http://newyork.fighthype.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:29:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every few months, Manny Pacquiao enters the ring and shows the world that boxing does not have to be a sports afterthought in the United States. A dedicated thrillmaker, Pacquiao seems determined to make people forget how most of modern prizefighting is operated: by a complex system of smoke ... http://newyork.fighthype.com/2010/03/13/manny-pacquiao-joshua-clottey-preview/ On Friday April 2nd, Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing returns to the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Uncasville, CT with what promises to be yet another action packed night of boxing. The card, broadcast live on ESPN's ever popular "Friday Night Fight" series, is headlined by an exciting and meaningful welterweight ... http://newyork.fighthype.com/2010/03/12/delvin-rodriguez-and-mike-arnaoutis-clash-at-mohegan-sun/ LOS ANGELES, CA (March 10, 2010) Former world title challenger Demetrius “THE GLADIATOR” Hopkins returns to the ring against former world champion Freddie “LIL HAGLER” Norwood in the ten round main event at Fight Night 2 at the Commerce Casino on Thursday, March 25th in Los Angeles. Training in the hardened ... http://newyork.fighthype.com/2010/03/11/demetrius-hopkins-returns-march-25/ Prior to the 2001 baseball season, baseball pundits and fans alike could reasonably conclude the following about Barry Bonds: 1.)   Barry Bonds was an exceptional baseball player 2.)   Barry Bonds was physically achieving what many people thought impossible for someone his age, but as suspect of an achievement as it may ... http://newyork.fighthype.com/2010/03/11/pacquiao-clottey-the-peoples-eyebrow/ Unbeaten Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, PA, takes on Hector “The Hurricane” Munoz, of Albuquerque, NM, in the fifth defense of his North American Boxing Association (NABA) welterweight title in a scheduled 10-round contest on Saturday evening, April 17, at in the 10,000-seat Boardwalk Hall. In the scheduled 12-round main event, to ... http://newyork.fighthype.com/2010/03/10/mike-jones-to-fight-hector-munoz-april-17/ YONKERS, N.Y. (Mar. 8, 2010) – The youngest member of the fighting Frank brothers, undefeated light heavyweight Ronson, takes on 33-veteran Raynard “Flash” Darden in Friday night’s (Mar. 12) 8-round co-feature on the “St. Patty’s Day Brawl” pro card, presented by O’Shea Brothers Boxing Promotions, at the PAL Gym in ... http://newyork.fighthype.com/2010/03/09/heavyweight-darrel-madison-headlines-yonkers-card/ Pop! Pop! Silence. Pop, pop! A man's feet shuffle to his left on the blue, blood-speckled canvas. Pop! Pop! Sixteen ounce gloves slap the padded hands of his handler accompanied by low grunts. The 30-second bell beeps. The fighter weaves and ducks under the slow, sweeping pad of the trainer. ... http://newyork.fighthype.com/2010/03/08/a-view-from-the-gym-joshua-clotteys-media-workout/ Devon Alexander: “My coach told me to stay focused when Urango started bleeding [from the nose in the third round]. My coach said, ‘Don’t stand there and get hit.’ His [Urango’s] punches did not hurt at all. I was surprised by that. Speed kills everything and that’s what I have. ... http://newyork.fighthype.com/2010/03/07/alexander-and-urango-post-fight-quotes/ Devon Alexander faces the sternest test of his young career when faces tough-as-nails Juan Urango at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. In addition, two alphabet titles will be unified—at least until one of them is stripped from the winner—and a future showdown with Timothy Bradley might be in the ... http://newyork.fighthype.com/2010/03/06/devon-alexander-hype-or-substance/ NEW YORK (March 4, 2010) — Super Six World Boxing Classic standings leader “King” Arthur Abraham and Andre “The Matrix” Dirrell both took part in a media conference call on Thursday to talk about their Group Stage 2 matchup. The two square off March 27, 2010, at the Joe Louis ... http://newyork.fighthype.com/2010/03/04/andre-dirrell-and-arthur-abraham-discuss-upcoming-bout/