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Superstars converge in June, with a handful of superb and intriguing fights on the docket promising to keep fans chatting all month.
In this week’s edition of Fighting Words, we shall preview Ricky Hatton’s imminent throwdown with Kostya Tszyu, Miguel Cotto’s search for revenge against Mohamad Abdullaev, the circus act featuring Mike Tyson and Kevin McBride, the battle for light heavyweight supremacy between Glencoffe Johnson and Antonio Tarver, and Arturo Gatti’s title defense against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
As always, we will wrap things up in The 10 Count, which this week's features include thoughts ranging from this past weekend’s Julio Cesar Chavez pay-per-view card to the upcoming ABC reality series, “Dancing with the Stars,” starring Evander Holyfield.
June 4 - Can The Hitman Take Out The Thunder From Down Under?
Kostya Tszyu, 31-1 with 1 no contest and 25 KOs, has been, aside from a brief blip following his 1997 upset loss to Vince Phillips, the king of the junior welterweight division, a man who has dispatched everyone from Sharmba Mitchell (twice) to Zab Judah. In recent years, however, injuries have limited “The Thunder From Down Under” to one appearance a year from 2002 to 2004.
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In this week’s edition of Fighting Words, we shall preview Ricky Hatton’s imminent throwdown with Kostya Tszyu, Miguel Cotto’s search for revenge against Mohamad Abdullaev, the circus act featuring Mike Tyson and Kevin McBride, the battle for light heavyweight supremacy between Glencoffe Johnson and Antonio Tarver, and Arturo Gatti’s title defense against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
As always, we will wrap things up in The 10 Count, which this week's features include thoughts ranging from this past weekend’s Julio Cesar Chavez pay-per-view card to the upcoming ABC reality series, “Dancing with the Stars,” starring Evander Holyfield.
June 4 - Can The Hitman Take Out The Thunder From Down Under?
Kostya Tszyu, 31-1 with 1 no contest and 25 KOs, has been, aside from a brief blip following his 1997 upset loss to Vince Phillips, the king of the junior welterweight division, a man who has dispatched everyone from Sharmba Mitchell (twice) to Zab Judah. In recent years, however, injuries have limited “The Thunder From Down Under” to one appearance a year from 2002 to 2004.
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