic ultimately prevents them, painfully so, like a tether which stops a bird from flying...
  
  

• Khan Looks to Become a Different Kind of Hunter – December 14th, 2012

  If Hunter’s words prove true, then we can expect a special performance by Khan as he seeks to reassert his status as a top pound-for-pound fighter…
  
  

• Wilder Thing, You Make My Heart Sing – December 13th, 2012

  “The measure of a champion is someone who knows how to win when all hell is breaking loose and everything is coming apart at the seams around them…”
  
  

• Frank Maloney’s New Deal – December 12th, 2012

  
  
  

• Vitali Klitschko vs. Lennox Lewis – December 8th, 2012

  It feels as if they were heavyweight from opposing eras, and in a sense they were. Lennox Lewis was the long reigning heavyweight champion, having been declared champ after Riddick Bowe dumped the WBC belt in the trash. Aside from two losses, both avenged, to Oliver “Cry Me a River” McCall on Sept.…
  
  

• One Nation Divisible (Ali/Frazier Documentary) – November 30th, 2012

  One Nation Divisible is an excellent documentary on "The Fight" -- the first and most significant of three meetings between The Greatest, Muhammad Ali, and the no less great Smokin' Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden in 1971. This much heralded bout for heavyweight bragging rights was loaded with subplots…
  
  

• TruSparta IX: Wars of Attrition – November 29th, 2012

  While some were heralding Guerrero-Berto as the Fight of the Year, it lacked the requisite craft and adept boxing technique...
  
  

• Is the Referee Counting over Seth Mitchell’s Career? – November 20th, 2012

  In the next couple of months Seth Mitchell will be in the ring with one of the quietest but most profound challenges of his life…
  
  

• Carving Statues – November 9th, 2012

  The truly great trainers are a kind of practical philosopher, they harmonize with the chaotic flux of fighting, tempering their pupil with sensible instruction…
  
  

• A Master Steward Moves On – October 26th, 2012

  Who could ever forget Manny Steward racing to the ring in a cut-off Kronk shirt—still vascular and in great shape well into his 60s?
  
  

• Remembering the Goldfather Emanuel Steward – October 25th, 2012

  The only thing more ferocious than the 110 degree Kronk heat was the intensity of Kronk sparring matches, and I was mesmerized right away…
  
  

• Ten-Count for Emanuel Steward – October 25th, 2012

  
  
  

• Could Fury Be Next For David Price? – October 14th, 2012

  
  
  

• Is Povetkin Between The Rock and a Hard Place? – September 28th, 2012

  “Alexander has been training hard,” said Tszyu. “There is no reason why he should not be able to present himself in top shape…”
  
  

• David and Goliath – September 10th, 2012

  
  
  

• Quarrymen: The Not-So-Sweet Science – August 20th, 2012

  Boxing, it seemed, was the only Quarry family business. The patriarch, Jack, who was 81 when I spoke with him in his nursing home, wouldn’t have had it any other way…
  
  

• Back to Formula – August 19th, 2012

  Knowing his pupil’s weakness was key and to stop him from getting distracted, Futch devised a foolproof plan—keep Bowe busy...
  
  

• Haye Fever Cure – July 15th, 2012

  
  
  

• Circus Envy – July 14th, 2012

  There were no clowns tossing buckets of confetti but we all understood what we were looking at. All of us aside from Chisora, that is...
  
  

• Rock of Ages – June 29th, 2012

  
  
  

• Just When You Think You’ve Seen Everything – June 26th, 2012

  The Brown Bomber was embarrassed and totally confused by 33-year-old Jersey Joe Walcott’s unorthodox tactics…
  
  

• Topsy-Turvy: Who Is Victor Ortiz? – June 22nd, 2012

  "Fighters don’t look at the fine print," Teddy Atlas told me. "Fighters smash the fine print. They go to the BOLD PRINT..."
  
  

• Muhammad Ali Tops Boxing.com All Time Heavyweight Poll – June 18th, 2012

  The response to the poll from you—our valued readers— was nothing short of fantastic and we thank you all...
  
  

• 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...
  
  

• Money May Not Retiring – May 7th, 2012

  
  
  

• The Dragon Slayers, Part IV: Marco Antonio Barrera – April 12th, 2012

  Marco Antonio Barrera had come a long way in pursuit of a young dragon to slay…
  
  

• Play It Again, Mike – April 11th, 2012

  
  
  

• Boxing’s Five Greatest Moments: 2000-2009 – April 6th, 2012

  It’s about the individual moments, indistinct passages of time where, as we’ll see, two minutes can seem like a second and a second can seem like two minutes…
  
  

• The Big Bombers: Shavers & Co. – April 2nd, 2012

  Like a big shark casting its shadow, you simply never knew what Shavers was going to do next. Would he simply bump you or take a big bite?
  
  

• 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…
  
  

• Lennox Claims Heavies DOA – March 21st, 2012

  
  
  

• Was the Referee Right or Wrong? – March 12th, 2012

  The third man in the ring sometimes makes blunders. Let's take a look at some of the most controversial correct refereeing decisions of all time…
  
  

• When Harry Met Ali (Documentary) – March 9th, 2012

  There are no shortage of documentaries on Muhammad Ali. Some are good, some are not so good, and some are better than most. The documentary "When Harry Met Ali" is better than most and is narrated by British boxing writer Harry Carpenter, who followed Ali from his earliest days to the end of his remarkable…
  
  

• 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…
  
  

• Lou DiBella: The Office Chess Set – March 6th, 2012

  The first thing to note here at DiBella Entertainment, up near the Garden, is simply that; DiBella Entertainment and not DiBella Boxing…