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By T.K. Stewart - Who knew that on the day that young Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin caught his foot on a tree root while jogging that it would lead to Hasim Rahman getting beat up a couple weeks before Christmas?
First 'The Contender' reality show participant Brian Vera stopped him in a colossal upset. Then, in his first fight back from the Vera debacle, he suffered a nasty gash from a clash of heads with Willie Gibbs before stopping Gibbs in the 10th round.
Regardless of whether he wins or loses in his big gamble against Oscar De La Hoya on December 6th in Las Vegas - one thing is for sure - Manny Pacquiao is set to be propelled onto the list of the most wealthy individuals in his native country of the Philippines.
By T.K. Stewart - The first thing that you notice about Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire is just how small he really is.
by T.K. Stewart - An informal poll of boxing writers from the Boxing Writers Association of America finds that in his first year of eligibility - 'Prince' Naseem Hamed will likely not make the cut and be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2009.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. says he never plans on fighting again and so far he has held true to his word. Mayweather, the top ranked pound-for-pound boxer on the planet when he announced his retirement on June 6th (137 days ago for those of you that are counting) is continuing to build on a foundation so that he does not have to return to boxing.
By T.K. Stewart - Whether you love him or hate him, one thing you can be sure of is that Bernard Hopkins is one of the special personalities that make boxing is what it is.
Latest news out of Atlantic City, which has been solidly confirmed by this writer, and is also being reported by Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times, is that veteran referee Earl Morton who was scheduled to be the third man in the ring for the Kelly Pavlik vs. Bernard Hopkins fight on Saturday night will be replaced.
It has been announced that "Ireland's" John Duddy will face Sam "The Punching Policeman" Hill at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City on November 21st.
by T.K. Stewart - Spend enough time around this game they call boxing and you can sometimes figure out who is going to win a fight just by watching two fighters when they are in the same room with each other. If you were paying attention on Friday afternoon when challenger Vitali Klitschko and WBC heavyweight belt-holder Samuel Peter faced off during the official weigh-in ceremony for their title fight there was a cue that tipped you off as to who the winner was going to be. Klitschko, an oak tree of a man who stands a towering 6'7" tall, stared downward into Peter's eyes, who stands just a shade over six feet in height. Each man looked intently at the other in an effort to gain some sort of psychological edge. Without blinking, each of them tried to hold the gaze. This boxing ritual has always reminded me of a game that my younger sister and I used to play when we were kids. We called the game 'make you blink' as we would stare into each other's eyes in a contest to see who could hold the stare the longest before one of us burst into laughter - or blinked.