Ted Sares
455 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Boxing: Is there something in the air?
By Ted Sares
The boxing schedule leading up to May 2 is like a symphonic crescendo that translates to a boxing fan?s dream come true? ?Assuming for the sake of argument that boxing needs to…
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Ring Muggings: Part 16
By Ted Sares
Cooper vs. Melito (July 29, 1997) As best I could determine at the time, none of heavyweight Richie ?The Bull? Melito?s first nine opponents had ever won a fight. Finally, he fought…
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The Before and After of Kertson Manswell
By Ted Sares
?The most amazing aspect of boxing ? is the ability of a human being to get up when he?s hurt.? ?Steve Smoger The Before Manswell, known as the ?Warrior,? fights out of…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao: The Envelope Has Been Pushed Too Far
By Ted Sares
?That envelope has been pushed, stretched, torn, mangled, shredded, pulverized, burned, and exhausted into the upper stratosphere.??Poster named TitoFan ?A FMJ vs. Pac fight in 2015 would be a dud. Floyd would…
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Ring Muggings: Part 15
By Ted Sares
?He didn?t realize that he shook the water to awake the gator.??Riddick Bowe explaining why he inexplicably punched Larry Donald during a press conference If ever there was a real mugging in…
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Mikkel Kessler: A Story that ends well
By Ted Sares
?I have thought long and hard over the options, which have been made available, but none of these options are enough to get me motivated,??Mikkel Kessler ?I?m mentally stopping my career and…
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Jeff Lacy: Another story that?s not ending well
By Ted Sares
?He [Lacy] would just crunch them?He made our heavy bag look like a peanut.? ? Trainer Mike Birmingham That boxing stories rarely end well is an old refrain, but it is one…
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Is there a new trend in boxing writing?
By Ted Sares
?The first ground rule ought to be a certain degree of cynicism. You?re often going to be lied to. It?s important not only to understand where the truth lies, but the motivation…
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Ring Muggings: Part Fourteen
By Ted Sares
Norris vs. Mugabi (March 31, 1990) Norris vs. Gatti (September 9, 1993) ?I knock him out.?-John Mugabi On March 17, 1985, mugger extraordinaire John ?The Beast? Mugabi, , moved to 25-0 with…
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Ring Muggings: Part Thirteen
By Ted Sares
?I don?t know anybody outside of the Gatti camp who seriously maintains that Gatti made weight for that fight. They jumped him on and off the scale very quickly. It seemed pretty…
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The Pacquiaos: It?s a complex family affair
By Ted Sares
As the possibility of a boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao gains traction, the issue of focus will become an important intangible. The Mayweathers have their own family thing going…
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Wilder: Who Next?
By Ted Sares
?I want to bring excitement back to the heavyweight division?And I don?t want to sit around. I want to fight four times a year. Whoever?s ready, I?m ready.? -Deontay Wilder Many?probably most?…
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At the Crossroads with Rios and Alvarado
By Ted Sares
?I know for a fact this fight is a do-or-die fight for me?We?re cool with each other, but we know which kind of fight we?re going to give each other. I come…
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Ring Muggings: Part Twelve
By Ted Sares
Nobuhiro Ishida vs. James Kirkland (April 2011) ?Kirkland is supposed to beat the hell out of him.??Max Kellerman ?This is such a shocking upset that we didn?t have a [translator] on hand…
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Ring Muggings: Part Eleven
By Ted Sares
Lewis Here is the Lewis-Golota fight in Atlantic City in 2003 which featured two old school walk-ins and two prime heavyweights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUAYl5n6O48 Lewis had Golota on the defensive immediately by deftly using…
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Japanese Boxing on the Rise
By Ted Sares
Boxers from Argentina have had their surge but it has slowed down considerably. Eastern European fighters continue to rise as Gennady Golovkin, Sergey Kovalev, Wladimir Klitschko, Vasyl Lomachenko, Ruslan Provodnikov, and Evgeny…
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Ring Muggings ? Part Ten
By Ted Sares
I can recall exactly where I was when JFK was assassinated in 1963 and when 9/11 occurred. I also knew where I was when Buster beat Tyson. However, when ?Hollywood? Anthony Hembrick…
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Naoya Inoue Wins WBO 115 lb. title
By Ted Sares
?I prepared different strategies for this fight, but when I saw him I just knew I am going to beat him,??Omar Navarez Even though 21 year-old?s record is just 8-0, the question…
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Boxing Judges: Another Perspective
By Ted Sares
It?s easy to criticize boxing judges. But it?s not that easy to have a sound basis for the criticism. One needs to see the fight the judge saw to be in the…
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Warning Signs are flashing for Taylor
By Ted Sares
There are telltale signs in the life of a fighter that should not go unnoticed.??Diego Morilla ?There are too many innocent victims in this case to seriously consider him one?But there are…