FEBRUARY 6, 2010 5:07PM

Adamek v. Estrada, Heavyweights Weighing In

At the weigh-in to this heavyweight fight for a championship of some ill-born alphabet crown, the fighters came to the scale tense but dreamlike in that world before the final bell—a world of possibility in which either boxer could win—each boxer with his own chance at a different life, t… Read full post »

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AUGUST 1, 2009 5:26PM

Robbed of a Puncher's Chance in Newark NJ

by - Mike Ricciardelli & Cindy Capitani, Ringside,
Prudential Center, Newark, N.J. 7/11/09


Adamek Holds Onto Championship, Bobby Gunn Robbed of a Puncher’s Chance

In Newark New Jersey before a frenzied crowd in red and white, the… Read full post »

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MAY 5, 2009 12:21AM

Kassim Ouma v. Gabriel Rosado

Kassim Ouma, former light middleweight world champion and Ugandan child soldier came to a crossroads in Newark N.J., unfortunately for him, he met the younger and stronger “King” Gabriel Rosado there. Ouma lost a 10 round split decision to Rosado, a tough Philly fighter who seemed to have… Read full post »

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APRIL 28, 2009 10:06PM

Into the Ring

A great deal has been written about boxing over the years; there is a certain congruence between the writer's craft and the boxer’s: long bouts of preparation largely isolated from the rest of the world leading to an almost naked exhibition of one’s skills (or

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