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 […]
The Search For Yamamoto Begins
Next Monday in the city of Nashville, the annual baseball Winter meetings will commence, a cluster of MLB team executives and personnel all huddled in hotel room suites. I have covered numerous Winter Meetings and it has become a spectacle of who is walking around the various lobbies and listening to scenarios of possible trades. […]