The Other Muhammad Ali Grandson
He finished a workout at the UFC Renzo Gracie Academy facility located a few minutes away from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Biaggio Ali resembled his brother, Nico, the upcoming and undefeated middleweight who fights under the Top Rank Boxing banner. He is the other grandson of the late Muhammad Ali, though fighting in a cage […]
The Garden Gets Another Promoter
This isn’t Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum and Top Rank highlighting a November 9th pro boxing event at Madison Square Garden. Arum and Top Rank will return in December and again a few times next year. The Garden, after all is known as the “Mecca” of boxing and promoters jump at the opportunity to highlight fighters […]
A Real Main Event For Villarreal
Ismael Villarreal sustained his first loss in early February. The 10-round split decision and world wide exposure on SHOWBOX was a minor setback but the 26-year old super welterweight from the Bronx would not hide. The first loss for a fighter does have an impact, though to Villarreal (13-1-0, 9 K0’s) an advantage of gaining experience […]
The Fighting Gatti Brothers: Thunder And Lightning
“Joe and Arturo’s careers, and lives, would take two entirely different paths. The brother’s careers were, in essence, a study on professional boxing.” So says the author Joe Botti and chronicled with “Thunder & Lightning” the compelling and behind the scene stories of two brothers, Arturo and Joe of Jersey City, pro fighters and the world champion […]