Posted in world on May 8th, 2010 No Comments »
From an interview in The Sun prior to his Round 3 TKO loss to Katsidis:
Mitchell, unbeaten in 31 fights, is realistic enough to admit his unbeaten record will not last for ever. He added: “Almost everyone gets done and you have to accept it.
“Amir Khan got beat, Carl Froch got beat, so what. He is [...]
Posted in world on October 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Sad story of Mike Quarry, brother of 1970s Great White Hope at Heavyweight, Jerry. Sadly both took too many blows to the head and suffered dementia pugilistica.
Posted in world on August 6th, 2009 No Comments »
From ESPN:
According to reports, he [Vernon Forrest] was robbed at a gas station, where he had stopped to put air in his tires and allow his 11-year-old godson to use the bathroom. A man approached Forrest and demanded his Rolex and championship ring, and after the man took the items Forrest pulled out his .45 [...]
Posted in world on July 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
Not a great deal of insight in this report from The Star Ledger - a local paper in Camden, NJ. Former world champion Super Featherweight, Rocky Lockridge tells his story.
Former boxing champ Rocky Lockridge is homeless in Camden
Lockridge took a job working for William Jones & Son, Inc. in Camden, a drum and barrel [...]
Posted in world on May 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
Interesting article by Jonahthan Rendall writing in The Observer in 2005 on ‘Prince’ Naseem Hamed and the whole Sheffield/Ingle boxing scene.
An interesting pov from the memorable British Middleweight champ, Herol Graham:
A couple of miles from Hamed’s new gym is where Herol Graham now
lives. He answers the door in his tracksuit. He is looking after [...]