Pre-Fight predictions and preview with some of boxing’s top journalist and personalities including Steve Farhood (Showtime) and Tim Smith (NY Daily News).

[BASICS OF BETTING BOXING] Favorite: -170 (bet $170 to win $100) • Underdog: +150 (bet $100 to win $150) • Draw: +800 (bet $100 to win $800)

(10/18) Kelly Pavlik -400 • Bernard Hopkins +300

(11/8) Joe Calzaghe -350 • Roy Jones Jr +275 

(11/15) Jermain Taylor  -550 • Jeff Lacy +350 

(11/22) Ricky Hatton -265 • Paul Malignaggi +205

(12/6) Oscar De la Hoya -260 • Manny Pacquiao +200 

*Source as of 9/6: www.bodoglife.com  

Tales From The Fight Game (Ep 4): Kushner/Quillin. Gotham Boxing promoter Cedric Kushner breaks down the fight game. (6/08)

Episode 3: Pt 2— Gary “Kid” Stark, Jr. • Pt 1— Gary “Kid” Stark, Jr. 

Episode 2: Gotham Boxing • Episode 1: Kid Chocolate

Check the U.S. boxing team’s sole and remaining medal contender Deontay Wilder’s video at ralphlauren.com. Bring home the gold!

Holyfield Says U.S. Boxing Failure All About Money  BEIJING (Reuters) - Former world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield believes the failure of the U.S. boxing team at the Olympics can be traced back to an obsession with money…. — Martyn Herman/Reuters, www.washingtonpost.com

Local Boxer Stunned By Misfortune Dehydration Blamed For Russell’s Collapse  His Olympic dream over before it even began, boxer Gary Russell Jr. sat on mother Lawan’s lap Friday afternoon, shaking his head and staring at the floor. Across town roads were closing, helicopters hovered overhead and Opening Ceremonies, in which he should have walked, were about to begin. And yet as they sat there in the window of an apartment in the city’s Dongzhimen district, mother and son were both on the verge of tears… —Les Carpenter, www.washingtonpost.com

Pre-Fight predictions and preview with some of boxing’s top journalist and personalities including Bert Sugar (ESPN) and Tim Smith (NY Daily News).

History Says Pavlik, Father Time Will Finally Catch Up To Hopkins  The old champion had ruled the middleweight division for a decade. • Although there had been pretenders to the 160-pound title over the course of his reign, he had solidified his claim by eventually beating them all. His Hall of Fame credentials had been well established by the time, in his 40th year, he narrowly lost back-to-back fights to a younger successor, one he might well have beaten in his prime. But Father Time had proven to be the great equalizer… —George Kimball, sports.espn.go.com

Boxing’s Black Eye   The race-related talk for the last few years has been all about baseball. So many concerns, so little activity, so waiting on results. • The decline of the black ballplayer seems to be the new epidemic: The sport that changed racial relations and acceptance in America has an African-American population of around 8 percent, less than half of what it was in 1997 (17 percent). • But with all the concern about the lack of blacks in baseball, another plague has slipped under the race radar in sports. • If you think baseball has a black problem, start looking at boxing… Scoop Jackson, espn.com

Boxing Memorabilia & Collectibles           

Sports Illustrated • June 18, 1973 • $20.00

www.antekprizering.com

Vintage Mounted Print • James J. Jeffries • $95.00

www.antekprizering.com

Lewis vs. Garber Official Program • Signed by Lennox Lewis

$300.00 • www.josportsinc.com