After Bernard "the Executioner" Hopkins once again proved boxing scribes (present company included) wrong last week against Kelly Pavlik, Roy Jones, Jr. (52-4, 38 KO) had to be watching and thinking, "I’m next." He has to realize that IF he beats the favored Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KO) on November 8, the long-awaited rematch (16 years to be exact) between he […]

The site. Atlantic City, New Jersey. The stakes. Top contender at light heavyweight. The prediction. "The Ghost" Kelly Pavlik (34-0, 30 KO) by unanimous decision against the venerable "Executioner," Bernard Hopkins (48-5-1, 32 KO). Why? In a fight in which I do not expect either fighter to be seriously hurt, the man who simply throws more punches […]

I am not picking "Bad" Chad Dawson (26-0, 17 KO) because he and I share the same surname. At this point of his career, he’s simply a better, but more importantly, fresher fighter than Antonio "Magic Man" Tarver (27-4, 19 KO).  It will be a bad night for Tarver on Saturday, October 11. I know, […]

When this fight was first announced I thought to myself, "yeah right, we all know that Klitschko will twist his ankle, lose a nail or come down with a new version of the bird flu, forcing this heavyweight title fight to be postponed or cancelled." Right now, I have been proven wrong, as it looks […]

It’ll be like taking candy from a baby, when "Sugar" Shane Mosley, 44-5 (37 KO), takes on Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga, 29-6-1 (23 KO, this Saturday at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA in a 12-round junior middleweight bout. Nearly every time that Mayorga has stepped up in competition, Vernon Forrest notwithstanding, he has either been outboxed (by […]

It’s good to be back, predicting big fights again (yes, I missed you too).  August was a quiet month for the sweet science, but I stayed busy by obsessing over my fantasy football draft a few weeks ago and following major league baseball’s suddenly-intense pennant races. With baseball on the minds of many, it’s appropriate […]

In some ways, this boxing match can be viewed as the "losers bracket" of the lightweight vision. Let me make this clear though: neither fighter is a loser per se, but the fact remains that both were handed serious beatdowns in their most recent fights. Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz (33-1, 17 KO) was battered and […]

I must admit, this is really a tough fight to call. And it’s not because I am a native New Yorker who can’t stand to see another New York City guy lose.  It’s tough to call because both Zab Judah (36-5, 25 KOs) and Joshua Clottey (34-2, 20 KOs) are good, yet inconsistent.  The key to […]