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 "There are people who say you shouldn't mix music and politics or sport and politics or whatever.  But I think that's kind of bullshit."  -Adam Clayton, bassist for U2

FIST & FOREMOST

9/3/08  Steve Kim tells us Summer's over and boxing is back!

Lamon Brewster returns with kayo of Danny Batchelder

Dan Rafael's boxing scorecard

T.K. Stewart looks at PacMan vs. Goldie

Pix from the Valuev-Ruiz rematch

McCain's VP Pick Palin is anti-earmarks...except when she asked for 200 million dollars worth of them in February

Is McCain's VP pick another religious  whacko?  Sarah Palin thinks Iraq is a task "from God"

If we say she's experienced she must be! Campbell Brown asks Sarah Palin advocate to clarify just how his candidate is ready to be Prez 

 Just how sound is the guy's judgment? McCain hires campaign consultant who helped sink his 2000 campaign

Policing the Greenies: The State Department warns corporations about how to deal with environmentalists

NOLA evacuation a success but the evacuees still haven't been allowed to return home

8/31/08  Godfrey stops Nwodo --ESPN2 Friday Night Fights from Mohegan Sun!

photos by Kanga D. Bell

8/29/08  Dennis Kucinich breaks it down at the DNC...

The Miasma of Bipartisanship --Counterpunch.org

In perhaps her finest hour, Hillary Rodham-Clinton addresses the DNC...

 

8/14/08    US Heavy Deontay Wilder photo gallery at TuscaloosaNews.com

NBC's Olympic Boxing Coverage

Doug Fischer's SoCal Notebook

MaxBoxing Special on Boxing's History in China

Dave Zirin's "Bush, basketball and Bombast in Beijing"

Sleeping with the Enemy: when it's all about cash it's cool

Swiftboater's new book on Obama full of falsehoods

Russia's invasion of Georgia is coverage worthy war for the corporate-controlled media

Robert Parry on the oh-so-fickle love of International Law from the Neocons

Jon McCain digs war; is he more dangerous than Dubya?

Targeting Civilians has another grim anniversary

Republicans all on the same page about oil drilling--ANWR "most perfect place on the planet" for unspoiled wilderness oil drilling!

As bad as Alberto! Att. Gen. Michael Mukasey sees no reason in prosecuting lawbreakers who politicized the DOJ

Chris Hedges on media's fascination with detail in the Edwards Affair

 

8/1/08  Sebastian Lujan defeats Welter version of Jose Luis Castillo--fightnews photo gallery

Doug Fischer's SoCal Notebook

Quotes from Kirilov and Darchinyan before Aug. 2nd fight

Weights and Quotes from ShoBox fighters

Hatton-Malignaggi set for November 22nd in Vegas

O'Neil Bell Moves to Heavy

Sergio Mora vs. Vernon Forrest Rematch set for Casamayor-Marquez undercard

Broadway Boxing at BB King's

Dave Zirin Helps Jonah Goldberg with the facts behind `68 Olympics Fist-Salute Protest

What is Islamobamaphobia?

Jeffrey St Clair on Sen Ted Stevens' Indictment

Chris Hedges looks at our Infotainment News and Imperial "Democracy"

Religiosity loves company: Joe Lieberman attends Pastor Hagee event, likens Hagee to Moses

Forget about McCain's Sec Def, how bout Minister of Propaganda for Holy Joe?  Lieberman introduces legislation that praises surge for defeating 9/11 enemies

 

7/18/08  Toney-Rahman 2 Results: Doug Fischer tries to make sense out of the mess

Pedro Fernandez looks at Boxing's Bad Night

Cliff Rold asks important questions about a Pavlik-Hopkins showdown

David Haye looks to make some Heavyweight friends with latest comments

Chad Dawson to meet Antonio Tarver on October 11

ShoBox returns to NYC with Wolak & Teron co-feature

Light Heavy Prospect Chris Henry keeps rollin' on with kayo win

Steve Kim looks at the inconvenient truth behind boxing's abuse of their own paying customers

Karl Rove's Revisionism: Dubya put more into Alternative Energy Research than any admin in history; really?!

McCain advisor backpedals on Katrina-related oil spill lies only to add more distortion seconds later

 

7/11/08  BoxingTalk has updates from training camps of Hasim Rahman & James Toney

7/9/08  PacMan crushes Diaz: Pacquiao-Diaz Fight Photo Gallery at FightNews.com

Kevin Kelley wins in comeback, fight pix by Mary Ann Owen & ringside report by Andreas Hale

Rep. Dennis Kucinich will bring single article of Impeachment before the House on Thursday

Bomb'em or smoke'em, McCain likes to joke about killing off Iranians

Logging Industry lies about its role in forest fires and global warming

Osama's dreams realized: ten years back OBL hoped oil would cost 144 bucks per barrel

White House edits CDC testimony to downplay global warming

 

6/27/08  Pacquiao versus Diaz final presser quotes

Robert The Ghost Guerrero is going to Junior Lightweight

Raymond Joval battles James McGirt Jr. on July 25

Abraham crushes Miranda & Marquez out-guts Lorenzo; Showtime Recap

The night John Duddy became a fighter by T.K. Stewart

David Avila asks if the Lightweights will be Kryptonite for the PacMan

Immunity for Corporate Lawbreakers! Congress crumples the Constitution with FISA cave-in

It was Oil, all along

Bush's Lawyers duck and dodge questions on torture

Alexander Cockburn looks back at Tim Russert

 

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Upcoming Fights (full schedule here)

Friday September 5, 2008

Antonio Demacro vs. Jose Reyes SHOBOX

Saturday 6 September 2008

Rocky Juarez vs. Jorge Barrios HBO

Juan Diaz vs. Michael Katsidis  HBO

Alex Arthur   vs.   Nicky Cook  

Saturday 13 September 2008

Cassius Baloyi vs. Javier Osvaldo Alvarez   

Saturday 13 September 2008   

Nate Campbell vs.  Joan Guzman  Showtime

Timothy Bradley   vs. Edner Cherry Showtime

Joel Casamayor  vs.  Juan Manuel Marquez  HBO

Andreas Kotelnik  vs.   Norio Kimura   

Raul Garcia vs. Jose Luis Varela 

Saturday 13 September 2008   

Nate Campbell  vs.   Joan Guzman   

Saturday 13 September 2008    

Omar Andres Narvaez vs. Alejandro Hernandez  

Monday 15 September 2008  

 Toshiaki Nishioka    vs.  Napapol Kiatisakchokchai    

Monday 15 September 2008 

Yutaka Niida   vs.  Roman Gonzalez

Saturday 20 September 2008

Gerry Penalosa   vs.  Nestor Rocha 

September 27th, 2008

Sugar Shane Mosley vs. Ricardo Mayorga HBO

Andre Berto vs. Steve Forbes HBO

Saturday 11 October 2008 

Antonio Tarver vs. Chad Dawson  Showtime

Samuel Peter vs. Vitali Klitschko  Showtime

Saturday 18 October 2008

Kelly Pavlik vs. Bernard Hopkins  HBO PPV

Friday 24 October 2008

Lucian Bute  vs. Librado Andrade SHOBOX 

October 11th, 2008

Chad Dawson vs. Antonio Tarver Showtime

November 8th, 2008

Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones Jr. HBO PPV

December 6th, 2008

Manny Pacquiao vs. Oscar De La Hoya  HBO PPV

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Keith Olbermann talks to Presidential Historian Douglas Brinkley about Hilary Clinton's assassination comment and what it means to talk of America's violent political past...

See Scott McClellan's scathing tell-all book received by Bushies in coordinated & comically prepared talking points in this SO FUNNY IT'S SAD Video Clip...

Here is a large clip of Dr. Martin Luther King's  speech on why he opposes the war in Vietnam...listen and every time he says Vietnam, replace it with the word Iraq and see if you think the speech has any validity in today's America...

Watch what happens when you disrespect Light Heavyweight Champion & Future Hall-of-Famer Bernard Hopkins-part one of video from FrankWarren below

Whether they should ever fight again aside; Israel Vazquez certainly WOULD fight Rafael Marquez a fourth time--video below

Dr. Cornel West talks about Barack Obama and whether or not to support him--video below

Bush Administration meetings on torture signify further evidence of criminal wrongdoing<--video below

Dennis Kucinich answers question at CNN debate...and watching his straightforwardness here gives you an idea of why he was excluded from the major subsequent debates. --video below

Mark Larsen, conservative radio host, goes off after being laughed at by smug authoritarian prick, Mitt Romney.  Larsen flips over Romney's arrogant and dismissive attitude towards Ron Paul and the concept of blowback--audio/video below

FTF Audio/Video

Interview w/ Ava Knight after her draw with Elena "Baby Doll" Reid at Mohegan Sun 6/13/08 (4:48 minutes)  Reid stops in to say hello to Knight at the  mark, lots of background noise at times

Interview w/ 175 pound king Chad Dawson 12/2/07 (2:38 minutes) Dawson talks about Antonio Tarver after watching him kayo Danny Santiago

Interview w/ undefeated featherweight prospect Dat Nguyen 6/16/07 (2:04 minutes) After his kayo win over Yamin Mohammad, Dat Nguyen talks about his performance and what's next for him.

Ringsidereport.com's The Boxing Show of June 2007

Interview with former Jr. Middleweight Titlist Jose Antonio Rivera 5/27/07 (14:40 minutes)  Rivera talks about his plans to enter the world of boxing promotion, his own recent promotional issues and his thoughts on the landscape at one hundred fifty-four pounds. 

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