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Boxed Ears has moved:

Published on 2009-08-02 03:43:00

If you're wondering what happened to us, we went on hiatus until we could purchase our own web domain. We are now at http://www.boxedears.com/ . Please come by. We are just figuring out how to work this newfangled system but you're welcomed to send u > read more

Boxing Humor: The Fallibility of Boxrec

Published on 2009-02-09 22:33:00

Boxing Humor: The Fallibility of Boxrec Boxrec.com is a site I frequently link to and do research at. It is one of the best online resources for boxing and I'm incredibly glad that we have it, BUT it is not infallible. You have to figure with that ma > read more

BE's Best Punchers Spotlight: Edison Miranda

Published on 2009-02-09 07:50:00

BE's Punchers Spotlight goes to Edison Miranda. Miranda is just 28 years old and has been fighting since 2001. He is known as being a top middleweight contender who:*Fought current undefeated IBF Middleweight world champion, Arthur Abraham - twice. H > read more

Celebrity Boxers List: Did they really box? How'd they do? Were they serious?

Published on 2009-01-07 15:55:00

[Page Under Construction]Celebrity Boxers List:This list attempts to list all celebrities which had an amateur or professional boxing career as a point of interest and a fun reference.1. Emmy award winning comic icon Jackie Mason was an amateur boxer > read more

Happy New Year From Boxed Ears: 2009 Will See Big Fights

Published on 2009-01-01 05:56:00

Welterweights:Antonio Margarito and Sugar Shane Mosley are fit to rumble on the 24th of this month for the WBA title, and Miguel Cotto is ready to make a comeback from his single and brutal loss to Margarito against 34-1 Michael Jennings of the UK fo > read more

Updates to BE's Top 20 Current Heavyweight Rankings:

Published on 2008-12-28 02:10:00

Updates to BE's Top 20 Current Heavyweight Rankings:I would like to update this post with some news. First Chazz Witherspoon, I feel still deserves his status at 19. He takes his only loss to Chris Arreola, the current NABF minor title holder. Second > read more

BE's look back on the career of Arturo ''Thunder'' Gatti: A gift to boxing

Published on 2008-12-27 23:45:00

BE's look back on the career of Arturo ''Thunder'' Gatti: A gift to boxingMajor fan favorite Arturo ''Thunder'' Gatti was one of boxing's most exciting fighters. A tough guy from Canada like George Chuvalo and a mean Italian-blooded small man like Ca > read more

Live Updating for Holyfield VS Valuev: Outcome soon

Published on 2008-12-20 16:33:00

Hi everybody. For those that can't get the fight and want the spoiler, Al Bernstein (I think) says Evander Holyfield is winning almost all the rounds through 9. I just got the update.Update: Bernstein and co. says Valuev has been very poor tonight, e > read more

BE's Top 20 Current Heavyweight Fighters

Published on 2008-12-15 14:01:00

BE's heavyweight champ: Wladimir Klitschko1. Wladimir Klitschko (Current IBF, WBO and IBO champ and former WBO champ)2. Vitali Klitschko (Current and former WBC Champion and former WBO champ)3. Ruslan Chagaev (Undefeated-Maintains rare status of 'Cha > read more

Oscar De La Hoya VS Manny Pacquiao: Post Fight

Published on 2008-12-06 23:39:00

(Post in progress)Teddy Atlas calls ''The Golden Boy'' the ''Black and blue boy'' in his wrap up on ESPN News. Teddy, like me is wondering how much of this was what Oscar lost and how much is just Manny's fantastic performance. They'll get the fighte > read more

BE's Look Back: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. VS Emanuel Burton (Augustus)

Published on 2008-07-21 19:13:00

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. VS Emanuel BurtonBE's look back on the offensively thrilling fight of Floyd Mayweather, Jr. VS Emanuel Burton (Augustus) is a tribute to one of Floyd's most offensively brilliant fights and Emanuel Burton's most shining moments as an action-forcing warrior with nothing to lose and everything to gain. It is one of the few occasions that Floyd has been pushed to fight this > read more

Friday Night Fights: Jerome Ellis VS Richard Gutierrez

Published on 2008-07-18 20:11:00

ESPN Boxing Broadcast: Friday Night Fights.Jerome Ellis VS Richard GutierrezDate: July 18, 2008Division: Light MiddleweightRounds Scheduled: 8Place: Buffalo Bill's Star Arena, Primm, Nevada, USAFighters:Jerome Ellis:Record:11-8-1 with 10 kayosHeight: 5'8Weight: 153 LBSAge: 29Hometown: Maplewood, New Jersey, USA (From The Bahamas)*He's lost four straight coming into this bout, remarks Joe > read more

Update On Oscar Diaz's Medical Scare After The Delvin Rodriguez Fight

Published on 2008-07-17 04:27:00

Hello everyone. As I said, I'd give you all an update on Oscar Diaz if and when I could find one. I remember looking around for information on whether or not Ray Oliviera had been okay after his disturbing scene at his fight with Emanuel Augustus who was really laying on some flush shots and frustratingly not finding anything. Luckily, information travels faster now.To recap a bit, last night > read more

Wednesday Night Fights: Oscar Diaz VS Delvin Rodriguez

Published on 2008-07-17 00:52:00

ESPN Boxing Broadcast: Wednesday Night Fights.Devlin Rodriguez VS Oscar DiazDate: July 16, 2008Division: WelterweightRounds Scheduled: 12Place: Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, Texas, United StatesFighters:Delvin Rodriguez:Record:22-2-1 with 13 kayosHeight: 6'0Weight: 147 LBSAge: 28Residence: Danburry, Connecticut, USA (Native to the Dominican Republic)*Delvin was knocked out by Jesse > read more

Wednesday Night Fights: Julio Valadez VS Eric Morin

Published on 2008-07-16 23:33:00

ESPN Boxing Broadcast: Wednesday Night Fights.Date: July 16, 2008Division: BantamweightRounds Scheduled: 4Place: Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, Texas, United StatesFighters: Julio Valadez:Record:1-0 with 0 kayosHeight: 5'6Weight: 118 LBSAge: 19Residence: San Antonio, TexasEric Morin:Record: 0-0-0 with 0 kayos -Pro DebutHeight: 5'7Weight: 116.5 lbsAge: 22Residence: San Antonio, TexasBE's round > read more

Wednesday Night Fights: Terrance Cauthen VS Alexis Camacho

Published on 2008-07-16 22:25:00

ESPN Boxing Broadcast: Wednesday Night Fights.Date: July 16, 2008Division: WelterweightRounds Scheduled: 8Place: Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, Texas, United StatesFighters: Alexis CamachoRecord:16-0 with 15 kayosHeight: 5'10Weight: 147.5 LBSAge: 27Residence: Austin, Texas (from Mexico)*Comes from a family of circus performers. To cut weight, Teddy Atlas remarks, Camacho came running in in > read more

BE's First Fantasy Fight List And Picks: Who Would Win?

Published on 2008-07-16 02:58:00

1. Sonny Liston Vs George Foreman at heavyweightBE's pick: Foreman By Knockout2. Roberto Duran Vs Julio Cesar Chavez at lightweightBE's pick: Duran by decision or stoppage3. Sugar Shane Mosley VS Aaron Pryor at lightweightBE's pick: Draw4. Floyd Mayweather Junior VS Sugar Ray Leonard at welterweightBE's pick: Leonard by Floyd's first KO loss or by decision5. Larry Holmes Vs Lennox Lewis at > read more

BE's Look Back On Joe Frazier VS Jimmy Ellis I

Published on 2008-07-15 17:46:00

BE's look back on Frazier VS Ellis I, a fight recently aired on the wonderful ESPN Classic channel. Set up: In 1970 the world of heavyweight boxing was still up in the air as far as the real heavyweight champion. The rightful owner of the title was Muhammad Ali but Ali's legal battles over the draft had seen him stripped of his championship status and his career on hold. Two champions emerged to > read more

Interesting Rumblings Of Paul Williams VS Kelly Pavlik? (Plus, don't ever count out Jermain Taylor)

Published on 2008-07-13 16:39:00

Match Up News: What Do We Get?I'm reading Bad Left Hook and Max Boxing this afternoon about a much stronger possibility of Paul Williams fighting Kelly Pavlik. This comes straight from Bob Arum who thinks they have a deal with Dan Goossen, then implies that with Goossen, you never know. Williams/Pavlik was mentioned before but not this strongly. I never thought Paul would stay at welterweight. > read more

The Outcome of Klitschko VS Tony Thompson: A Quick Review

Published on 2008-07-12 18:19:00

Okay, I won't go over what I said in the live, round by round posting that I did, you can go back and see it. I will simply conclude that Klitschko was not great but similarly to Bonavena VS Ali, you can have an ugly, awkward and unimpressive performance and if you score a KO, all is forgiven by fans and history. This bears a very similarity in many ways. Oscar Bonavena was knocked out for the > read more