After Bernard "the Executioner" Hopkins once again proved boxing scribes (present company included) wrong last week against Kelly Pavlik, Roy Jones, Jr. (52-4, 38 KO) had to be watching and thinking, "I’m next." He has to realize that IF he beats the favored Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KO) on November 8, the long-awaited rematch (16 years to be exact) between he […]
Archives for October 2008
Kelly Pavlik Will Be Too Busy for Bernard Hopkins
The site. Atlantic City, New Jersey. The stakes. Top contender at light heavyweight. The prediction. "The Ghost" Kelly Pavlik (34-0, 30 KO) by unanimous decision against the venerable "Executioner," Bernard Hopkins (48-5-1, 32 KO). Why? In a fight in which I do not expect either fighter to be seriously hurt, the man who simply throws more punches […]
Chad Dawson Will Make The “Magic Man” Disappear
I am not picking "Bad" Chad Dawson (26-0, 17 KO) because he and I share the same surname. At this point of his career, he’s simply a better, but more importantly, fresher fighter than Antonio "Magic Man" Tarver (27-4, 19 KO). It will be a bad night for Tarver on Saturday, October 11. I know, […]
Klitschko’s Return Versus Peter Will Be Triumphant
When this fight was first announced I thought to myself, "yeah right, we all know that Klitschko will twist his ankle, lose a nail or come down with a new version of the bird flu, forcing this heavyweight title fight to be postponed or cancelled." Right now, I have been proven wrong, as it looks […]