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  by Lyle Fitzsimmons
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By Lyle Fitzsimmons, Boxing Editor - Archive - Email
Fitz Hitz (Archive)
  • Cable's kid brother leaping toward level ground (6/12/13)
  • Malignaggi could be a "Problem" for Broner (6/8/13)
  • Hopkins-Froch is as good as it gets on many levels (5/16/13)
  • Even at 36, Mayweather is still 'Money' (5/10/13)
  • Gordon still living the fight fan's dream (4/24/13)
  • 'Truth' is, Carl Williams was a really good fighter (4/11/13)
  • Ex-contender Scully looks back: 'I have a lot of regrets, really' (4/2/13)
  • Ex-champ contends women's boxing is on the rise (3/19/13)
  • Spadafora: 'I can't change the past, I can change my future' (3/11/13)
  • Cloud's burst: 'I'm not letting Hopkins in my head' (3/5/13)
  • Peterson win creates busy agenda at 140 pounds (2/26/13)
  • Olympic champ Davis: "I didn't complete all that I set to do" (2/19/13)
  • Broner on Broner: "There are a lot of guys not willing to fight me" (2/12/13)
  • Nate Campbell at 40: "I aim for what I always deserved" (2/6/13)
  • Aussie Geale aims to conquer homeland, middleweights (1/29/13)
  • Just because: Let "Executioner" go for as long as he wins (1/23/13)
  • Hopkins goes old-school to weather new storm (1/15/13)
  • Froch's IBF decision a trigger for larger issues (1/10/13)
  • Forecast for 2013: Everything Old is New Again (1/04/13)
  • Marquez win prompts rankings rise (12/12/12)
  • Patient Marquez produces movie-quality ending (12/11/12)
  • IBO scores in advance with Allakhverdiev (12/5/12)
  • Macho Time and Me: Lamenting Missed Opportunities (11/26/12)
  • Broner-Rios fight would be jewel of 2013 (11/20/12)
  • Making a pre-Christmas boxing list (11/16/12)
  • Guerrero speaks: "I feel I can beat anyone in the world" (11/8/12)
  • Saddened Cintron recalls days with Steward (10/31/12)
  • Saturday night's all right for Golden Boy (10/25/12)
  • Instant thrills don't mean long-term greatness (10/18/12)
  • "Arturopoligists" make flawed case for Canastota (10/11/12)
  • Early October equals annual frustration (10/05/12)
  • It's official (I think): Pacquiao-Mayweather won't happen (9/27/12)
  • In boxing and life ... the wife knows best (9/13/12)
  • New IBO champ prefers the quiet approach (9/06/12)
  • In-ring slowdown yields '10 for 30' list (8/31/12)
  • Southbound and down: Paging through a moving notebook (8/22/12)
  • Stubborn Hallback not ready to cede spotlight (8/15/12)
  • Team Golovkin: We're "truly the best" at 160 (8/08/12)
  • Guerrero-Mayweather: Careful what you wish for (8/01/12)
  • Broner-Escobedo: The power of positive spinning (7/25/12)
  • Stunning stoppage makes trio a quartet (7/18/12)
  • South Africa's Oosthuizen: "Yes, I am" the best at 168 (7/11/12)
  • Legacy no issue for slumping Jones (7/4/12)
  • Victor Ortiz: (Broken) Jawbone of a fighter (6/27/12)
  • Crunching the Numbers: Give Writers the Nod (6/21/12)
  • Pac/Bradley Recap: Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right (6/13/12)
  • Pacquiao-Bradley: Streaking Manny no longer a lock? (6/8/12)
  • King Carl of Nottingham: Domination sets up challenging series (5/30/12)
  • Mouthy Froch in prime form for hometown clash (5/24/12)
  • Nearing 50, "Razor" cuts to the heavyweight chase (5/15/12)
  • Impressive victory lets "Money" call the shots (5/09/12)
  • De La Hoya: Was losing a winning recipe for Cotto? (5/04/12)
  • Stubborn Mosley insists his 'Sugar' is still sweet (5/02/12)
  • Scully on Hopkins-Dawson: Same as it ever was (4/22/12)
  • De La Hoya: Workhorse Cotto Must Pass Mental Test (4/18/12)
  • Cruiser champ Tarver still has heavyweight plans (4/11/12)
  • Jermain Taylor gunning for 2007 glory (4/5/12)
  • Midweek Notebook: Ref more right than HBO (3/28/12)
  • Boxing not the same without Sugar (3/27/12)
  • Thoughts Collected on the NOLA-FLA Run (3/14/12)
  • The Fire Inside: Hallback continues HBO quest (3/2/12)
  • Uncovering the World Boxing Federation (2/22/12)
  • Still the same: Mosley soldiers on at 40 (2/15/12)
  • Chavez Jr.: Second verse, not the same as the first (2/07/12)
  • Philly's Steve Cunningham: A compelling case for cruisers (1/31/12)
  • Going forward with some obstacles (1/14/12)
  • Come Friday, it'll be all right...sort of (1/6/12)
  • FitzHitz and Misses 2012: Welterweight superfight will soon arrive (12/27/11)
  • Ward pick shines through cloudy crystal ball (12/21/11)
  • Cheated in Washington: Even sub-par Khan deserved better (12/14/11)
  • Cotto-Margarito II: 'Tony' gets his comeuppance (12/07/11)
  • Cotto-Margarito II: Second chance, second mistake (12/02/11)
  • A Dose of Reality: Pacquiao Remains Unbeatable (11/16/11)
  • Before, during, after: Paging through a cluttered notebook (11/09/11)
  • Frazier's death draws emotional response (11/09/11)
  • Before, during, after: Paging through a cluttered notebook (10/25/11)
  • Dawson-Hopkins: One giant leap toward irrelevance (10/18/11)
  • They're Not Worthy: Five Non-Deserving Hall of Famers (10/11/11)
  • There's a right way and a wrong way (9/28/11)
  • Sorry, Larry, Ortiz got what he asked for (9/20/11)
  • Mayweather-Ortiz: New characters, same story (9/14/11)
  • Klitschko-Adamek: Imminent upset sure to bring a smile (9/9/11)
  • Holyfield continues a championship act (8/31/11)
  • Bring on the honeymoon: Boxing's All-Kardashian team (8/26/11)
  • Top of the first: Concocting boxing's best batting order (8/17/11)
  • Hall Call: Forecasting Tomorrow's Inductions Today (8/5/11)
  • Cruiserweight resurgence a late gift for Tarver (7/26/11)
  • Veterans Tarver, Judah make unlikely return to relevance (7/18/11)
  • Unexpected obstacle blocks Cintron comeback path (7/12/11)
  • Mid-year picks recap warrants so-so grade (7/06/11)
  • Weekend Wrap: Klitschko, Haye at center stage in big revival (7/02/11)
  • Impending heavyweight clash prompts three-decade reflection (6/28/11)
  • Weekend wrap: Something for everyone in Texas, Mexico (6/17/11)
  • Back to the Future? Mayweather's return sparks renewed debate (6/14/11)
  • Saturday Night Surfing: Recalling Jolting Upsets, Appreciating Froch (6/7/11)
  • Smaller Johnson takes stab at tournament quarry (6/3/11)
  • Five, no longer fighting: Feeling the loss of in-ring warriors (6/1/11)
  • New champ Hopkins calls for another Canadian return (5/23/11)
  • Hopkins defies Father Time in slugfest (5/22/11)
  • Same old Hopkins pursues unlikely new record (5/21/11)
  • Dawson aims for big weekend; wants Hopkins next (5/18/11)
  • World champ Ward wasn't always a sure thing (5/12/11)
  • Pacquiao-Mosley recap: Go easy on the Kool-Aid (5/10/11)
  • Even amid slump, trainer insists Mosley still a handful (5/6/11)
  • Trainer Sherman Henson: Have classroom, will travel (5/3/11)
  • The women are coming... but does anyone really care? (4/26/11)
  • It's not a fair fight: Ali whips Tyson every time (4/19/11)
  • Khan, Lopez ready for their weekend close-ups (4/13/11)
  • Merz's returns for "Sweetest" Day at Gleason's Gym (4/12/11)
  • Morales-Maidana: Hoping for the best, but fearing the worst (4/5/11)
  • Segura-Calderon II: Little men re-enact big fight (4/1/11)
  • Gamboa's prowess brings back a young Jones (3/30/11)
  • Unbeaten Gamboa still building big-fight appetite (3/25/11)
  • Note to Arum/DiBella: Make Pac-Sergio NOW! (3/15/11)
  • Unheralded Martinez still toiling in undeserved anonymity (3/12/11)
  • Pacquiao, Mayweather stay atop pound-for-pound list (3/10/11)
  • "Super" and "El Matador" - Remaining Relevant by Different Measures (3/8/11)
  • Alvarez-Hatton: Vacant title has significant shadow (3/4/11)
  • Hallback on Martin: She should 'fight me or retire' (3/1/11)
  • Better production doesn't guarantee better experience (2/22/11)
  • Weekend card backs up the big talkers (2/18/11)
  • Philly heavyweight promises to go big, or go home (2/15/11)
  • Recovering Chambers sets out to re-climb heavyweight mountain (2/11/11)
  • Baby-faced Ximenez has adult career plans (2/8/11)
  • Motor City clunker gets Khan's engines revving (2/1/11)
  • Bradley, Alexander set for 140-pound Motown revival (1/28/11)
  • Saturday in West Virginia: Welcome Back, Evander (1/21/11)
  • Best of the Rest: (Nearly) 50 years of post-Ali stand-ins (1/19/11)
  • Resolve remains "undisputed" for 48-year-old Holyfield (1/14/11)
  • You heard it here first: The stories of 2011 (1/05/11)
  • Boxing 2010: No Superfight, No Problem (12/30/10)
  • Niagara's a natural for Hopkins-Pascal replay (12/21/10)
  • Pascal-Hopkins: Last dance for a fading ex-maestro (12/17/10)
  • "Girl in the Ring" a labor of pleasure, pain for filmmaker Morley (12/14/10)
  • Darchinyan expects big things in bantamweight tournament (12/11/10)
  • Not again, folks...Pacquiao doesn't deserve 2010's top award (12/8/10)
  • Marquez: "It's very clear I want to fight Pacquiao" (12/1/10)
  • Marquez-Katsidis: Lightweight champion bangs drum for Pacquiao (11/27/10)
  • Hopkins half right on Pacquiao assessment (11/23/10)
  • Williams-Martinez II: Replaying an Instant Jersey Classic (11/20/10)
  • Pacquiao Redux: Happiness is Cowboys Stadium in my rear-view mirror (11/16/10)
  • Bigger, stronger... better: Pacquiao tackles another challenge (11/14/10)
  • Disrespect for women turns Green's face red (11/12/10)
  • Saturday Night Star Power: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Lopez (11/05/10)
  • "Near Miss" Tillis - Looking back at almost greatness (11/02/10)
  • German-born Sylvester climbing the European charts (10/29/10)
  • Pacquiao Vulnerable? Don't Believe the Hype (10/26/10)
  • Old hands Tarver, Klitschko stay relevant at heavyweight (10/22/10)
  • Ten for 2011: One Man's Ballot for IBHOF Induction (10/19/10)
  • Half a decade later...Tarver resumes his climb (10/15/10)
  • Holmes-Ali: Thirty years of painful memories (10/05/10)
  • Ex-Packer Dorsey Levens: "Football is easier. Way easier." (9/29/10)
  • Mosley: "I can go to 45 or 46, 47 if I want to" (9/17/10)
  • Tenth title-fight win boosts Klitschko's all-time standing (9/14/10)
  • Improving Klitschko faces off with formidable former foe (9/11/10)
  • Mayweather backlash: Viral video is evidence of nothing (9/7/10)
  • PPV circus warrants no lasting impression (9/3/10)
  • Pacquiao-Margarito: A Good Fight, But A Bad Idea (8/31/10)
  • Toney/Couture: A (Boston) Massacre for the Senses (8/28/10)
  • Team Berto in bad position on WBC mandatory (8/24/10)
  • Back to the Future: Grant Ready for a "Big" Splash (8/17/10)
  • Young, strong foe is a referendum for Dawson (8/12/10)
  • Still-miffed Hernandez heads back to New Mexico (8/10/10)
  • King reclaims throne with three-pronged St. Louis card (8/6/10)
  • Hill on Bundrage: "Maybe I have the more motivated guy in there." (8/3/10)
  • Marquez-Diaz II: Role Model Has Underdog Role (7/29/10)
  • "Super Welterweight Title Fight" = Super Disappointment (7/27/10)
  • Prospecting for gold: Finding future stars an inexact science (7/20/10)
  • Returning Judah remains a guilty pleasure (7/15/10)
  • "Money" on the clock for big-fight approval (7/13/10)
  • Featherweight Lopez a budding star (7/8/10)
  • Garone: "Boxing is not dead, nor is it dying" (7/6/10)
  • Five Steps to a Better Boxing Future (7/3/10)
  • Major bodies push limits with title challengers (6/25/10)
  • Rahman Returns: Another Chapter in Buffalo-Area Boxing (6/19/10)
  • Home Sweet Home: Throwing in the Towel on Ringside Strangeness (6/10/10)
  • Remember When: An Upsetting Night in Buffalo (6/04/10)
  • Forgettable Sosnowski a Curious Pick for Title Shot (5/27/10)
  • Campbell's Bad Back a Blow to His Future (5/20/10)
  • Cintron's Post-Williams Critics Go Way Too Far (5/13/10)
  • Mayweather in charge after big PPV win (5/6/10)
  • Big-fight memories are second to none (4/29/10)
  • Campbell: "(Ortiz is) a bully. I'm bully proof." (4/23/10)
  • Roy and Floyd: Generation's Elite Falls Short in Respect (4/15/10)
  • Jones: End of the line for an all-time great (4/8/10)
  • Believe it or not: Hopkins-Jones will be worth the wait (4/2/10)
  • Shilstone sees value in Hopkins-Jones rematch (3/26/10)
  • "The Green (Quote) Machine" revs toward return (3/18/10)
  • Rematch vital in Hallback's HBO quest (3/11/10)
  • Sparring with Chevelle Hallback (3/04/10)
  • Hallback ready for the spotlight (2/26/10)
  • Douglas-Tyson: Still a shock two decades later (2/18/10)
  • Alexander "The Great" readies for a violent introduction (2/12/10)
  • Wild weekend: Barry relieved, Sylvester satisfied after victories (2/4/10)
  • Musing aloud: IBF misgivings, Hopkins-Jones excitement (1/28/10)
  • "Money's" chance to manage the message (1/26/10)
  • Future first: Ex-champ Ouma focused on new beginnings (1/14/10)
  • Don't blame Floyd for Pacquiao's reticence (12/31/09)
  • Philly's Chambers celebrates a career-changing 2009 (12/26/09)
  • Berto crams for career-defining welterweight test (12/17/09)
  • Wright's return detoured, but not discouraged (12/11/09)
  • Even in defeat, Jones stands test of time (12/3/09)
  • Still-hungry Ruiz makes room for thirds (11/19/09)
  • A Sure Remedy for Boxing's Ills...IMHO (11/13/09)
  • Defiant Dawson preparing a bold statement (11/05/09)
  • DeGuardia claims Johnson is imminent "Kingpin" (10/30/09)
  • Heads of the class: Making a case for IBHOF 2010 (10/22/09)
  • Johnson preps for party-crashing role at Dawson homecoming (10/8/09)
  • Mesi's return a complex proposition (10/8/09)
  • Good guy Arreola overmatched with mammoth Klitschko (9/24/09)
  • Love him or hate him... Mayweather still No. 1 (9/20/09)
  • Big "Money" return sets the agenda at welterweight (9/17/09)
  • Klitschko a guaranteed obstacle for Arreola (9/10/09)
  • Ominous Cloud on Dawson's horizon? (9/3/09)
  • Cloud: "My Goal is to destroy my opponent by any means necessary" (8/27/09)
  • Ageless Jones turns back the clock (8/20/09)
  • Jones pounds Lacy, sets up IBO title shot (8/16/09)
  • Bradley seeking big bucks; Resto wants forgiveness (7/30/09)
  • Fool Me Once...Notes from a Fight Night at Sunrise (7/16/09)
  • Brewer fights for championship, respect (7/10/09)
  • Mourning Alexis Arguello: A ring legend gone too soon (7/02/09)
  • Magazine's mandate has a hollow "Ring" (6/25/09)
  • Campbell heads west for 140-pound challenge (6/19/09)
  • Clottey: "I think I won the fight" (6/14/09)
  • Frustrated Ruiz still fighting the good fight (6/11/09)
  • A Florida renaissance for Kermit Cintron (6/05/09)
  • Berto encore on tap; Dawson goes for IBO (5/28/09)
  • Ward wins big; Campbell wants a belt (5/21/09)
  • New TV deserves apology after Dawson-Tarver dud (5/14/09)
  • Marquez an appetizer to Pretty Boy-Pacquiao main dish (5/7/09)
  • Weekend whets appetite for what comes next (4/30/09)
  • Bad tidings for "Bad Intentions" (4/23/09)
  • Crusading for simplicity and...(gasp!)...integrity (4/16/09)
  • Oscar's classy exit prompts football memories (4/14/09)
  • Roach, Pacquiao aimed squarely at Hatton (4/9/09)
  • Winky sure he's still got "The (W)right Stuff" (4/2/09)
  • Andrade shaking off Olympic disappointment (3/26/09)
  • Arreola: "I learned from what happened to me" (3/19/09)
  • Chambers: "I have to go out and smoke this guy" (3/12/09)
  • Estrada looks forward to talking the talk (3/5/09)
  • Banks: Cruisers are my light work (2/26/09)
  • Underdog Rubio not lacking in confidence (2/19/09)
  • Calzaghe finale a worthwhile endeavor (2/12/09)
  • Dawson pondering post-Tarver targets (2/5/09)
  • Cintron takes sweet offer to meet Martinez (1/29/09)
  • Reality, Margarito too much for Mosley (1/22/09)
  • Klitschko: My goal is to be known as the best of my time (1/8/09)
  • I miss Mike Tyson (1/1/09)
  • Looking at 2009...New Words from an "Old" Friend (12/25/08)
  • Time to retire the anti-Holyfield agenda (12/18/08)
  • Still immune to Pac-Man fever (12/11/08)
  • Saturday's Bottom Line: More Easy Money for Oscar (12/05/08)
  • Look out flyweights... here comes Oscar (12/04/08)
  • Arreola craves starring role at heavyweight (11/26/08)
  • Malignaggi promises weekend fireworks (11/20/08)
  • Team claims battered Jones will press on (11/13/08)
  • Jones looks his age in loss to Calzaghe (11/10/08)
  • Narrowing the field for Canastota (10/30/08)
  • IBO's Levine strikes a blow for integrity (10/23/08)
  • Bernard's latest win prompts a ghostly reunion (10/20/08)
  • Straight-forward Pavlik seeks clear-cut victory (10/16/08)
  • Tough words set stage for Showtime twinbill (10/10/08)
  • Berto back home and ready for more (10/02/08)
  • Mosley slumming against loudmouth Mayorga (09/25/08)
  • Comeback season for ex-Contender champ (09/18/08)
  • Light night in Biloxi (09/14/08)
  • Mississippi Burning: Edgy Campbell ready for revenge (09/11/08)
  • Klitschko vs. Klitschko: All you have to do is dream (09/04/08)
  • Ruiz crawls toward another reign (08/28/08)
  • Molitor shakes off adversity, looks toward future (08/21/08)
  • Montreal memories still vivid for Davis (08/14/08)
  • Williams a forgotten man at welterweight (08/08/08)
  • De La Hoya-Pacquiao: Who's the REAL lightweight? (08/05/08)
  • Clottey-Judah: A last sad straw for the IBF (07/31/08)
  • Welterweight world needs Mayweather encore (07/27/08)
  • Legends weigh in on Cotto-Margarito (07/24/08)
  • Holm content with her trailblazing status (07/17/08)
  • Thompson: I'll knock Klitschko's head off (07/10/08)
  • Calzaghe-Jones: Still a dream in September (07/10/08)
  • Holt expects big score in Vegas rematch (07/04/08)
  • Campbell, not Pacquiao, remains the man at 135 (06/29/08)
  • Guerrero: I'll knock Pacquiao out (06/26/08)
  • Ward is Caribbean king (06/21/08)
  • Ward brings heat to Cayman Islands (06/19/08)
  • Suddenly...Berto on the welterweight brink(06/12/08)
  • Quintana seeks another "lucky" break (06/6/08)
  • High-flying Bradley stays grounded (05/29/08)
  • Hatton back on the (basic cable) map (05/22/08)
  • Sleeker Byrd reveling in bully persona (05/15/08)
  • Lone Star focus breeds success for Tyner (05/08/08)
  • Underdog Forbes ready for his close-up (05/01/08)
  • Pull the plug on the "Executioner" (04/24/08)
  • Hopkins: Simply the best for a buzz (04/17/08)
  • Tarver faces defining moment in Tampa (04/10/08)
  • HBO's Taffet enjoying a busy spring (04/03/08)
  • Missouri: A state of embarrassment(03/28/08)
  • Mosley not quite ready for retirement (03/20/08)
  • Pacquiao: Don't believe the hype (03/13/08)
  • Mexican excursion could be Peter's worst "Nightmare" (03/06/08)
  • Bottom line: Litzau expecting anything against Guerrero (02/28/08)
  • Headline: Garden party inspires little more than apathy (02/21/08)
  • Taylor takes on Pavlik, naysayers in Vegas rematch (02/14/08)
  • Williams plays welterweight waiting game (02/07/08)
  • Fields anxious to follow a "Real Deal" path (02/01/08)
  • Jones-Trinidad and a New York state of mind (01/24/08)
  • Jones comeback a risky proposition (01/17/08)
  • Confident Campbell a cure for all ills (01/10/08)
  • Can "Magic Man" make Ngoudjo disappear? (01/03/08)
  • "Easton Assassin" now Hall of Fame caliber (12/27/07)
  • 'Bowe ready to give comeback a go (12/20/07)
  • 'Pretty Boy's dominance clear, except to HBO (12/13/07)
  • Villain or hero, 'Pretty Boy' gets it done (12/06/07)
  • Tarver fighting for recognition (11/28/07)
  • Vargas-Mayorga a tired act (11/20/07)
  • Youthful Lacy eager for next phase (11/15/07)
  • Cotto takes next violent step (11/11/07)
  • Cotto will finish what Taylor could not (11/09/07)
  • Calzaghe a slap happy champion (11/01/07)
  • Byrd taking a curious flight (10/25/07)
  • Dundee: Legends come just once in a lifetime (10/17/07)
  • Title-fight vet Holyfield expecting business as usual (10/12/07)
  • Bout with Tarver at top of Dawson's list (10/03/07)
  • Taylor seeks convincing return to elite (09/27/07)
  • Holyfield still not the retiring type (09/19/07)
  • Cintron getting by with help from his friends (09/14/07)
  • Judah returns to the squared circle (09/04/07)
  • Brock using tourney as path to rematch (8/28/07)
  • Powell anxious to begin his delayed second act (8/22/07)
  • Mesi eyes "Real Deal" with Holyfield (8/17/07)
  • Recent article revives long-time quest (8/9/07)
  • Veteran Morales rewarded for mediocrity (8/2/07)
  • Mayorga and Vargas: A summer of glove (7/25/07)
  • Put up or shut up for Hopkins (7/19/07)
  • Jones hopeful for future fights (7/15/07)
  • Desperate times for Jones (7/11/07)
  • Ho-Hum heavyweights
  • Ricky riles Pretty Boy (6/29/07)
  • Saturday excitement: Hatton vs. Castillo (6/21/07)
  • The truth about Toney (6/15/07)
  • Holyfield back in business, say it aint so (6/08/07)
  • On the canvas (6/01/07)
  • Even at 53, Kalule may get title shot (5/16/07)
  • My take on pay-per-view and other goodies from ringside (5/10/07)
  • The World Awaits well worth the price (5/4/07)
  • On the canvas (4/28/07)
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