(This article was originally published in Boxing Digest magazine in August 2002)
By Scoop Malinowski
The opinion of the so-called experts is often proven to be quite wrong. History has taught us that the Titanic was indeed not unsinkable. The earth is not flat. And in boxing, Tyson could not beat Holyfield. Liston was no match for [...]
Status: Six-time world champion boxer and 1992 Olympic gold medalist.
Ht: 5-11 Wt: 154
DOB: February 4, 1973 In: Los Angeles, CA
Childhood Heroes: “Alexis Arguello, Ray Leonard and Julio Cesar Chavez.”
Age Started Boxing: “Seven.”
Hobbies/Interests: “Golf. One thing about golf, you can never be too good. It’s a challenge, the patience, the
frustration. I think golf is tougher than [...]
In this day and age there aren’t any heavyweight contenders with the marquee name recognition like “Foreman”, “Frazier” and “Norton” for Wladimir Klitschko to defeat and acquire the deserved accolades. So boxing has to suffice with the best of today, like Ibragimov, Byrd, Brewster, and Austin, etc. to measure how good Klitschko really is.
“He’s an [...]
