By Jim Amato Amato Boxing As I began to follow this great sport, Japan’s ” Fighting ” Harada was already becoming a legend. He had won and then lost the World’s Flyweight championship to Pone Kingpetch. He then moved up to bantamweight and dethroned the seemingly unbeatable Eder Jofre to win that title. To prove [...]
By Jim Amato Amato Boxing Arturo Gatti was probably the warrior of this era. Some of his battles, win or lose are becoming legendary. Rewind now back to early 1970′s to the mid 80′s. There was a boxer, a champion who was Gatti before there was a Gatti. If anyone recalls Bobby ” Schoolboy ” [...]
By Jim Amato Amato Boxing He was born to humble beginnings on January 7, 1945 in Jalisco, Mexico. He would become a professional boxer at the age of eighteen. For years he fought fellow novices, losing some but winning more. He was making a name for himself though. In 1966 he climbed up the ladder [...]
The World Boxing Council President Jose Sulaiman, announced today that the Mexican Federation of Boxing Commissions, the Boxing Commission of Tijuana, and the WBC Offices in Mexico, have agreed to face up together the situation of Mexican fighter, Antonio Margarito, who has been revoked his boxing license (suspended) for a year by the California State [...]
By Jim Amato Amato Boxing It is not fun growing old. I am a product of my past. A victim of my era so to speak. I constantly bump heads with the young fans of today. They glorify Hopkins, Tito, De La Hoya, Roy Jones Jr. and Mosley. Even from a decade or so before [...]
The Bantamweight boxing division is for fighters that weigh between 115lbs to 118lbs. This division has risen to be one of the most watched weight divisions throughout the world and rightly so with its talent pool growing rapidly. Some of the famous world champions past and present in this division include Tony Canzoneri, Jimmy Carruthers, [...]
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