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Bernard Hopkins: Portrait of the Champion  | read this item

Bernard Hopkins: Portrait of the Champion

I collected these memories and anecdotes from boxing insiders about Bernard Hopkins in the mid 2000s. Combined together they create a special portrait of Bernard Hopkins, composed of not colors or paints from an artist, but words and actions of his peers…
Hasim Rahman: “Obviously I feel like
he’s a man, he did it his way. And [...]

Watching Adamek-Grant with Monte Barrett  | read this item

Watching Adamek-Grant with Monte Barrett

What a pleaure to watch the important heavyweight clash between Tomasz Adamek and Michael Grant at ringside with none other than popular American Monte Barrett.
Here is the ringside commentary…
Round one: Grant comes out and lands the first right hand he throws, right on the chin of Adamek. “That’s a good start,” says Barrett’s attorney Mike [...]

Celebrity Boxing Fan: Oksana Baiul   | read this item

Celebrity Boxing Fan: Oksana Baiul

Oksana Baiul’s challenging life as an up and coming figure skater could resemble that of many striving prizefighters. Her mother died of cancer when she was 13. Having already lost both her maternal grandparents, and not knowing her father, there was no one to care for her. When her skating coach emigrated to Canada, Baiul [...]