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ARCHIVES - OCTOBER

September stories

* WILLIAM HILL POSTS NAZ AS SOLID FAVORITE
* THIS IS LONDON (UK): ALI'S JOKE IS IN BAD TASTE
* HAMED: $$$ IS "BIG, BIG MOTIVATOR"
* TYSON FIGHTING TO SAVE MARRIAGE
About controversy: "My marriage is falling apart over this crap"
*LVRJ: TYSON'S TRAINING GETTING SERIOUS
Brooks looks for attention, discipline from ex-champ
* MGM SPORTSBOOK: IRON MIKE A BIG FAVORITE OVER NORRIS
* NORRIS READY FOR ANY SURPRISES FROM TYSON
* FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM: PAULIE AYALA READY TO STRIKE GOLD FOR BANTAMS
* FREE PRESS: FLAMBOYANT HAMED FINDS A HOME IN DETROIT
* WOODHALL WILL HAVE FORMER BEYER INSIDER IN CORNER
* DET. NEWS: JENKINS TO PROCEED WITH LAWSUIT VS. SALMACI
* STARIE EYES WORLD TITLE OPPORTUNITY AFTER WIN
* "BOXERS RUN" BENEFITS MANY IN PHILLY AREA
* DETAILS ABOUT 13-SECOND KO, FASTEST IN BRITISH HISTORY
* LA DAILY NEWS: TYSON CERTAINLY NOT ONE OF THE GREATS
* LVRJ: NEVADA COMMISH CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO IBF'S "FOR-PROFIT" STATUS
Ghanem: "If they're for-profit, I'd like to know who's getting paid"
* MICHAEL KATZ: TYSON STRUGGLES WITH TYSON
* THE "OTHER" MICHAEL KATZ: HAMED EMBRACES MOTOR CITY
One request of mayor - "Let me sit in your chair"
* JAMES LAWTON: NAZ' QUEST FOR GREATNESS WELL SHORT OF LEGENDARY MARK
* JUDGE WON'T COMPEL SALMACI TO FIGHT JENKINS
Tarick will take on Kippy Warren instead
* DUKE McKENZIE: SOTO CAN DETHRONE HAMED
* WOODHALL GETS FOCUSED ON TASK AT HAND - BEYER
* PREVIEWING THE KIM WEBER--WILLI FISCHER HEAVYWT. FIGHT
* MESA MAYOR VOWS TO STOP MAN-WOMAN KICK-BOXING BOUT
* CHI. SUN-TIMES: ALI'S COMEBACK SIMPLY LAUGHABLE
* JOE HAWK: GOOD THING ALI'S STAYING OUT OF RING
* PORTSMOUTH NEWS (UK): DYER WINS FANS IN LOSING EFFORT
* COUCH READY TO TAKE ON ALI'S GIRL
* NEWSWEEK STORY: MEXICAN FIGHTERS WHO COME NORTH OF THE BORDER TO TAKE A BEATING

* ALI: "I WAS JUST KIDDING" ABOUT RING COMEBACK
* ALI MENTIONED PLANS OF FIGHTING AN EXHIBITION
* HERE'S THE NEWSWEEK STORY, AS ALI WROTE IT

* ROMERO BLACKS OUT IN TRAINING, OFF OCT.23 CARD
* NAZ TELLS SKY SPORTS HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
* MIAMI HERALD - SANTOS PEREZ:  DEATH RAISES CONCERN OVER WBA'S COMPETENCE
* LVRJ: TUA BUILDS ON EARLY TORMENT
* TOMMY MORRISON PLEADS INNOCENT
Trial set for December 21
Here's the story from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
* DODSON "SET TO APPEAL" 18-MONTH BAN FOR BITING
* Details on the penalty

 * WANANE WINS 12-ROUND SPLIT DEC. IN SUPER FLYWT. FIGHT
* JOE MAXSE: PLAIN DEALER BOXING NOTES
* BELFAST: ALL TOO EASY FOR KELLY AND MAGEE
* WARREN: NEARY PRICING SELF OUT OF MAGEE SHOWDOWN
* BEYER CONFIDENT LEADING INTO WOODHALL MATCH
* NIGHTCLUB SETTLES SUIT OVER KO IN UNSANCTIONED FIGHT
* STARIE ON DAWN PATROL IN PREP FOR CRUCIAL 168-LB MATCH
* PADI WANTS BOUT FOR SOUTH AFRICAN 135 CROWN
* LVRJ: TYSON - "JUST EVERYBODY LEAVE ME ALONE"
The ex-champ talks candidly in this interview with Kevin Iole
* BORGES: LEWIS GIVES ANOTHER HEADS UP
Echoes Tyson in concern about Holyfield's butting
* CHRIS THORNE: LEWIS CHANGES DIET BUT NOT HUNGER
* GEORGE KIMBALL: TONEY WINS ONE, LOSES 20,000
* MAYWEATHER CHASTISED FOR HOLDING OUT FOR BIGGER PAY
* SUNDAY TIMES (UK): NAZ MORE SOBER AS HE PREPS FOR SOTO
* EXPRESS ONLINE (UK): PRINCE SAYS HE'S A CHANGED MAN
* LVRJ: MICHAEL GRANT NOT DISCOURAGED BY NAYSAYERS
* CHOI WINS WBC JR. FLY TITLE IN SEOUL
* BOOTH HAMMERS KNOX IN BRITISH, C-WEALTH FLY TITLE BOUT
Jason aims for more titles in the New Year
* GALAXY, THIL AMONG 12 INDUCTED INTO WORLD BOXING HALL
* FEOUR: TRAMPLER WORTHY OF HALL INDUCTION
* CALGARY SUN: RING WARS LACKING IN ROMANCE
* BILOXI SUN HERALD: AFTER FIVE YEARS, TONEY STILL JABBBING AT JONES' SHADOW
* JAMES LAWTON: TYSON IN BLEAK HOUSE
* KING BUYS HARTFORD RESTAURANT - PLANS UNCLEAR
* PITT. TRIB-REVIEW: TYSON'S PSYCHE WILL NEVER CHANGE
* GRAHAM HOUSTON: SUTCLIFFE GETS DATE WITH TUA
* SHARON ROBB: LEWIS SEES BETTER JUDGES
* JOHN WHISLER: MOSLEY LOOKS SWEET AS A WELTERWEIGHT
* DE LA HOYA WILL COUNTER-SUE FORMER MANAGER
* SCHWER-JOHNSTON SET FOR NOV.29 AT WEMBLEY
* DET. FREE PRESS: BOXING MATCH NOW COURT BATTLE
Salmaci won't fight, says Jenkins' mgr. "badmouthed" him in community
* ESPN2: WILLIAMS DECISIONS ZENNER IN HOMECOMING BOUT
* DAMAEN KELLY EYEING CLASH WITH WBU CHAMP CULSHAW
* MONTREAL GAZETTE: OTIS GRANT - IN THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE
Ex-WBO champ recovers from car crash with wife in his corner
* PAUL INGLE: MEDINA FIGHT "MORE IMPORTANT THAN NAZ"
* REUTERS: LEWIS READY FOR JUDGMENT DAY IN VEGAS
* DYER SEEKS TO UPSET SINCLAIR'S APPLECART
* CHICAGO TRIBUNE: OQUENDO-COOPER GETS SHOW BIZ VENUE
* S. AFR.: MALINGA RELEASED TO FIGHT FOR IBO BELT
* WHY CAN'T ENRIQUE JUPITER GET AN OPPORTUNITY?
* GARY, IND.: TRAINER KEEPS YOUNG FIGHTERS ON RIGHT ROAD
* SWAZILAND BOUTS NOT FOR SOUTH AFRICAN EYES
* ULF SCHUETTE: MICHALCZEWSKI TO FACE SILUVANGI ON DEC.4
* EUROPEAN NEWS FROM MR. BOXING

* EXCLUSIVE:  MASKAEV NAMED TO REPLACE MAVROVIC IN NOVEMBER 6 HBO BOUT AT A.C.
Earlier today we reported that THE FIGHT PAGE learned that as of this (Friday) morning, ZELJKO MAVROVIC, the Croatian heavyweight who was inked to fight HASIM RAHMAN on the November 6 HBO card, will be pulling out of that fight due to a knee injury. The word is that he sustained this injury while doing roadwork in preparation for the fight, and in fact, we have received unconfirmed reports that Mavrovic was to have surgery on that knee today. Now we have learned that the replacement for Mavrovic is OLEG MASKAEV, the big, strong Russian who, like Rahman, had David Tua in some difficulty before succumbing to an eleventh-round knockout. Maskaev got the call this afternoon and took the fight shortly thereafter. Maskaev is 16-2 with 11 KO's and is the WBA Pan Asian champion. He is rated #4 in the world by the WBA and #28 by the WBC.

* LEWIS NOT RULING OUT FUTURE BOUT WITH TYSON
"Tyson is the only other boxer I can see (fighting in the future) right now"
* LEWIS-HOLYFIELD OFFICIALS NAMED
Referee will be  Richard Steele, while Art Lurie, Dave Moretti, and Dalby Shirley will serve as judges
* NORRIS PLANS TO MAKE TYSON PAY FOR TRAINERS' SNUBS
" I wanted this fight 10 years ago. Ten years ago I thought I could beat him, and nothing's changed"
* TORONTO SUN: "YOU GO GIRL. KNOCK HIS BLOCK OFF"
* DRUG CHARGES AGAINST TOMMY MORRISON REDUCED
* LA TIMES: EX-BIZ MGR. SUING OSCAR DE LA HOYA
Hernandez says he is due 10% for next 4-1/2 years
* PROVIDENCE: DID HOLYFIELD STIFF ANTI-SMOKING EVENT?
* RUSSELL PELTZ: BILLY DOUGLAS WAS FEARED MIDDLEWEIGHT
* FRAUENHEIM: DON'T LOOK FOR HEAVIES IN MY P4P RATINGS
* FEOUR: LEWIS HAS CONFIDENCE IN NEVADA JUDGES
* LEWIS TO HOLYFIELD: "BUTT OUT, MISTER"
* LEWIS WILL INDEED WEAR IBO TITLE BELT
"They know a champ when they see one"
* TANNER CAPITALIZES ON "WELL-PLANNED" IMAGE
* CONTRERAS INKED TO TAKE ON ROMERO OCT.23
* WOODHALL HAS A PLAN: TO UNIFY 168-LB. TITLES
* BELFAST READIES ITSELF FOR APPEARANCE BY KING AT MAGEE-KELLY FIGHT
* AND DAMAEN KELLY WILL BE ENTERING A RING OF FIRE
* BOOTH, KNOX FOR C-WEALTH/BRITISH FLYWEIGHT TITLE SAT.
* LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, WEHBEE SEEKS BOUT WITH NAZ
* BENN RELIVES BRUTAL NIGHT WITH McCLELLAN IN BOOK
* RARE SAM LANGFORD BOOKLET UP FOR AUCTION
* BRODIE WILL DEFEND EURO 122 TITLE AGAIN DEC.4
* STAR-TRIBUNE: PUNCH-FOR-PUNCH EQUALITY FOR WOMEN?
* OLD AUSSIE BOXING VENUE NOW SCENE OF WRESTLING MATCH BETWEEN STOCKHOLDERS
* JUIPE: MAYWEATHER'S IMAGE OUTSIDE RING NOT SO PRETTY
* LVRJ: ARUM RECOUNTS THE FIGHT THAT ALMOST HAPPENED BETWEEN WILT CHAMBERLAIN AND MUHAMMAD ALI
* LUCAS DECISIONS ALEX HILTON ON MONTREAL SHOW
* BROTHER DAVEY RUNS OUT OF CHANCES, SENT TO JAIL
* LV SUN: SANCHEZ NOT IMPRESSED BY ESPINOSA
* LEWIS LEARNS FROM NAZ AS THEY SHARE TRAINING CAMP
* DET. NEWS: McKART SCRATCHED FROM OCT.22 FIGHT CARD
* SPORTING LIFE: INGLE EYES REMATCH WITH NAZ
* NY POST: IVANA TRUMP'S BOYFRIEND IS A BOXER....SORT OF
* MacGREGOR STARTS TO CASH IN ON FIGHT
Endorsement money coming in
* STEPHANE OULLET HAS DILEMMA: TO BOX OR NOT TO BOX?
* THOMPSON--DUNSTAN CRUISER MATCH SET FOR DEC.3
* CHI SUN-TIMES: KREUZ SAYS PUBLICITY STUNTS CHEAPEN WOMEN'S BOXING
* EX-WBA INTERIM CHAMP BARRETO DIES AT AGE 23
Suffered injuries in KO loss last Saturday
* DeNIRO KO's RIVAL IN FIGHT FOR ALI FILM EPIC
Columbia eliminates competing project which starred Will Smith
* IKE TO STAND TRAIL DEC.6 ON JAIL ASSAULT
Charged with attacking corrections officer
New trial for sexual assault to be set Oct.19
* THE TIMES (UK): LAILA ALI COULD BOX IN LONDON
* OREGON: CITY OFFICIALS MAY KO TEEN BOXING MATCHES
* JOHN BRYANT (UK): MIXED FIGHTS LEAVE BOXING ON ROPES
This guy bit at the Christy Martin-Ruben Olivares "hoax"
* COLUMBUS DISPATCH: SWINGIN' LADIES PULL NO PUNCHES
And women highlight Thursday card in Columbus
* DESERET NEWS: TIME TO KO THIS BOXING TREND
* JULIUS FRANCIS: "I'LL RULE EUROPE"
* SPORTING LIFE: "BINGO" BINGHAM NOW A MAN IN DEMAND

* JOHNSON WOULD BE HAPPY TO FACE RAHMAN
Kirk Johnson will not be fighting Hasim Rahman on the November 6 HBO show, but it's not because he doesn't want the fight. Johnson, who has suffered from the lingering effects of an elbow injury, had surgery in May, got back into the gym in late August, and had in fact tentatively agreed to face Rahman on a late December pay-per-view card to be promoted by Cedric Kushner. When the HBO date became available, HBO's Lou DiBella asked that Johnson move up his appointment with Rahman and step into the fight. Though Johnson came back to action last week with a one-round KO win over low-risk Rodolfo Marin, Johnny Bos, the matchmaker for Johnson, told THE FIGHT PAGE, "It's one thing for the elbow to be right enough to fight someone like Marin. But Rahman is a major-league fighter. You have to be 100%, or at least 90%, to fight a guy like him." So he passed....for now. Bos said Johnson would be happy to step into the ring with Rahman, given some more time to work in the gym. DiBella, making alternate plans, inserted Zeljko Mavrovic into the fight, and added Mount Whitaker and Derrick Jefferson in the other TV fight. "If Rahman wins, we have no problem fighting him," said Bos, "and if Zeljko wins, we'll fight HIM. We'll fight the winner of Grant and Golota. We're not afraid to fight anybody."
* ELIADES TURNS DOWN LAST-MINUTE BID FROM AFRICAN KING TO STAGE HOLYFIELD--LEWIS REMATCH
Fight would have been in Kampala, but all concerned are committed to Vegas
And with fight four weeks away, the King's a little late
* NAZ BUSY KNOCKING OUT SPARRING PARTNERS
* TYSON-NORRIS CHANGED TO 10 ROUNDS
Norris' manager: "It would have been nice if they notified us"
* NORRIS KNOWS HE'S SEEN AS EASY MARK FOR TYSON
* MICHAEL KATZ: TYSON MAY COME BACK TO N.Y. TO FIGHT
Briggs, Klitschko considered for opposition
Also.....Arum sends King cease-and-desist letter regarding Mayweather
* PHIL. INQUIRER: VARGAS GETS HONORS, BUT FIGHT WITH REID IS LOOKING HARD TO GET
* BOWESNET.COM: ZENNER'S A TRUE CHARACTER
* CHI SUN-TIMES: MAN vs. WOMAN NOT A BLOW FOR WOMANKIND
* PROMOTER: CHOW TRIED TO SKIP OUT ON MAN-WOMAN FIGHT
* WILT THE STILT MADE COMMENTS ABOUT "ALMOST" FIGHT WITH ALI IN INTERVIEW
* BINGHAM WILL CHALLENGE MAKAMBI FOR IBO 160 TITLE
* BRITAIN'S COUCH SAYS, "BRING ON (LAILA) ALI"
* THE NATION (NAIROBI): WANENE OFF TO SWITZERLAND TO FIGHT FOR WBA CONT'L CROWN
* GUARD WYATT DIES; WAS 154-30 AS PRO HEAVYWEIGHT
* LA TIMES: OXNARD OLYMPIC HOPEFUL KEEPS LOW PROFILE
* ROANOKE TIMES: GYM MANAGER THROWS IN LEGAL TOWEL
Boxing program director pleads out on charge of stealing Federal grant money
* LEWIS WILL WORK FOR HBO AS COMMENTATOR ON NAZ FIGHT
* ARK. DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE: NEW BELT, OLD ACT FOR TYSON
* BELFAST TELEGRAPH: KELLY TO BOOTH - LOOK OUT FOR KNOX' HEAD
* EXPRESS (UK): VIEWERS WANT THEIR WOMEN ON THE BOX
* WARREN PLANS TITLE DOUBLE HEADER IN BELFAST
* LVRJ: BOXING HITS NEW LOW WITH BATTLE OF THE SEXES
* WOMENBOXING.COM: MEN vs. WOMEN IN SAME RING IS NOTHING NEW; HAS HAPPENED BEFORE....IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING
* LVRJ: MORE FOCUSED SANCHEZ TO TAKE ON ESPINOSA OCT.23
* NY POST EDITORIAL: THE SOUR SCIENCE
* CBS THIS MORNING LOOKS AT FEMALE FIGHT FRENZY
Farhood expresses concern
* DEAN JUIPE: DAUGHTER'S CAREER MAY HORRIFY ALI
* MIAMI HERALD: TYSON RESORTS TO HYPE
* BENN TALKS OF STRAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH WATSON
* AND NIGEL DOESN'T MUCH LIKE HAMED EITHER
* SEATTLE TIMES: WILL THE MacGREGOR--CHOW FIGHT BE LAST OF ITS KIND?
ABC says it's only an exhibition
Kushner calls match "deplorable"
* SOUTH AFRICA: BOXING IMAGE SUFFERS THREE BODY BLOWS
* JOE MAXSE: TYSON'S FOE WILL BE CAUTIOUS
* NY POST: BOXING BUFFS CALL WIN BY GAL A "MS. MATCH"
Atlas, HBO's DiBella weigh in with their opinions
* OFFERS FLOWING IN FOR WOMAN WHO BEAT MAN
* IMPACT OF MacGREGOR'S VICTORY UNCERTAIN
* IRISH TIMES: LAILA ALI - I WANT TO BE DADDY'S GIRL
* THE BIG WINNER IN MIXED GENDER MATCH? THE PROMOTER
* SEATTLE P-I: MacGREGOR PROVES POINT IN WIN OVER CHOW
* BEYER PREDICTS "EASY VICTORY" OVER WOODHALL
* BILLY SCHWER WINS FIGHTER OF YEAR IN UK
* MICHAEL KATZ: CREDIBILITY LOSES IN LAILA ALI BOUT
Promoter Acri admits opponent was "terrible"
* PHIL. INQUIRER: PROMOTER "EMBARRASSED" BY ALI FOE
But he still can't "overmatch" Laila
Acri old hand at finding stiffs, but even he was shocked - "She couldn't fight at all"
Promoter also booked Reyes Munoz into his "near-death" experience
April Fowler unavailable for comment - she had to work the dinner shift!!
* BILL GALLO: SWEET SCIENCE HAS LOST A STEP
Fighters today don't match those of yesteryear
* BELFAST TELEGRAPH: MAGEE SIZES UP NEW VICTIM
* WOMAN BEATS MAN IN MIXED GENDER MATCH
* SEATTLE TIMES: MacGREGOR MAKES HISTORY
And, oh by the way, O'Malley wins by TKO in "main event"
* WASH. POST: MAN NO MATCH FOR MacGREGOR
* AP STORY: VIEWS MIXED, BUT MOST APPROVE
* BORGES: WOMEN WERE DEALT LOW BLOWS
Mismatches were sideshows, not fights
* BOSTON HERALD: NOTES FROM GEORGE KIMBALL
Ward will get opportunities after valiant effort
HBO interested in Gatti fight for St. Patrick's Day card
Tyson: "I warned JFK"
* WBO HVY TITLE: KLITSCHKO DRILLS MAHONE IN THREE
And Grigorian defends WBO title in a thriller
* CARACAS: CEREMENO IN TITLE WIN OVER ORTEGA
FIGHT REPORT - IN SPANISH
* DAVID SANTOS, ERIC HARDING WIN ON N.Y. CARD
* LENNOX LEWIS WANTS TO "EARN" IBO TITLE
* GRAHAM HOUSTON: NORRIS READY FOR TYSON
* L.A. TIMES: FORUM BOXING HAS FLAMED OUT AFTER
CARRYING TORCH FOR L.A.
* OTTAWA CITIZEN: DAUGHTER'S RING DEBUT UNDERSCORES ALI SHUFFLE WITH WOMEN
* SUNDAY TIMES (UK): LAILA SHOWS WORLD THAT ALI SPIRIT
* OBSERVER (UK): KNOCKING OUT A WAITRESS IS HARDLY SPORT
* CHI SUN-TIMES: DAUGHTER'S WIN, ALI'S PRESENCE MAKE FOR KNOCKOUT STORY
* ED SCHUYLER: LAILA ALI GOT SOME SISTERLY ADVICE
* SPORTING LIFE: HATTON, FARNELL DEFEND WBO I.C. TITLES
* HATTON KAYOES PAUL, WANTS BIGGER THINGS

NEUTRAL-CORNER.COM REPORTS....
* RICARDO LOPEZ RETIRING
* HERE IS THE STORY FROM MEXICAN PAPER - ESTO
* AND A CAPSULE OF LOPEZ' CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER
* BILOXI SUN-HERALD: A CHAMPION KNOWN TO FEW (pre-retirement)
* JOHN WHISLER: CHAVEZ NEEDS TO HANG UP HIS GLOVES
* GET THE LATEST STUFF FROM MEXICO CITY BOXING NEWS
* EDMONTON SUN: EX-ASSOCIATE RELIEVED THAT STORY ON PROMOTER UNDERWOOD'S VIOLENT ACTIONS WAS PUBLISHED - FEARED FOR HIS SAFETY
* VARGAS-QUARTEY POSSIBLE FOR MARCH?
* MORE ON THE MAYWEATHER--HBO SOAP OPERA
Next fight likely won't be in Grand Rapids
Arum: "He cost himself $1.5 million"
Floyd blasts efforts of promoter, network
* WBC: HAMED-SOTO CAN'T BE UNIFICATION BOUT
Hamed camp: "We win - we unify"
* ESPN.COM: TONEY TOPS GARBEY, EYES ROY JONES
* LASISI ANGRY ABOUT SHIFT IN DATE, SITE OF AFR. TITLE FIGHT
* CHECK OUT BOXING WISE INTERVIEW with WILLY WISE
* MATLALA, CARBAJAL TO BATTLE FOR WBO BELT
* EX-PUG MAPHALALA MAKING DEBUT AS PROMOTER
* CHOW, MacGREGOR REJECT 'BUYOFFS', ARE READY TO GO
Just in case Chow bolted, promoter had sub in wings
* AP: CHOW, MacGREGOR READY TO MAKE HISTORY......SORT OF
* TORONTO STAR: BATTLE OF SEXES FIGHTS FOR ATTENTION
But is it more "Jerry Springer" than "Raging Bull"?
* SUNDAY TRIBUNE (S.AFR.): GENDER BENDER BOUT GIVES SPORT BLACK EYE
* SEATTLE TIMES' RON JUDD ON MAN vs. WOMAN: NEXT WEEK, SEE THE MUD-PIT MATCH AGAINST A GOAT
* EVERETT (WASH.) DAILY HERALD COLUMN: IF SHE WANTS TO BOX, I SAY LET HER BOX
* BOXING OPPONENTS SAY CRITICISM UNWARRANTED
* ORLANDO SENTINEL: IT'S SPECTACLE, NOT SPORT
* LAILA ALI, RUDDOCK BOTH SCORE ONE-ROUND KO's
For Ali, it was 31 seconds over mismatched April Fowler, while Razor knocked out helpless Jose Ribalta, who can't fight anymore and can hardly walk.
* MICHAEL KATZ: FOR LAILA, IT'S A FAMILIAR RING
* FERNANDEZ: LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER
"It came naturally", says Laila
* BOSTON GLOBE: RON BORGES ON THE ALI MISMATCH
* IN VERONA, GREATEST UPSTAGES LATEST
* PHIL INQUIRER: FOWLER FLOORED QUICKLY
* NY POST: LAILA FIGHTING IN FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS
* WASHINGTON POST: IT WAS NO FIGHT AT ALL
Also - postponed Johnson-Juarez IBF tiff a possibility for D.C.
* EDMONTON SUN: MILLIONAIRE/PROMOTER ADMITS HE'S USED PRO BOXERS AS MUSCLE TO COLLECT DEBTS
* ROCK NEWMAN SAYS HE TRIED TO BUY OFF PROMOTER, THEN CONTESTANTS, IN MAN vs. WOMAN MATCH
Offered $5000 and was turned down, says former Bowe manager
* MARK KRAM: CHOW LIKE 'STEROID-ENHANCED CHIHUAHUA'
* BATTLE OF SEXES: TO BOX OR NOT TO BOX?
Assoc. of Boxing Commissions cites "real health and safety concerns" in recognizing fight as only an "exhibition"
* MAYWEATHER, HBO IN A TUSSLE
*  FLOYD: "CONTRACT NO GOOD -- I WANT TO DEFEND IN GRAND RAPIDS"
* HBO/TVKO's LOU DiBELLA: "FINE, BUT WE WON'T TELEVISE IT........I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO FLOYD FOR A WHILE"
* OTTAWA CITIZEN: ALI BIG NEWS THE MOMENT SHE PUT 'EM UP
* KING'S PROPOSED PALM BEACH ARENA: HE DOESN'T WANT TAXPAYER MONEY, BUT COULD USE TRAFFIC LAW EXEMPTION
Commissioner: "There are a lot of positives about the project"
* DET. NEWS: HAMED FIGHT TO PUMP MILLIONS INTO DETROIT
* OCR: KIM DECISIONS RODRIGUEZ AT IRVINE MARRIOTT
* ROCHESTER, MINN.: UNBEATEN MOORE JABS WAY TO WIN
* SEATTLE TIMES: LOST AMID HYPE FOR MIXED GENDER BOUT IS A FIGHTER WITH A FUTURE - MARTIN O'MALLEY
* MSNBC'S ROB NIKOLESKI: CHOW--MacGREGOR BOUT LITTLE MORE THAN A DIVERSION, PROVES NOTHING
* CBS NEWS: REAL SHOWDOWN, OR FREAK SIDESHOW?
* PHIL. INQUIRER: LAILA ALI HAS LEGACY THAT PACKS PUNCH
* SYRACUSE ONLINE: LAILA ALI - SHE'S NOT A BUTTERFLY
* EX-FIGHTER BILLY DOUGLAS, FATHER OF BUSTER, DIES
* COLUMBUS DISPATCH REMEMBERS BILLY DOUGLAS
* SPORTING LIFE: HATTON PLANS TO PUNISH PAUL SATURDAY
* FARNELL GETS BALLET LESSONS IN PREP FOR SAT. BOUT
* CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: IS IT TIME FOR MEN AND WOMEN TO COMPETE ON EQUAL TERMS?
* HEAVY CONTENDER KIRK JOHNSON STOPS MARIN IN ONE
* EXPRESS ONLINE: DODSON - "I'M NOT A CANNIBAL"
* NIGEL BENN: THE TAMING OF THE DARK DESTROYER
* THE TIMES (UK): DODSON BRINGS A CASE FOR THE DEFENSE
* OREGONIAN: OFFICIALS NOT READY TO THROW IN TOWEL YET ON TEEN BOXING
* JUIPE: TYSON, NORRIS TRAINERS EXCHANGE VERBAL JABS

* RON BORGES ON -  THE CHAMP'S DAUGHTER
* FERNANDEZ: ALI - THE NAME RINGS A BELL
* LAILA'S MOM WAS ONCE AT CENTER OF STORM
* FEMALE ALI'S IDENTITY A SURPRISE TO OPPONENT
* REUTERS: OUTRAGE OVER MAN VS. WOMAN MATCH
* MAY THE BEST MAN OR WOMAN WIN
* TIMES OF INDIA: MALE-FEMALE BOUT SPARKS DEBATE
* CBS SPORTSLINE: BOUT BRINGS BOXING TO NEW LOW
* LOI CHOW: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY
* THE BRITISH SLANT ON WORLD BOXING NEWS IN BOXING PRESS
* DISCOVERY OF RARE BOXING PHOTOS GOING UP FOR AUCTION
* DODSON: "I DIDN'T BITE BONNAMIE"
* BOARD WILL LOOK INTO THE BITING INCIDENT
* MALE-FEMALE MATCH HAS SOME IN SPORT FIGHTING MAD
* STATE REP STEPS INTO RING ON MIXED GENDER MATCH
" How many times can you body-punch a woman in the ovaries? I don't know."
* DETROIT NEWS: HEARNS FIGHT OFF WITH ASHLEY
KRONK GYM'S RELEASE ABOUT CANCELLATION

* CHI. SUN TIMES: TOWNSEND LACKS NAT'L TV PUNCH
* O.C. REGISTER: FORUM'S FABULOUS BOXING ERA ENDS
* KELLY'S CAREER "ON THE LINE" NEXT SATURDAY IN BELFAST
* MANCHESTER PAIR DEFEND WBO I.C. BELTS SATURDAY
* BELFAST T'GRAPH: LOCAL HERO SINCLAIR GETS BIG CHANCE
* UNBEATEN YOSIPOV SCORES TKO ON N.J. CARD
* DODSON PULLS A TYSON
DQ'd for biting in 12th round of C-Wealth title tiff -- ahead on scoring at time
TRAINER: "HE'LL REGRET IT FOR REST OF HIS LIFE"
*LONDON TIMES: DODSON TITLE BID ENDS IN DISGRACE
* BORGES: DUVA CLAN SELLS FAMILY BUSINESS
* KATZ: WISE WEIGHS OPTIONS, INCLUDING WHITAKER MATCH
* DAILY RECORD: REID ON ROPES OVER BOXING "U-TURN"
* SKY SPORTS: HOLLYWOOD INTERESTED IN WATSON STORY
* BERBICK NOW WAITING FOR JUDGES' DECISION

* TACOMA NEWS-TRIB: ANOTHER BLACK EYE FOR BOXING
* SEATTLE TIMES: MacGREGOR "PREPPING ALL HER LIFE" FOR THIS HISTORIC BOUT
* HER OPPONENT HAS NEVER WON A FIGHT - IS THAT A SURPRISE?
* CANADIAN PRESS: CHOW MAY WIND UP LOSER NO MATTER WHAT
* CNN-SI: MacGREGOR HAS NOTHING TO LOSE
* JIM LITKE: MAYBE CHOW'S NOT DESPERATE AT ALL
* A MAN, A WOMAN, AND A RING - BUT NO LOVE MATCH
* PHIL. INQUIRER: BATTLE OF SEXES HAS HUMOROUS SIDE
* NANDO: FIGHT COULD BE GRUESOME SPECTACLE
* NAPLES DAILY NEWS: BOXING TAKES ANOTHER STEP BACKWARD
* PHOTOG SAYS CHRISTY MARTIN "SUCKER PUNCHED" HER
* ALB. JOURNAL: ROMERO HAS FIGHT, NEEDS OPPONENT
* BELFAST TELEGRAPH: MAGEE-HATTON TITLE FIGHT IMMINENT
* LEILA ALI - BOXING IN SHADOW OF THE GREATEST
* PALM BEACH POST: KING STEPS UP AFTER KO OF ARENA RIVAL
* SUN-SENTINEL: KING MAY STEP IN WITH PLANS TO CONVERT FRONTON INTO ARENA IN PALM BEACH AREA
* BARNEY FALLS TO LESLIE IN SOUTHERN AREA TITLE BOUT
* ESPN PREVIEWS FRIDAY FIGHT - TONEY vs. GARBEY
* BOXING WISE SURVEY: WOULD YOU PAY FOR HOLY.-LEWIS II?
* KRONK CREW BRINGS AUSTRALIAN KARAM INTO STABLE
* BERBICK FIGHTS DEPORTATION - SEEKS 3-YEAR STAY
Wants to fight Shazzon Bradley on Oct.29
* FERNANDEZ: AT LEAST TYSON WILL BRING SOME "ATTITUDE" INTO THE RING
* NEVADA COMMISH WILL JUDGE TYSON BY DEEDS, NOT WORDS
* GARCIA DECISIONS ANDRADE AT THE POND
* LA TIMES: FLYWEIGHT IMPRESSIVE, SALVAGES LACKLUSTER NIGHT
* JOE MAXSE: BOXING NOTES FROM CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER 
SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ --
* FIGHT NEWS "SCOOP" PROVEN COMPLETELY FABRICATED
Steward clears up falsehood - Tail between legs, editor removes story
And it's hardly the first time for this unreliable crew -
The site has shoveled some other "B.S."   lately
* NEW PLAYERS LIKELY FOR TEAM CARDONA
* TEEN "FIGHT CLUB" STIRS CONTROVERSY
* WISE SEEKS BIGGER PURSES AFTER WHIPPING CHAVEZ
* LOU DUVA HIGH ON MARYLAND'S JERMAINE FIELDS
* TYSON: "I'D BITE HIM AGAIN"
* WORLDWIDE RESULTS FROM ONE OF THE BEST SOURCES ANYWHERE - MR. BOXING AND DANIEL VAN DE WIELE
* VITALI KLITSCHKO: "ONE DOWN, THREE TO GO"
* GRIGORIAN PUTS WBO 135 CROWN ON LINE SATURDAY
* BALT. SUN: BOXING VIGILANT ON HEAD INJURIES
* NOTTINGHAM'S KHALIQ CLIMBS BRITISH LADDER IN HURRY
* STEVE ROBINSON: ONE MORE OBSTACLE BEFORE NAZ
* CHOW TAKES CHANCE WITH COED BOXING
* GARY STRETCH GOES FROM THESPIAN BACK TO BOXER
* HBO, JONES TRY TO OUT-MANEUVER ROCCHIGIANI
* DODSON INKS PACT WITH PROMOTER HARDING


* RESULTS: LOPEZ WINS 108-LB BELT WITH NOD OVER GRIGSBY
SCORECARDS: 117-111, 116-112, 118-110, all for the new champ
-- Grigsby "started slow'; both men cut - accidental head butts in 8th, 11th
* CHAVEZ GOES DOWN TO SAD DEFEAT AT HANDS OF WISE
* CHECK OUT OUR POST-FIGHT STORY RIGHT HERE
* BOXING CHRONICLE WEIGHS IN ON THE FIGHT
* GLANDULAR FEVER FOR EX-CHAMP NORTON?
* GOING, GOING, GONG: A TIMEKEEPERS' TALE
* SUNDAY TIMES: ROBINSON BOOSTS HOPE FOR NAZ REMATCH
* LVRJ: CHAVEZ' TITLE HOPES FADE WITH LOSS
* WISE MAY HAVE SHOWN CHAVEZ THE WAY TO RETIREMENT
* BOB RAISSMAN MENTIONS IN NY DAILY NEWS COLUMN THAT FERDIE PACHECO CLAIMED CONFLICT OF INTEREST BY TVKO PEOPLE, BUT SHOULD PERHAPS LOOK INWARD FIRST
* FEOUR: MAJOR BOUTS SHOULD HAVE ALL NEVADA JUDGES
* KIMBALL NOTES: FRESH START IN THE TYSON CAMP
* WBC, AIBA ANNOUNCE COOPERATION AGREEMENT AT CONVENTION IN MOSCOW
* CHECK OUT BOXING MANIA'S WORLD RATINGS
* EURO FEATHER TITLE: ROBINSON STOPS CHINON IN NINE
* BANGKOK POST: WBC "YOUTH" TITLES MAY DRAW CRITICISM
* MACON TELEGRAPH: YOUNG STRIBLING REMEMBERED
* LVRJ: JONES FINDS LH CONTENDERS NO MATCH
* WHISLER: HURT HAND COULD SIDELINE AYALA FOR MONTHS
* BORGES: WARD FINALLY STOPS GREEN IN A CLASSIC
* MORE BORGES: WARD WAS A WARRIOR IN WIN
* WBC TO COLEY: YOU'RE NEXT FOR TRINIDAD
* IOLE: ROSS PURITTY - LOSING A BELT....WITHOUT FIGHTING
* GRAHAM HOUSTON: BILLY IRWIN GOES BACK TO ROOTS
* BRODIE RETAINS EURO 122-LB. CROWN WITH 6TH-ROUND TKO
BUT MANAGEMENT IN NO HURRY FOR WORLD TITLE SHOT
* TRAINER SAYS TYSON WILL KO NORRIS: "NO DOUBT ABOUT IT"
* SHOWTIME PREVIEWS TYSON-NORRIS: TIM SMITH; JACK WELSH
* TYSON BRINGS JAY BRIGHT BACK INTO HIS TRAINING CAMP
* RELEASE WITH INFO ON NAZ' OCT.22 DETROIT TITLE FIGHT
* ROBINSON FIRED UP BY PROSPECT OF HAMED REMATCH