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Rashad Holloway Wonders Aloud About Fateful Margarito Sparring Session
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Janie Renzi Feb 9.
I Still Think Donaire Beats Darchinyan in a Rematch
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DeCubas Jr Discusses Casamayor, Solis and Velasquez Twins
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Javiel Centeno Feb 2.
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- My name is Ryan Songalia and I cover boxing for BoxingScene.com. I have been featured in the magazines Boxing Digest and Premier Round and have been a contributor for a variety of radio shows. I'm a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America.
My goal as a writer is to get the story out there as fair and down the middle as I can while still keeping the reader's attention. I believe that it is the media's responsibility to maintain a balance in the sport.
Boxing is doing well, but there are still issues that need to be dealt with. Improving boxer safety and the forming of a national commission are two causes that I want to see advanced. Sanctioning bodies have tainted the title lineage to the greats, Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, and the such. There should be only one champion per division, as there is only one president per country.
H.L. Mencken once penned "The job of the columnist is to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable." With my pen as my sword, my goal is to bring a voice to the voiceless and break the pattern of rote media coverage.
In a world where fighters get their brains beaten in and see only a fraction of the pot, reform for injustice is the only justifiable cause of the columnist.
I love boxing, I admire fighters and trainers and everyone else who have made it their function to make the wheels of the game turn. At the same time, I find it hard to justify my infatuation with a sport that is both violent and cold, yet so seductive and brilliant. When a fighter is hurt in combat or is the victim of a miscarriage of justice, a bad taste arrives in my throat and once again reaffirms that I have no defense to offer to abolitionists. Boxing is a guilty pleasure, it's always been. But it feels soooo right when done correctly.
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Rashad Holloway Wonders Aloud About Fateful Margarito Sparring Session
By Ryan Songalia/BoxingScene.com
Rashad Holloway is one of the many people interested in the findings that the California State Athletic Commission intend to uncover on February 10 pertaining to a "plaster-like substance" that forced trainer Javier Capetillo t… Continue
Posted on February 8, 2009 at 11:45pm —
I Still Think Donaire Beats Darchinyan in a Rematch
I haven't seen much different about Darchinyan to be honest outside of improved combination punching, he still keeps his hands way too low and is open to counters. Against Arce the left hook opening was there all night, Arce just didn't have the boxing ability to… Continue
Posted on February 8, 2009 at 4:39pm — 1 Comment
DeCubas Jr. Talks Casamayor, Solis, Velasquez Twins
By Ryan Songalia
2-2-09
http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=18192
Manager Luis DeCubas Jr. has a lot going for him in the sport of boxing. He is based out of Miami, FL, a hot bed for rising Hispanic prospects from the Caribbean region. He is bilingual, often working as a liaison and translator for his fighters who are less than proficient in English. He is the son of promoter Luis DeCubas Sr., who runs the DeCubas Presents outfit. And at… Continue
Posted on February 2, 2009 at 12:17pm — 4 Comments
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keep up the good work young man. I enjoy watching your progress in the business.
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take good care my friend