HEADLINES - September 4-6, 2002

September 6, 2002

MOVE BY LEWIS SHAKES UP HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION
* AP: Lewis gives up IBF title
* Thomas Hauser: Lewis vacates IBF title
* NY Daily News: Tournament for world title in works - Jones, Ruiz to clash
* USA Today: King plans to make use of Lewis' discarded belt
* Dallas Morning News: Lewis vacates, opens door for King
* LVRJ: Lewis gives up IBF title for hefty price
* Toronto Globe & Mail: Lewis loosens belts
* AJC: Lewis' move gives Holyfield a title shot
* London Times: Byrd put down pecking order by Lewis
* Thomas Gerbasi: Byrd - thorn in the paw of Cowardly Luion
* Mike Nosky: Ruiz people delay King hearing
* London Times: Simply the best? Time for Jones to punch his weight
* Anthony Evans: Has Woods a hope in hell?
* London Times: Woods inspired by the spirit of Turpin and the ragmuffin
* Pedro Fernandez: Sure to tick some people off
* Dean Juipe: DLH counting days till big fight
* Cortez in the middle for "Bad Blood" showdown
* Max Boxing: Lacy wins round one in court
* Montreal Gazette: Lucas enjoys champions' spotlight
* Paul Upham: McKart looking to bounce Wright
* AP: Winky Wright trying to make a name
* Dean Juipe: Winky needs wright moves for a big payday
* Steve Kim: Antonio says it's Tarver time
* Steve Kim: I Be Felonious (IBF)
* San Antonio Express-News: No joke - Ayala set to fight policeman
* New Zealand: Sparring provides knockout for Tua
* SecondsOut: Furious Farnell fires back at Groenwald
* SecondsOut: Team Groenwald vows to destroy Farnell
* Bangkok Post: Pongsaklek to defend title at Future Park
* SecondsOut: Interbox spearheads Canadian resurgence
* Australia: Mundine-Thornberry set for November 2
* Huddersfield Daily Examiner (UK): Sellout expected for Sky bill
* Morning Call (Pa.): Spell makes like a punching bag in decisive loss to Snyder
* Daily Dispatch (South Africa): Mad Dog stays with Sidinile camp
* Moline Dispatch: Rebirth for boxing in East Moline
* AJC: All-female groups fill boxing classes
* Paisley Daily Express (Scotland): Sweeney will help select Scotland's top boxers * Barbados Nation: Full team in boxer's corner



September 5, 2002
* George Kimball: Ward at home in city
* Eddie Goldman: A workingman's war
* Ken Jones: Turpin and Honeyghan give hope to Britain's latest no-hoper
* Sporting Life: For Woods, a bridge too far
* Doug Fischer: Barrera and Tapia continue Mexican/Mexican-American war
* Ben Pierce: The real champs!
* Boxing Talk.net interviews Felix Trinidad
* Sean Stowell: Sheika's fair shake
* Boxing Talk.net: Tarver says he'll knock out Jones
* Japan Today: Injury puts Tokuyama's WBC defense on hold
* CP: Ali to appear at October 20 CFL game
* Toronto Sun: The Greatest on his way
* Press Release: Ali will participate in 9/11 tribute
* Fiona Manning: Another setback for hospitalized Corrales
* Eastside Boxing: Good, bad, and atrocious are upcoming
* Asbury Park Press: He's a real bear
* Clive Bernath: Audley to face "Rock" on October 5
* Ewing Grahame: Chacon's comments ad fuel to the Harrison fire
* Anthony Evans: Desperate Dunn to call time
* UK: October clash for Kelly
* London Evening Standard: Benn curses "D" class contestants
* London Daily Telegraph: A featherweight tickled pink
* Daily Dispatch (South Africa): Is Makepula taking Sikali lightly?
* Kenya: Scoring system criticized


PRESS RELEASE
JOSE TORRES AND PAUL JOHNSON OF THE BOXERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ON "KNOCKOUT RADIO" ON MAXBOXING.COM
by Eddie Goldman

You may have had your fill of hearing news about the recently averted baseball strike. You would not be alone in that sentiment. But benefits like the contract rights and high salaries baseball players have won over the years are unknown to over 99 percent of all professional boxers.

There is still no pension fund for boxers. They have no health insurance. They have no collective body standing up for them in their business dealings with promoters, managers, and television networks. And you might be shocked to learn just how little the vast majority of them earn when they fight and put their bodies on the line.

This week on Knockout Radio, exclusively on Maxboxing.com (http://maxboxing.com), we speak with two of the key players working to change this situation.

You may remember Jose Torres as the light heavyweight champion of the world in 1965-66. In those days there was just one world champion at each weight, and he was it. He later became New York State Athletic Commission chairman, an author, a columnist for ESPN Deportes, and a member of the Boxing Hall of Fame.

Jose Torres is also presently a member of the Boxers Organizing Committee (B.O.C.), whose goal is to establish a boxers' union. The chairman of the B.O.C. is Paul Johnson, himself a former professional boxer in the 1970s. Together they are working to lay the basis for the beginning of an organizing drive to create such a union.

This week on "Knockout Radio" we speak to Jose Torres and Paul Johnson to get the latest information on the progress towards forming a boxers' union. Discussed are how soon we can expect an organizing drive to begin, which boxers support the formation of a union, and how a union's establishment will affect the sport of boxing itself.

This interview is part of our continuing coverage of the fight for a boxers' union, including our five-part series on that subject and this week's article about progress in the Kassim Ouma situation, also on Maxboxing.com.

If you want to assist this process, or just get more information, the Boxers Organizing Committee has a web site at: http://www.boxers.org.

"Knockout Radio" is hosted by myself, Eddie Goldman, and is prerecorded. You can e-mail us at: knockoutradio@yahoo.com. Join in the discussion about boxing's hottest issues!

You can always find "Knockout Radio" on Maxboxing.com by looking at the right-hand column and going to the INTERACTIVE section. "Knockout Radio" can be heard exclusively on the members-only section of Maxboxing.com. This section is a subscription service, meaning that your subscriptions can keep the content there commercial-free.



September 4, 2002
* MIke Nosky: Main Events files suit against Judah
* Reuters: Lewis hears feint peal of wedding bells
* Tim Smith: Winky won't blink in fight for respect
* CP: Duva - Johnson should be training
* Dr. Margaret Goodman: A Gift to the Sport (A tribute to Dr. Charles “Gino” Signorino)
* CP: Sheika hopes to become Palestinian role model
* L.A. Daily News: Boxing past of L.A. was angelic
* Jason Probst: There's no stopping Roy Jones
* Sun Herald (Miss.): Timing keeps boxer obscure
* Eastside Boxing: Clinton Woods in need of a miracle
* Boxing Talk: Ward and Gatti - Fighting in New Jersey
* Eddie Goldman: ESPN-B.O.C. meeting makes progress
* Baton Rouge Advocate: Baton Rouge boxer wins title at women's meet
* UK: Audley lines up American opposition
* BBC Online: Williams parts company with King
* Anthony Evans: Williams signs with Lion Promotions
* Sydney Morning Herald: First Brisbane, then the world for The Man who would be king
* Paul Upham: Promoter finalizes Briggs-Kelly card
* Saipan Tribune: Thrilla on Saipan?
* Max Boxing: Boxing from an odd angle
* SecondsOut: Suico ready to impress in Vegas
* Press Release: Zoff in fighting mood
* Daily Dispatch: Berman wants to sue Ncita over "reports"
* South Africa: TV sports policy upsets boxers







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