1) When Kenny Lane KO’ed Elmer Lakotas, July 28, 1955 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin … what former heavyweight champion refereed their lightweight bout ?
answer is – Jack Dempsey
2) Former welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight champion Felix Trinidad was undefeated (40-0) when he lost his first” professional fight … to who ?
answer is – Bernard Hopkins
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FRIDAY – July 2, 2010 (ESPN2)
from: Ontario, CA
Demetrius Hopkins vs. Mike Arnaoutis (Welterweights)
Francisco Contreras vs. Noe Bolanos (Junior Welterweights)
SATURDAY – July 3, 2010 (Fox Sports Net)
from: Reno, NV
Uilses Solius vs. Eric Ortiz (Junior Flyweights)
Mark Melligan vs. Angges Adjaho (Welterweights)
SATURDAY – July 3, 2010
from: Stuttgart, Germany
Firat Arsian vs. Steve Herelius (WBA interim Cruiserweight Championship)
FRIDAY – July 9, 2010 (ESPN2)
from: Lincoln, Rhode Island
Hank Lundy vs. John John Molina (Lightweights)
Joe McCreedy vs. Vladine Biosse (Middleweights)
FRIDAY – July 9, 2010 (SHOWTIME)
from: Atlantic City, NJ
Mike Jones vs. Irving Garcia (Welterweights)
Antwone Smith vs. Lanardo Tyner (Welterweights)
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Rusty Rubin is a veteran boxing writer
The Los Angeles based World Boxing Hall of Fame event will be held on November 19, at the Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. Among the new honorees expected to attend are Julio Casar Chavez, Mike Tyson, Dwight Muhammad Qawi and Bennie Briscoe. In the expanded category, Graham Houston, Jimmy Montoya and Joe Goossen get their well-earned rewards as well.***
In the who gives a damn department, the aforementioned Mike Tyson may forego his Hall of Fame award to fight again, this time against Evander Holyfield.
Anyone who buys this match between someone I thought knew enough to retire and Holyfield who clearly does not, is loonier than this writer. Tyson can’t fight anymore and Holyfield should have retired a long time ago. How many ways can you spell BORING? Oh well, as P.T. Barnum once said, ‘there’s a sucker born every minute’.
The 100th anniversary of the Jack Johnson – Jim Jeffries fight will be celebrated in Reno, NV. from July 1-4. Among some of the names expected to be on hand are George Foreman and Ray ‘Boom Boom Mancini’. For more information please call the Grand Sierra Hotel in Reno. Also, my friend Boxing Historian David Martinez will have a feature article on this fight next week on his website www.dmboxing.com.
Hard to figure who will win this weekends middleweight tiff between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and John Duddy.
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By Jim Amato / Senior Boxing Writer
June 23, 1969 at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Joe Frazier met the popular Irish fighter, Jerry Quarry, for the New York State recognized heavyweight title. Back in the day, the New York State Boxing Commission wielded quite a bit of power. Commissioner Edwin Dooley wasted little time stripping Muhammad Ali of his heavyweight title when Ali refused induction into the Armed Forces. The World Boxing Association did the same and they set up a tournament to determine a new champion. Eight top contenders were selected, with unbeaten Joe Frazier being one of them. Frazier’s management declined the invitation, however. The eventual winner of the tourney was Jimmy Ellis, who defeated Jerry Quarry in the finals.
The N.Y.S.A.C. offered Frazier a chance to fight Buster Mathis, who like Frazier, was undefeated. Mathis had defeated Frazier twice in the amateur ranks. The winner would be the champion in New York and a few other states. Well, Frazier met Big Buster and took him out in the eleventh to gain revenge and also win a piece of the heavyweight title.
Although the talented Jimmy Ellis held the more recognized WBA tilte, Frazier was considered by most as the best active heavyweight. They would eventually meet to settle their differences.
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Rusty Rubin is a veteran boxing writer
Allow me to re-state something I have said many times before, that boxing people, as a whole, are among the finest people in the world. They are hard-working, blue collar folks, who when they get to know you, will give you the shirt off their backs in the middle of winter. That’s the main reason I’ve been involved with the sport for many, many years.
The 100th anniversary of the Jack Johnson – Jim Jeffries fight will be celebrated in Reno, NV. from July 1-4. Among some of the names expected to be on hand are George Foreman and Ray ‘Boom Boom Mancini’. For more information please call the Grand Sierra Hotel in Reno.
It wasn’t hard to see the upset that I gave out in my last column. This week an upset win is harder to see.
American Olympian Andre Ward is fighting in his hometown of Oakland, California, and his opponent is not a big puncher. I just can’t see any major problems for him on June 19th.
Ward, 26, and undefeated at 23-0, isn’t a big puncher, winning only fifty percent of his fights via the Knockout route. Ward is four years younger and has fought some tougher opposition than his opponent, 30 year old Allan Green.
Green, 30, hails from Tulsa, OK. and sports an impressive record of 29-1 with 20 Knockouts.
Greene has fought seven times more than Ward, so he’s far from a pushover. At 6’2”, he’s got a slight height advantage over Ward, but it’s negated because they both have the same reach.
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1) When Kenny Lane KO’ed Elmer Lakotas, July 28,1955 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin … what former heavyweight champion refereed their lightweight bout ?
a) Jack Dempsey
b) Ezzard Charles
c) Jersey Joe Walcott
d) Rocky Marciano
2) Former welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight champion Felix Trinidad was undefeated (40-0) when he lost his “first” professional fight … to who ?
a) Pernell Whitaker
b) Winky Wright
c) Shane Mosley
d) Bernard Hopkins
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By Bob Quackenbush / for dmboxing.com
Friday, June 11, 2010 marks the beginning of a month-long sporting event that is viewed by more people around the globe than any other, including the Olympic Games. What is this event? The World Cup soccer tournament. Held every four years, this spectacle captivates audiences from Asia and Africa, to North and South America, and, of course, Europe. People from all walks of life will be watching on everything from fuzzy-imaged old TV’s to the fanciest LCD/HD big screens, as well as in person at stadiums throughout the host nation which is South Africa.
Why would an article about soccer (or “football” as it is known in most of the world) show up on a boxing website? The reason is that the two sports crossed paths over thirty-two years ago in a special way. On October 1, 1977, the great Pele, generally acknowledged as the most outstanding soccer player of all time, was wrapping up his career at Giants Stadium playing his final game with the New York Cosmos of the old North American Soccer League. A true ambassador of the sport, Pele, who had played his entire career for Santos F.C. of Brazil, and for the Brazilian National Team, came to the United States in 1975 to play for the Cosmos and to give the sport a “shot in the arm” in the USA. This match was his testimonial game, as the Cosmos faced his former club, Santos, with Pele playing one half for each team.
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By Jim Amato / Senior Boxing Writer
He was born Eligio Sardinias Montalbo on January 6, 1910 in Cerro, Havana, Cuba. He launched his professional boxing career in 1927 and would participate in over 150 bouts in a career that ended in 1938.
He was nicknamed the ” Cuban Bon Bon ” and during the 1930’s he was one of the best drawing cards in New York. His flashy personality and even flashier style in the ring made him a real crowd pleaser.
After racking up a series of victories in his native Cuba, ” The Kid ” invaded the US in 1928 knocking out Eddie Enos in three rounds in Mineola, N.Y. He would go on to fight at all the popular New York spots like Ridgewood Grove and the St. Nicolas Arena.
On November 30, 1928 at Madison Square Garden the Kid drew with rugged Joey Scalfaro. In 1929 he beat Bushy Graham and Vic Burrone. Then on May 22, 1929 the Kid outscored the great Fidel LaBarba. Kid Chocolate continued to win fights and among his victims were Gregorio Vidal, Al Singer and Dominick Petrone. (more…)
Rusty Rubin is a veteran boxing writer
The Los Angeles based World Boxing Hall of Fame event will be held on November 19, at the Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. Among the new honorees expected to attend are Julio Casar Chavez, Mike Tyson, Dwight Qawi and Bennie Briscoe. In the expanded category, Graham Houston, Jimmy Montoya and Joe Goossen get their well-earned rewards as well.***
The Canastota based International Boxing Hall of Fame has their inductions on the June 10 -13th weekend. It’s always a fun-filled event….For more information please call 315-697-7095 or go to their website IBHOF.com.
The 100th anniversary of the Jack Johnson – Jim Jeffries fight will be celebrated in Reno from July 1-4. Among some of the names expected to be on hand are George Foreman and Ray ‘Boom Boom Mancini’. For more information please call the Grand Sierra Hotel in Reno.
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