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Spreading the word: Shannon Briggs fighting back in court
Mike Marley, a New York lawyer, fellow boxing writer, former Marketing Director at Sycuan Casino here in San Diego, and now consulting lawyer for Shannon Briggs, sent me his filing papers from New York regarding the former two-time world heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs. Marley states, that Briggs, who spent 12 days in a German hospital […]
Irish middleweight, John Duddy retires at 31
Late Tuesday, the “Derry Destroyer” John Duddy (29-2-0, with 18 KOs) surprised his legions of fans when he released the following statement to the Press: “After a great deal of soul-searching, I have decided to retire from boxing,” said the 31-year-old. “In many ways, continuing to fight would be the easy course of action. I […]
Denis Grachev keeps unbeaten streak alive
On Friday, January 14, San Diego’s Denis Grachev (9-0-1, 5 KOs) won an eight round majority decision over the formerly unbeaten Haitian, Azea Augustama (9-1, 6 KOs) in their light heavyweight main event at the Magic City Casino in Miami, Florida. Fight fans should be real familiar with the name Denis Grachev, as he competes […]
Fairfield Boxing Show a disappointment
This is not to knock the venue, the Allan Witt Sports Center in Fairfield, CA., but after staying up late (11:30 p.m. PCT) to watch Telefutura’s Solo Boxeo presentation, I got to say the experience turned out to be a bummer. Even with the two hour tape delay, the producers could not cut out the […]
2010 Boxing accolades, International and local
Boxer of the Year honors go to two gentleman: First, Sergio Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KOs), the world middleweight champion, who first defeated Kelly Pavlik (36-1-0) on April 17 and then KO’d Paul Williams (39-1-0) on November 20th. And second, there’s no way we can ignore Juan Manuel Lopez’s achievements in 2010. Lopez (30-0-0, 27 KOs) […]