Styles make fights. This is true, but my concern here is that this fight will be coyote ugly. Ricky "the Hit Man" Hatton (44-1-1, 31 KOs) often does more holding than his nickname would suggest.  His opponent Paulie Malignaggi (25-1, 5 KOs) is known as the "Magic Man," but often moves around so much in the ring […]

Jermain "Bad Intentions" Taylor (27-2-1, 17 KOs) and Jeff "Left Hook" Lacy (24-1, 17 KOs) need not listen to Bones-Thugs-N-Harmony to realize they are meeting at the crossroads this Saturday in their super middleweight tussle. Taylor is coming off of consecutive losses to Kelly Pavlik while Lacy is on a three-fight winning streak.  If their […]

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 […]