Boxing witnessed many great fights in 2012, but we can have even better fights in 2013 so be sure to check out one of our featured articles “Unified and Undisputed Championship Hopes for 2013” by Michael Amakor which explores the championship fights boxing needs to clear out the crowded deck of championship pretenders. Michael spent a lot of time on that article so check it out. Pattee Mak recently caught up with Alonzo Butler who will be competing in the recently announced $500,000 Great American Heavyweight Box-Off sponsored by veteran promoter Don Elbaum and Greg Sorrentino a financial backer. Who knows, but Butler may just have this box-off in the bag, so check out Pattee’s first scoop before the tournament fireworks begin. In other news, our Chief Scribe, and contrary to popular mainstream opinion, picked Marco Huck as his 2012 fighter of the year. Now you might not agree with him, but read his article and leave a comment so he can do a better job next year.
As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
