Month: February 2005

RPM and Ann Wolfe make another bad decision – 2005

By Chris Middendorf –  February 24, 2005 (FEB 24) WBAN received an open letter from noted matchmaker Chris Middendorf, who commented on the latest news that Ann Wolfe is planning to fight a male boxer. Chris told WBAN, “I read with real sadness that RPM has decided to totally devalue their fighter and the sport of

Wolfe to fight Sanctioned Bout against a Male? – 2005

  By Sue TL Fox- February 23, 2005 (FEB 23) Today in the Las Vegas Sun there was an announcement that the Mississippi Athletic Commission, has approved of world champion Ann “Brown Sugar” Wolfe to  fight a male boxer.  There were indicators that this may be a “history first” in the United States, and that it

Million Dollar Baby: A View From the Ring – 2005

By Bernie McCoy –  February 21, 2005   It was probably “Boyz ‘ N the Hood” that did it for me….the movie that ended my dependence on movie critics. I remember reading one breathless critique that called the movie the “most realistic look at life in the inner city.” My problem with that assessment was that

Laila and Layla: Risk and Glory – by Bernie McCoy

(FEB 13, 2005) A seventeenth century French dramatist, Pierre Corneille, no boxing fan he, once said “When there is no peril in the fight, there is no glory in the triumph.” Those 300 year old words were proven conclusively once again over the weekend when two women boxers, Laila Ali and Layla McCarter both achieved

Laila Ali Staying Busy Until Wolfe Team Steps Forward – By David A. Avila

(FEB 10, 2005) Sitting on the imaginary throne as female prizefighting’s best in the world, Laila Ali steps forward on Friday to show the world once again her pedigree.  Ali, the undefeated daughter of Muhammad Ali, faces the rugged Cassandra Geigger (6-4) in Atlanta, Georgia, in defense of the IWBF light heavyweight title. The fight will