TAYLOR SPINKS NOT ENOUGH TO SAVE BOXING: PAVLIK STEALS SHOW
WRONG MAIN EVENT HIGHLIGHTED ON HBO SATURDAY BY: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] Yet another hyped up boxing match failed to live up to expectations—just another symptom of the sport’s recent suffering. Only the undercard bout could save the show Saturday on HBO. Undefeated Middleweight Kelly Pavlik showed tremendous power and technical expertise to match. Beating […]
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MMA PROFESSOR
CHARLIE WARD: THE MMA PROFESSOR By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] Charlie Ward has been fighting for 33 of his 37 years—starting at the ripe age of four by learning how to box. It’s no surprise that he is now running a groundbreaking new MMA training programming offering students at Arizona State University college credit to […]
STORMING OUT OF RETIREMENT: DALLAS “THE DESTROYER” CORDTS
STORMING OUT OF RETIREMENT: AN INTERVIEW WITH DALLAS CORDTS By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] Dallas Cordts is used to seeing lots of blood and guts having been trained in forensics and also through her work as a mortician. She’s also an avid fighter in mixed martial arts, and every now and then she gets the […]
AIR FORCE ACADEMY COACH ED WEICHERS TALKS ABOUT COLLEGIATE BOXING
A TRUE AMBASSADOR OF COLLEGE BOXING: COACH ED WEICHERS By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] Ed Weichers has been the Air Force Academy boxing coach for nearly three decades, and each year he fields one of the best teams in the nation. In fact, since he signed on as coach of the AFA program in 1980, […]
FRANK SHAMROCK: THE MMA PIONEER SHARES HIS THOUGHTS ON THE STATE OF THE SPORT
FRANK SHAMROCK: THE MMA PIONEER SHARES HIS THOUGHTS ON THE STATE OF THE SPORT By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] Frank Shamrock laments that he’s “old and tired,” but he’s still keyed up to put a hurt on Phil Baroni in June in the next EliteXC card that will be televised on Showtime in June. “I’m […]
KAY WEST JUST KEEPS ON WINNING
Kay West Continues Her Winning Ways By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] Bantamweight Kalisha West (6-0) of Moreno Valley, CA, faced Elizabeth Cervantes (1-7) from nearby Palmdale on March 30, 2007 and picked up another win to add to her undefeated record. Both ladies threw some huge shots through all four rounds, but West […]
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