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After his easy win in the rematch with Roberto Duran on January 14, 1995, Vinny’s management pursued and got a shot at Roy Jones for his super middleweight belt on June 24 at Atlantic City Convention Hall. I don’t really think that anyone gave Pazienza a shot at beating Jones, but he was a name, […]

     Vinny began the year 1994 by winning a 10 round unanimous decision over Jacques LeBlanc on April 5 at Foxwoods Resort in Connecticut. That victory set up a big pay-per-view bout on June 25 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with Roberto Duran. I didn’t get too excited for it, mostly because

      Just about a month after winning the WBA junior middleweight title from Gilbert Dele, Vinny Pazienza was in a horrific car crash on November 12, 1991. The head-on collision in Warwick, Rhode Island resulted in Vinny suffering a dislocated vertebra and two fractured vertebrae in his neck. His boxing career was certainly

    After the loss to Hector Camacho on February 3, 1990, Vinny Pazienza returned to action in August against his old nemesis in Greg Haugen. Vinny won a unanimous ten round decision at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, which put himself back on the winning path. Unfortunately for him, when he challenged Loreto Garza

    After winning the IBF lightweight title from Greg Haugen in June of 1987, Vinny Pazienza agreed to fight him again on February 6, 1988 at Convention Hall in Atlantic City. I tuned into the rematch on NBC, which saw Haugen win a 15 round decision to take the belt home with him. I

   Vincenzo Edward Pazienza was born on December 16, 1962. He tells a story about going to see the movie Rocky in the movie theatre as a teen, and it inspiring him to be a boxer. He had a successful amateur career in Rhode Island, and made his professional debut on May 26, 1983 at

The summer of 2009 saw the death of four fighters in a short span of time, and all were tragic in nature. It affected me as a boxing fan, because you develop an affinity for certain boxers some people could never understand. Shockingly, three of those deaths occurred in the month of July alone. On

     After the mess of July 11, 1996 with Golota, and the riot afterwards, many thought Riddick Bowe should forget about Golota, and move on with his career. Bowe insisted on a rematch with the Polish crackpot, and the two inked a deal for December in Atlantic City. Bowe came into the rematch 17

After his knockout of Evander Holyfield in November of 1995, Riddick Bowe was out of action until July of 1996, when he agreed to take on the undefeated Polish contender Andrew Golota at Madison Square Garden in New York. The 12-1 favorite Bowe entered the ring that night at 252 lbs., and appeared a little

    When Evander Holyfield came back after a year’s layoff, and defeated the tough veteran Ray Mercer on May 20, 1995, it set up the groundwork for a third fight with Riddick Bowe. After the impressive knockout of Gonzalez in June, Riddick mentioned Evander in his post fight interview with Larry Merchant, saying “Evander