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by Lyle Fitzsimmons - The more I looked at Roman Gonzalez on Saturday, the more I thought of someone else. Nonito Donaire. To be clear, no. The two don’t remind me of one another stylistically. Gonzalez is among the best I’ve ever seen when it comes to shifting between offense and defense, while I’ve never been too high on Donaire other than respecting his obvious power and undeniable will.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - I tried, folks. No, really, I did. But I just don’t see it. No matter where I cruised in the cyber boxing universe early Sunday morning – within hours of the 140-pound title fight in Glasgow – I just couldn’t muster the indignance others have seemed to manage. Even though I did everything you’re supposed to do in these situations.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It was a sad sight. Well, sad for me at least. Looking at a press conference dais and seeing Amir Khan, hunched in a dark hoodie, the left side of his face swollen and abraded, his lips puffy and discolored, was difficult. Not because I thought, at age 35 and more than two years on from his last ring appearance, that his days as a world-class boxer were anything but behind him.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Buster Douglas beat Mike Tyson this week. Thirty-two years ago this week that is. And while consoling myself to the idea I'm old enough to clearly recall an event more than 30 years old, part of me still reacts with the same slack-jawed shock I displayed upon initially learning the fateful Tokyo result in real time back on Feb. 11, 1990.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - I’m a big fan of Keith Thurman. Always have been, in fact. Not only is he a Floridian – which gets him extra points now that it’s been my home turf, too, for 15 years – but he’s long one of the best and most consistently interesting interviews in the business.
New year. New calendar. New hopes and dreams for 2022. And in keeping with this season of renewal, my aim this week is to rattle off a list of the things I most want to see – or those that I most intend to do – by the time the year ends in 334 days.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - So a guy named Trevor Bryan is fighting a guy named Jonathan Guidry this weekend. They’re calling it – or, well, at least some are calling it – a heavyweight title fight. If that alone doesn’t turn your stomach, go ahead and stop reading now.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Monday was Muhammad Ali’s birthday. He would have been 80 years old. And if you don’t miss him, well…maybe this isn’t the website for you. Anyway, to mark the milestone, it occurred to me that compiling a list of his 10 best fights would be a worthwhile tribute. And it’d be a fun task for a windy, rainy morning in Florida, too.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - If you’ve gotten to this point and aren’t happy, that’s too bad. You should have seen it coming. In keeping with tradition in this Tuesday morning space, we greet the New Year with a preview of stories other boxing scribes will be reacting to about 12 months from now.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It wasn’t Mikey Garcia’s first dalliance with inactivity. In fact, the California-born stylist and former four-division title claimant was no stranger to long stretches on the shelf – having taken a 30-month pause from January 2014 to July 2016 before locking down the back half of his jewelry quartet with wins over Dejan Zlaticanin and Sergey Lipinets.