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Entries tagged with "Oliver+McCall":

• The Two Mr. Wilsons – May 21st, 2013

  There seems to be no end of confusion regarding the fate of former heavyweight Darroll Wilson (27-10-2, 21 KOs), who fought from 1993 to 2006...
  
  

• Klitschko's Date with Destiny – May 3rd, 2013

  
  
  

• Stop This Before It Happens – April 12th, 2013

  James Toney needs to quit now. He is totally shot and took a terrible beating at the hands of Denis Lebedev in November 2011...
  
  

• The Brutal Separation of Man and Boy – March 10th, 2013

  At least the beaten Marvis remained standing, and there was definitely a sliver of pride in that when facing a prime Larry Holmes...
  
  

• Wladimir Fights Francesco Pianeta – March 5th, 2013

  
  
  

• Open Letter to Dan Rafael – February 20th, 2013

  
  
  

• Boxing’s Five Greatest Moments: 1990-1999 – February 13th, 2013

  Here are my picks of the five most heart-wrenching, stomach-churning, adrenaline-pumping, air-punching, on-the-edge-of-your-seat moments...
  
  

• 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...
  
  

• 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…
  
  

• Frank Bruno vs. Oliver McCall – September 2nd, 2012

  On Sept. 2, 1995 at Wembley Stadium in London, England, Frank Bruno challenged WBC heavyweight champion Oliver McCall for the title he won by scoring an unlikely second round TKO of Lennox Lewis a year earlier. Bruno, 39-4 coming in, had lost to Bonecrusher Smith in 1984, Tim Witherspoon in 1986, Mike…
  
  

• Almost Getting to the Sunshine – August 10th, 2012

  Mike Hunter was more than a journeyman; he was a contender who almost reached the sunshine. But somewhere along the line, circumstances took him over the edge...
  
  

• Book Review: David Jaco, Spontaneous Palooka – April 26th, 2012

  More important than his very entertaining boxing stories is Jaco’s depth of character as a human being, especially as a father…
  
  

• 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

  
  
  

• 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…
  
  

• Roy Jones: Going Down the Highway – December 19th, 2011

  It is hard, if you have any ounce of humanity, to watch a human being, like or dislike, disintegrating in the public domain…
  
  

• 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...
  
  

• A Boxing Fan’s Dream Weekend – October 31st, 2011

  
  
  

• A New Perspective on a Night Gone Wrong – October 19th, 2011

  I’ve yet to see the definitive list on “boxing moves”, but apparently it can be had at Golden Boy Promotions headquarters…
  
  

• The Culture of Boxing: Second in a Series – October 3rd, 2011

  In one of the great images of athletic celebration, the cameras caught a joyous Greg leaping high off the canvas with his legs striding in midair…
  
  

• The New Normal in the Heavyweight Division – August 16th, 2011

  In short (no pun intended), Mike Tyson’s glory days ended in 1996 and I doubt we will ever see another 5’10” heavyweight champion…