By Thomas Gerbasi - For those of us of a certain age, boxing began and ended with Muhammad Ali, who passed away at 74 Friday night from a respiratory issue, according to a family spokesman. He was our gateway drug, impossible to ignore or turn away from, and with that personality, he opened up a whole new world unlike any other.
Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali remained in a Phoenix hospital on Friday due to a respiratory issue. Ali, 74, was admitted to the hospital Thursday, according to a statement issued by his publicist, Bob Gunnell.
The WBC has expressed its opinion with total opposition towards AIBA’s decision to allow professional boxers to fight amateur boxers during the Olympic games in Rio 2016 . The WBC has voiced the opinion of the majority in the boxing community from all over the world . There are too many unanswered questions, the competition format and standards are not clear and the risks towards the fighters safety are tremendous .
FORMER World Boxing Federation (WBF) Asia Pacific flyweight champion Jether “The General” Oliva of General Santos City gets a shot at the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver flyweight title at the Pavilion in Singapore against undefeated Muhammad Waseem (3W-0L-0D) of Pakistan on July 17.
Boxing great Muhammad Ali is being treated in hospital for a respiratory issue, a spokesman for the former heavyweight champion said. Ali is being treated by doctors as a precaution with the 74-year-old in a fair condition according to spokesman Bob Gunnell.
By Cliff Rold - Paraphrasing HBO’s Max Kellerman, who has made the point many times in the past: when people say ‘they’ in boxing, who are ‘they?’ ‘They’ should examine the officials… ‘Boxing’ should root out corruption…‘They’ should protect fighters from gross mismatches… Who are ‘they?’ Who is ‘boxing?’...
Professional boxers can compete at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, if they qualify. An overwhelming vote by the sport's amateur governing body, known as AIBA, on Wednesday allows any boxer to try to qualify next month and earn selection for their national team. But AIBA's plan has been criticized across the professional ranks as a move toward dangerous mismatches between established boxers and inexperienced amateurs.
Heavyweight: With no formal suspension or investigative conclusion in as yet on Alexander Povetkin, he remains rated as he was. Joseph Parker, who passed a solid learning test against veteran Carlos Takam, moves into the top five.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It was our first fight… and the end of two eras. When old pal Phil MacDonald and I hopped in my dad’s Chevy Caprice for a trip from hometown Niagara Falls to the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo 32 years ago this week – Wednesday, to be exact – the consensus around town leaned more toward prolonged...
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen 'Breadman' Edwards giving his thoughts on Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev, the unification at junior welterweight between Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol, the situation between Saul 'Canelo' and Gennady Golovkin, and more.