As I sat in my $600 seat about halfway up the MGM Grand Arena, I was blown away at how big Evander looked when he took his robe off. His shoulders and chest were massive, and it was the best he ever looked at 215 pounds. Tyson was solid too at 222 lbs., as I […]

I arrived the day before the November 9th huge event, and stayed at the old Holiday Inn Casino adjacent from the MGM Hotel. While in the casino, I ran into heavyweight contender Lou Saverese, and we talked about the fight. He asked my opinion on the bout, and I enthusiastically told him I thought Evander

I purchased a ticket for the Tyson-Holyfield fight on the phone. My seat was $600 was not exactly ringside, but I was just glad to be going. I vividly recall having a premonition of the fight while I was running one morning, seeing Evander knock out Tyson in round ten. The thought thrilled me, and

After his loss to Riddick Bowe in their third fight in November of 1995, Evander Holyfield was considered by many washed up. After a lackluster performance against Bobby Czyz in May of 1996, he did nothing to change their minds. Mike Tyson was as popular as ever after he destroyed Frank Bruno in March to

Here is my list of the top 10 middleweights of all time. 1. Marvin Hagler 2. Sugar Ray Robinson 3. Carlos Monzon 4. Bernard Hopkins 5. Emile Griffith 6. Roy Jones Jr. 7. Canelo Alvarez 8. Gennady Golovkin 9. Gene Fullmer 10. Tony Zale                      

After Michael Spinks knocked out Marvin Johnson in March of 1981, he was the next in line to fight for Eddie Mustafa Muhammad’s WBA light heavyweight championship. Muhammad had made a feeble attempt to fight at heavyweight, and lost a ten round decision to young contender Renaldo Snipes. He was never in the fight, and

After his humiliating loss to Sugar Ray Leonard in the infamous ‘No Mas’ fight in November of 1980, Roberto Duran posted two comeback wins in 1981 over Nino Gonzalez and Luigi Minchillo to earn another title shot. This one for Wilfred Benitez’s WBC super-welterweight belt that he captured in May of 1981 with a one

When George Foreman lost to Tommy Morrison in June of 1993, he announced his retirement in the ring after the fight. It was a sad night for me, his career ending on such a sour note. I figured I would remember the highlights of George’s comeback starting in 1987, and all the pleasant memories it

After his loss to Sugar Ray Leonard in September of 1981, Thomas Hearns jumped right to the middleweight division in his next bout. He beat tough journeyman Ernie Singletary on the undercard of the Muhammad Ali vs. Trevor Berbick fight on December 11th. He followed that up with a first round knockout of veteran Marcus

Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini was an up and coming young star on the boxing scene in 1981, when he signed to fight the classy and terrific WBC lightweight champion Alexis Arguello on October 3, 1981 in Atlantic City. Mancini often talked about wanting to win the title for his father Lenny, a talented fighter in