No Country for Old Heavyweights
by TK Stewart - Joel and Ethan Coen's movie, "No Country for Old Men" won four Academy Awards the other night and the brothers shared the award for best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay.
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Will Klitschko Be the Last One Standing?
by TK Stewart - To listen to hall of fame trainer Emanuel Steward tell it, Saturday night will be one of the most dangerous nights in the career of his charge, IBF heavyweight titlist Wladimir Klitschko. Wladimir will be facing off against WBO heavyweight belt-holder Sultan Ibragimov in a partial title unification fight at "The World's Most Famous Arena" - Madison Square Garden. "Looking at him closely, I think he will be the best fighter Wladimir fought in his pro career," says a cautious Steward about the cagey Ibragimov. "He's not a big guy, but he knows how to win big fights over big guys. He has handspeed, he explodes and moves away quickly, he makes most big guys' size a handicap. I told Wlad this will be the best you have fought. We are not taking him lightly." Steward forgot to mention that Ibragimov is also a pesky southpaw.
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Recession and Kimbo May Slice Pavlik-Taylor PPV
by TK Stewart - BANGOR, MAINE - With the U.S. economy teetering on the cliffs of recession and "Internet sensation" Kimbo Slice facing Tank Abbott on Showtime tomorrow night, the promoters of Saturday's rematch between middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik and Jermain Taylor might have a tough sell on their hands.
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Jermain Taylor Has 96 Ounces of Hope
By TK Stewart - Jermain "Bad Intentions" Taylor, former middleweight champion of the world, is telling anybody with ears that the main reason he lost the title to Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik back in September was because he just couldn’t make the division limit of 160-pounds anymore.
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr: A Chip Off The Old Block?
by TK Stewart - On Saturday night, doe-eyed Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. will once again be cranking up the left hook that looks a lot like dear old Dad's. For 'Junior' it will be his second straight fight as a pay-per-view headliner and another opportunity for him to continue building his resume as he looks to make his own name. Chavez will face Jose Celaya on a card that will take place in Mexico. With an obvious eye toward the future, 2008 could be Chavez' breakout year where he fights for one of the many titles available in boxing. "There's a lot of nostalgia for the old man, and the kid's caught he people's attention," Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says. "So there's a lot of interest." It's Arum, of course, and his crack promotional team at Top Rank that has worked to build the 21 year-old Chavez into a bankable commodity. But, more importantly, they have allowed the youngster to hone his skills and actually learn the craft that is boxing. Incredibly, Chavez, Jr. had no amateur fights and he turned pro at the tender age of 17. As a result, he has been matched very carefully and his career has been a series of baby steps. Over the past 4 1/2 years he's fought his way to an impressive looking welterweight record of 34-0-1(27)KO's, which has led to top 10 rankings by two of the alphabet sanctioning cartels.
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Two Sides To Atlas, But He's His Own Man
by TK Stewart - I've been following the ongoing saga with Teddy Atlas and his seven day suspension from his position as a color analyst with ESPN2 Friday Night Fights with a keen interest as to what will come of it all. Incidentally, it's a story that was broken wide-open right here on boxingscene.com by Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Rick Reeno. If you know Teddy Atlas, you know there's two sides to the man. There's the side that is abrasive and ornery and that would never back down from a confrontation. It's the side that once counted former New York City mafia characters John Gotti and Sammy The Bull" Gravano as close associates. It's the same side of Atlas that once held a gun to a young Mike Tyson's head and also had laid out plans to murder former world champion Donny LaLonde. It's the same Teddy Atlas that has a scar that runs down the entire side of his face - compliments of being on the wrong end of a knife. The other side of Teddy Atlas is a tireless charitable giver, a husband and father and a man of great integrity. Through the "Dr. Theodore J. Atlas Foundation" named after his father and which he created, Atlas is the head of a charitable organization which helps those who can't help themselves. Atlas sees to it that the needy are cared for, given the basics to eke out meager existences and he does it all without ever expecting anything back. His annual fund raising dinner has grown tremendously over the past several years and as it has expanded Atlas has been able to give more and more to those that need it the most.
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Remillard Wins Return, Estrada Tested in Win
by TK Stewart at Ringside - Mashantucket, CT - There's a sign on Route 2 as you're heading into Foxwoods that lets you know, "The fine for littering is $219."
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De La Hoya: The Architect of His Own Destiny
by TK Stewart - He always wanted to be an architect, so it’s fitting that Oscar De La Hoya is now carefully drafting the final blueprints that will lead to the end of his long career as a prizefighter. With precise measurements and a keen eye to all of the angles, Oscar says that 2008 will be it for him - and that he’ll punch and then get punched no more. Some wonder why De La Hoya still continues on in what the great fight writer, Hugh McIlvanney, calls "the hardest game" - yet the answer to that question rests solely in the mind of Oscar himself. He literally fought his way out of the barrio of East Los Angeles. Hailing from the little triangle of a city called Montebello that’s wedged in between the Santa Monica, San Gabriel and Santa Ana freeways he has become one of the most well known and wealthiest figures in sports. He has done it all, won it all and it would seem that, indeed, he has it all. He became the personification of the "Golden Boy" when he won an Olympic gold medal in 1992 and later garnered pieces of professional championships in six different weight classes. Along the way he faced the biggest names the sport of boxing had to offer him. From the left hooking Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez to the former Philly convict Bernard Hopkins, De La Hoya has fought the best of a generation.
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Trinidad vs. Jones: Turn Off These Titans
By TK Stewart - You can spend your fifty bucks on Saturday night to watch a diminished Roy Jones, Jr. take on an equally spent Felix Trinidad, who must have received a day pass from his Puerto Rican retirement home to be in New York, but you can count me out. It’s debatable, but I think you just might get more entertainment by throwing fifty bucks in your fireplace or off the back of a train. I won’t be on the scene nor will I be watching it on the screen. Don King is calling his latest dog and pony show “Bring on the Titans” but he should’ve called it “Send in the Clowns” because this fight is nothing more than a sad joke that is being perpetrated on boxing fans. Forget about the ludicrous pay-per view asking price of $49.95 - that’s small potatoes. The real laugh is the price of a ringside seat at Madison Square Garden, in the VIP seats, which has a cool asking price of $15,000. Somebody should contact the Better Business Bureau. The last time Felix “Tito” Trinidad was seen in a boxing ring he was embarrassed in a whitewash and was totally shut out by Winky Wright. A passive and puffy version of his former welterweight self, the 160-pound Trinidad was befuddled and confused by Wright’s southpaw jab and he lost the fight by unanimous decision with barely a whimper in protest. He and his father, Felix, Sr. then counted up their millions and hopped on the first flight back to San Juan to enjoy the rest of their life in retirement.
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It's Time for Hopkins to Fight Like He Talks
by TK Stewart - The impending announcement that Bernard Hopkins will face Welshman Joe Calzaghe on April 12th in Las Vegas will likely come with the same hype and blather that Hopkins barks out each time he announces his next fight. In his own world, “The Executioner” continues to talk a good fight, but when he’s gotten in the ring over the past few years his words have rung hollow. In his advancing years he's become a cautious miser with his punches who methodically shuffles around the ring in an effort not to lose - instead of really fighting to win. Hopkins, the minimalist, will turn 43 in a couple weeks and in his role as the "Old Man River" of boxing, his career continues to flow on despite the fact that father time is breathing down his neck. Few boxers have been able to fight effectively into their late 30's, but Hopkins, several years removed from his best days, defies the trend and has scored signature wins since he turned 40 over Antonio Tarver and Winky Wright.
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