A new champion of the poker world has been crowned, with 22 year-old
German player Pius Heinz winning the title and more than $8.7 million in
cash in early November in Las Vegas. Heinz won the World Series of Poker.
World Series of Poker Main Event (which
costs $10,000 to enter) serves as poker’s unofficial world championship
each year, as [...]
Don King promoted Tomasz Adamek to his first world title – the WBC Light Heavyweight championship which Adamek won against Australian Paul Briggs in Chicago in May 2005 at the sold-out United Center on the undercard of the Andrew Golota-Lamon Brewster WBO Heavyweight title match.
King was asked for his opinion on Adamek this week at [...]
Status: Track and field athlete. Current world champion in the high jump event (both indoors and outdoors).
DOB: November 8, 1983 In: Split, Croatia
Ht: 6-4 Wt: 165
First Track Memory: “I was very little girl and I was running around the track and watching my father and nobody liked me, I was so annoying [...]
Status: Former Welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight champion. Ring record is 42-3 (35 KO’s).
Ht: 5-11 Wt: 160
Born On: January 10, 1973 In: Cupey Alto, Puerto Rico
Childhood Heroes: “Ray Leonard. I like his style, the way he boxed, his movement. I met him at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for the Yori Boy Campas fight. [...]
STATUS: Three-division world champion boxer will take on Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas on May 7.
HT: 5-9 WT: 154
DOB: Sept. 7, 1971 IN: Lynwood, CA
BOXING INSPIRATIONS: “Sugar Ray Leonard, Muhammad Ali, Richie Sandoval – I used to watch him training hard in the Pomana [CA] Athletic League gym when I was 10.”
NICKAME: “Sugar – since [...]
(Note: This Biofile Classic interview was conducted at Madison Square Garden in 1997.)
Status: Hall of Fame manager, trainer and TV commentator.
DOB: May 30, 1922 In: Rockaway Beach, N.Y.
Childhood Heroes: ”Van Lingo Mungo, Joe Strip, Ralph Kerchival – guys you never heard of. Way before your time.”
Nicknames: ”Radar. I had a pretty good [...]
Status: WBC Light Heavyweight champion. His record is 26-1 (16 KO’s).
Ht: 5-11 Wt: 175
DOB: October 28, 1982 In: Port Au Prince, Haiti
Resides: Laval, Quebec
First Boxing Memory: “Was when I get in the gym in Montreal and it was my brother who brought me to the gym. He was the Golden Gloves champion. [...]
Discussion about heavyweights 28-0 (23 KO’s) Denis Boytsov and 2008 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist Rachim Tschachkijew’s recent knockout wins spurs this recent e-roundtable discussion…
Johnny Bos: I think Boytsov stops Povetkin.
Scoop Malinowski: Wow. Both of these heavyweights are beasts. America has nothing comparable or even close. What is wrong with the American system?
Johnny Bos: [...]
Status: Auto racing legend. Winner of Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500 and Formula 1 world championship.
DOB: “My twin brother Aldo and I were born in Montona, Italy on Feb. 28, 1940. [WWII] broke out around the time we were born. Even when the war ended, there was no peace because the borders were in dispute, as [...]
Status: Heavyweight contender. Former IBF Cruiserweight and WBC Light Heavyweight champion. His record is 41-1 (27 KO’s).
Ht: 6-1 1/2 Wt: 217
DOB: December 1, 1976 In: Zywiec, Poland (now resides in Kearny, N.J.)
Hobbies/Leisure Activities: “Every sport. I like soccer. Skiing. Swimming. Every sport.”
Nicknames: Goral, Tomahawk.
Favorite Music: “All hip-hop – I love to dance. 50 Cent, Eminem [...]
Pius Heinz is the new Poker World Champ | 
Don King Discusses The Loyalty, Heart and Betrayal of Tomasz Adamek | 
Biofile with Blanka Vlasic | 
Biofile with Felix 'Tito' Trinidad | 
Biofile with Sugar Shane Mosley | 
Tribute Biofile with Gil Clancy 1922-2011 | 
Biofile with Jean Pascal | 
Philip H. Anselmo's Boxing Roundtable Nov. 2010 | 
Biofile with Mario Andretti | 
Biofile with Tomasz Adamek | 
