TORNADO’S FANTASY DREAM FIGHTS: JOE FRAZIER VS MIKE TYSON
By: Tony Penecale ============================= EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is a special tribute to Joe Frazier’s recent passing after facing the final fight of his life against liver cancer. Though Mike Tyson and Joe Frazier were good friends, they would have made excellent opponents for each other in their respective prime years. This piece is a […]
Patrick McElligott’s Manny Pacquiao Vs. Miguel Cotto Preview
Saturday, November 14 – Las Vegas, Nevada (HBO PPV) – Welterweights: Miguel Angel Cotto (34-1, 27 KOs) vs. Manny Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 KOs) Certain truths are self-evident. Among them, that the term “Super Fight” is over-used by promoters seeking to inflate ticket and PPV sales. However, this coming Saturday, boxing fans are being treated to […]
PACQUIAO VS. COTTO-WHO ARE YOU PICKING?
Athletes, Celebrities, Boxers and Writers Predict Who Will Win the November 14 Showdown LAS VEGAS (November 9, 2009) – BIG George Foreman leads the list of boxers, professional athletes, celebrities and the esteemed press core who all have opinions about the outcome of FIREPOWER: MANNY PACQUIAO and MIGUEL COTTO. The championship bout takes placeon Saturday […]
EXPERT TRAINERS WEIGH-IN ON PACQUIAO VS COTTO
LAS VEGAS (November 6, 2009)-The late great boxing trainer Eddie Futch, who counted six world heavyweight champions as his pupils, always said a fighter’s corner played an essential role in a competitive fight’s outcome. With stakes high for the Manny Pacquiao vs Miguel Cotto fight on Saturday, November 14 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena […]
THE TORNADO’S FANTASY DREAM FIGHTS: JOE FRAZIER VS MIKE TYSON
[mpinpage] By: Tony Penecale On July 26, 1986, Mike Tyson was on his meteoric path to becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history when he stepped into the ring against Marvis Frazier, son of the legendary Smokin Joe Frazier. Marvis, a decent fighter at 16-1, was most known for his only loss, a […]
MONTELL GRIFFIN FIGHTS IN CHICAGO ON JUNE 20TH
CHICAGO, IL (June 6, 2008) “Nine years is a long time to be fighting out of town, I’m thrilled to be fighting at home on June 20th” said former world champion Montell “ICE” Griffin after a training session in his native Chicago . ‘I’ve been on the road for while and it’s nice that my […]