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Entries tagged with "Ted+Sares":

• Sometimes You Can Hear the Silence – August 5th, 2011

  Joey Abel looked particularly sharp on this night in Rochester, Minnesota, scoring points with a hard jab and straight lefts…
  
  

• Mayweather vs. Ortiz: The Unspeakable – August 8th, 2011

  Fighters grow old overnight. Nobody mentions this because nobody believes it can happen, but it happens…
  
  

• The Next and Last Centurion – August 11th, 2011

  
  
  

• Scott LeDoux (Jan. 7, 1949 – Aug. 11, 2011) – August 12th, 2011

  LeDoux was a rough, tough, 6’2”, 220 lb. road warrior out of Minnesota who fought the very best during the golden age of heavyweights in the 70s...
  
  

• Walking the Walk with King Kong – August 14th, 2011

  
  
  

• 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…
  
  

• Warning Signs Flashing for Floyd – August 19th, 2011

  
  
  

• The Blue-Collar Heavyweight – August 28th, 2011

  
  
  

• Jerry Quarry: The Enemy Within – August 28th, 2011

  The feints were absent, the counterpunching was not sharp, and the punches were wild. Something was amiss…
  
  

• The Culture of Boxing: First in a Series – August 31st, 2011

  “I can live with it (a boxing fatality),” wrote Jim Lampley. “I know enough fighters to be sure they all know the risk they take when they go into the ring…”
  
  

• Winning When You Lose – September 5th, 2011

  
  
  

• Echols vs. Williams: The Fateful Draw – September 5th, 2011

  Both Antwun and Rubin need to get out before something bad happens, but that’s a decision they must make. That’s the nature of boxing…
  
  

• The Other Fabulous Four – September 8th, 2011

  
  
  

• Angulo vs. Kirkland: What If? – September 10th, 2011

  
  
  

• Mayweather Responds with Cold Shot – September 17th, 2011

  Ortiz forgot the first dictum of boxing, one that most referees pronounce during the instructions, to wit: “Protect yourself at all times"...
  
  

• 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…
  
  

• Here Comes Another Victor – September 21st, 2011

  
  
  

• Enter Massimo – September 24th, 2011

  
  
  

• Love, Hate, and Boxing – September 26th, 2011

  These days, I look, seemingly in vain, for those fighters who remind me of old-school types—a sure sign that I myself am aging…
  
  

• 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…
  
  

• Here Comes Jhoooony – October 4th, 2011

  
  
  

• Hall of Fame Ballots for 2012 – October 4th, 2011

  
  
  

• “El Dinamita” – October 7th, 2011

  A ruthless closer once he had his opponent hurt, Edwin Valero would stalk, stun and close as if he were on the Serengeti…
  
  

• The Case for Steve Collins in the Hall – October 10th, 2011

  Steve Collins was an extremely tough, seasoned, iron-chinned, determined and talented fighter who had long paid his dues…
  
  

• The Case for Jose Luis Ramirez in the Hall – October 12th, 2011

  After losing a televised fight to Hector Camacho in 1985, the culturally intellectual Ramirez moved to Paris for two years to get his bearings…
  
  

• The Case for Jorge Fernando Castro in the Hall – October 16th, 2011

  Many thought it was time for Castro to finally end his long and glorious career and considered it a wonder that he would fight again…
  
  

• The Case for Arturo Gatti in the Hall – October 19th, 2011

  Gatti had the charisma of Jerry Quarry and the excitement of Bobby Chacon, Matthew Saad Muhammad, and Danny "Little Red" Lopez...
  
  

• The Case for Nigel Benn in the Hall – October 20th, 2011

  Some say that Nigel Benn is mostly a "forgotten warrior" perhaps because he will forever be linked to Gerald McClellan…
  
  

• Lemieux vs. Alcine in Montreal – October 22nd, 2011

  
  
  

• The End Game – October 25th, 2011

  If this can happen to our best—whether it be Parkinson’s, early senility, dementia, or Alzheimer’s—what does it mean for the rest…
  
  

• The Culture of Boxing: Third in a Series – October 26th, 2011

  On February 4, 2004, Michael Watson was awarded the MBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II…
  
  

• A Japanese Flyweight and Mexican Feather – October 29th, 2011

  It was rare for a Japanese fighter, even someone as distinguished as Masao Ohba, to do battle in any country other than Japan…
  
  

• Nightmare Alley – October 30th, 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'..."
  
  

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

• Move over Wolak and Rodriguez… – November 3rd, 2011

  
  
  

• Lights Out for James Toney – November 4th, 2011

  
  
  

• Another Old-Timer Takes a Beating – November 5th, 2011

  
  
  

• No Hesitating: The Hall for Myung-Woo Yuh – November 7th, 2011

  Yuh finished with a 38-1 record and made 17 successful title defenses during his first reign. Yes, that’s 17 title defenses…
  
  

• 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…
  
  

• Book Review of NARDO – November 10th, 2011

  Someone once said that boxing is a tight fraternity, and unless you have been in the ring, you can never cross the line that separates boxer from fan...
  
  

• Juan and Nacho’s Strategic Mistake – November 13th, 2011

  
  
  

• My P4P List Pre/Post Saturday – November 15th, 2011

  Floyd Mayweather remains the reigning pound-for-pound fighter in the world, with Manny Pacquiao still at number two...
  
  

• Nacho Raises Eyebrows (Again) – November 15th, 2011

  
  
  

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

  
  
  

• The Conundrum of Boxing Journalism – November 18th, 2011

  While the internet has greatly leveled the playing field, web writers still often cross the line between being reporter and being participant…
  
  

• Dariusz Michalczewski in the Hall? – November 20th, 2011

  Michalczewski was the only fighter in the world at 175 pounds who people gave much of a chance to beat a prime Roy Jones Jr…
  
  

• Viva Mexico! – November 23rd, 2011

  There is much more to the resurgence of Mexican boxing in 2011, but suffice it to say the hombres are back and then some…
  
  

• Charisma—Mexican Style – November 26th, 2011