Former Middleweight champ Giardello didn’t take to how he was depicted in the film The Hurricane. As a result, he sued and settled out of court. Later versions of the film on DVD revealed commentary footage by the director who admitted to twisting the fight scenes.
The fast and relentless, Giardello won a decision over Rubin [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Boxing’
September 12, 2008
RIP Joey Giardello
January 21, 2008
Jones to Beat Trinidad in Clash of (Former) Titans
By JA Dawson
I recently bumped into a fellow fan, and he confidently proclaimed, “better late than never” in regards to the upcoming non-title bout between Roy Jones, Jr. and Felix Tito Trinidad. After hearing this statement, the only word that rung true to me was “late.” The fight ticket should be printed as [...]
December 29, 2007
Boxing’s Best of 2007: The Top Five Fights of the Year
By JA Dawson
I present my list of the year’s best fights. I place a heavy emphasis on quality of opposition, based largely on each fighter’s Ring rating, as well as what is at stake in terms of title belts. Most importantly, the fight must be exciting, with an element of drama. By [...]
December 21, 2007
Introducing the 2007 Fighter of the Year
By JA Dawson
Before you scroll down to see my pick for fighter of the year and pass any judgment, please read my selection criteria first. My criteria are simple. 1) The fighter of the year must have beaten at least two fighters who had top ten Ring ratings at the time. 2) [...]
December 8, 2007
Should We Care About the Vargas-Mayorga Fight?
By JA Dawson
Of course, all true boxing fans should care about Friday’s non-title, super middleweight battle between Ferocious Fernando Vargas and Ricardo El Matador Mayorga! The question is how much should we care? Despite the fact that both fighters will bring marquee names, large followings, and tons of bravado into the Staples Center on [...]
December 8, 2007
Boxing Stars Often Shine Brightest at Welterweight
By JA Dawson
If you read the title of this post and do not agree with it, you simply have not watched much boxing this year. Hearkening back to the golden age of the early 1980’s, when the best welterweights in the world seemed to face each other regularly, the division is once again sizzling. [...]
November 5, 2007
Who Will Win? Joe Calzaghe or Mikkel Kessler?
By JA Dawson
When Joe Calzaghe (43-0, 32 KOs) and Mikkel Kessler (39-0, 29 KOs) meet for the super middleweight title this Saturday from Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, HBO will be kicking off its first, of three, mega-fights to close out the year(Mosley-Cotto and Mayweather-Hatton are the other two). Of all three fights, this prediction [...]
November 5, 2007
What’s Next for Calzaghe & Marquez?
By JA Dawson
I’ll start with “Super” Joe Calzaghe. I now refer to him as “Super” because of his growing penchant for delivering his best performances in his biggest fights - first against Jeff Lacy nearly two years ago, and now against Mikkel Kessler. Now that he has snared the Ring super middleweight championship with [...]
October 30, 2007
Is Rooting for Boxers based on Nationality Wrong?
By JA Dawson
My answer to the title of this post is not a simple one. In many ways, rooting for a fighter based on where s/he comes from, especially if that place is your birthplace, hometown or country, is a common practice that has taken place for centuries across many sports. From the [...]
October 30, 2007
RJ’s NFL Picks - Week Eight
By RJ
I went 9-5 last week R. That puts me at 65-38 for the season.
Here are my picks for the NFL’s Week Eight:
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Cleveland (3-3) at Saint Louis (0-7) - 1:00 pm (Sheridan’s Line - Browns by 3)
Cleveland had a bye last week. (One could argue they have a bye this week as [...]
