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Happy New Year Champ!       12/31/05 - Mike Indri
"RBF" President & Founder Alex Ramos, a former potential Olympic hero and USBA title holder, is one of boxing's few true champions!
By the time Alex "The Bronx Bomber" Ramos had reached the tender age of eleven, he was making quite a name for himself at New York's TelStar gym on West 28th Street. At an age where most young boys were playing little league baseball or finally learning to ride their bikes - without the training wheels, Ramos was knocking out grown men; at the obsessive behest of his success driven father and under the watchful eye of gym owner Gil Clancy.

In Rusty's Corner       12/19/05 - Rusty Rubin
Nicolay Valuev, an undefeated seven footer, won a close decision over hard to beat and harder to watch, John Ruiz, in Germany, taking the WBA heavyweight crown. Please John hang them up, boxing fans and writers have suffered enough, watching you try to fight is as exciting as watching paint dry. Please WBA, show some guts and help the boxing community get rid of this over-rated club fighter.***

A Great Program...Fight To Learn....       12/19/05 - Rodney Moore
Fight to Learn is a new after-school/summer literacy program that was conceived by, and is personally supervised by, "Rockin" Rodney Moore a former welterweight boxing champion and newly enshrined New Jersey Hall of Fame boxer.

"Winky" won....but Sam Soliman is no loser!       12/15/05 - Mike Indri
No one gave Australia's Sam Soliman any chance against former undisputed 154lb. world champion Ronald "Winky" Wright. No chance of surviving, let alone winning, against one of boxing's best pound-for-pound fighters; who in his most recent bout had totally dominated future hall of famer Felix Trinidad.

My Hero is Denzel Washington       12/15/05 - Kerry Daigle
Don't know whether you heard about this but Denzel Washington and his family visited the troops at Brooks Army Medical Center, in San Antonio,Texas(BAMC) the other day. This is where soldiers that have been evacuated from Germany come to be hospitalized in the States, especially burn victims.

Sweet Nothings       12/13/05 - Dan Goossen
While sitting at my desk this past Friday, December 2, the day Robert Guerrero, our #2 ranked Featherweight in the World was to fight, I received a notice from the California State Athletic Commission that Robert had filed for Arbitration to terminate our promotional agreement.

Soliman loses controversial decision       12/13/05 - Grantlee Kieza
AUSTRALIA'S Sam Soliman gave the world's best boxer, Ronald "Winky" Wright, the fight of his life in Connecticut yesterday, only to lose a predictably controversial decision.
Soliman, riding a streak of 19 consecutive victories, was always going to need to win 10 of the 12 rounds to get the verdict with an American referee and three American judges.

Female boxer gets shot at film       12/10/05 - Dan McDonald
Kasha Chamblin's going Hollywood.
Or, rather, Hollywood is coming to visit Lafayette's unbeaten professional boxer.
Chamblin received word Friday that she had been chosen as one of four women's professional fighters to be featured in a reality television series scheduled to air this fall. A production crew is headed here in January to begin filming for Eye of the Tigress.

A STAR IS BORN IN SAN DIEGO       12/10/05 - Marylyn Aceves
SAN DIEGO, December 10 - Golden Boy Promotions' latest signee, Argentina's Walter Dario Matthysse, made quite an impression in his United States debut Thursday night at the 4th and B Club, stopping well-regarded Xavier Tolliver in a single round.

Aucoin knocks out Hartman..fair and square! Cries of foul don't tarnish "Bayou Bomber's" impressive KO win.       12/10/05 - Mike Indri
The fight, in both boxer's eyes was going along as planned; until that fateful fourth round, and it's somewhat perplexing end. During rounds one through three Hartman boxed well enough to be ahead on two of the three judge's scorecards, yet Aucoin's strength and tenacious style appeared to be troubling Hartman, who kept looking to the referee for help.

In Rusty's Corner       12/06/05 - Rusty Rubin
"Off the Canvas", a view of American history and the social problems of the times, as witnessed by an 80-year old ex-champion. "Off the Canvas" takes you from the time of the Great Depression till the World Trade Center disaster and is a book that has been getting rave reviews.

Xavier "X-Man" Tolliver; Responds to Golden Boy and Walter Dario Matthysee       12/05/05 - Keith Terceira
WBC FecarBox Champion Xavier "X-Man" Tolliver "20-4 13 KO's" responded to the announcement that Golden Boy Promotions has inked Argentinean Walter Matthysee '"23-0 22 KO's" five days before the planned HBO Latino Boxeo De Oro Dec. 8th. When asked about if he had a contract to fight Matthysee , Tolliver showed his displeasure immediately.

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