“24-KARAT” GETS "HEAVY" & WAVES GOODBYE TO JANE LOUISE!
// published Friday, 6-May-2005
// written by Cliff Rold
THE BIG QUESTION: HOW GOOD ARE THESE GUYS?
The collective sigh heard ‘round the boxing world last Saturday when James Toney exorcised the demon of Jane Louise from the top of the heavyweight division was only the beginning of a needed reexamination of the big picture. Since the retirement of Lennox Lewis, most laments on the crop of big men in the sport can be summed up as “These guys suck!” That feeling has prospered even with some entertaining fights (Vitali Klitschko-Corrie Sanders, Chris Byrd’s battles with Andrew Golota and Jameel McCline) in the last year to prove it wrong.
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// published Friday, 6-May-2005
// written by Cliff Rold
THE BIG QUESTION: HOW GOOD ARE THESE GUYS?
The collective sigh heard ‘round the boxing world last Saturday when James Toney exorcised the demon of Jane Louise from the top of the heavyweight division was only the beginning of a needed reexamination of the big picture. Since the retirement of Lennox Lewis, most laments on the crop of big men in the sport can be summed up as “These guys suck!” That feeling has prospered even with some entertaining fights (Vitali Klitschko-Corrie Sanders, Chris Byrd’s battles with Andrew Golota and Jameel McCline) in the last year to prove it wrong.
Read the rest at Ring Talk