BraggingRightsCorner.com -A Directory of 2006 Articles... by BRC's Inner Circle of Writers

MARGARITO'S WORKOUT	JUDAH-BALDOMIR	PACQUIAO-MORALES II	VARGAS-MOSLEY	COTTO-BRANCO	LACY-CALZAGHE
FELIX STURM	RAHMAN-TONEY	MAYWEATHER-JUDAH	LEAVANDER JOHNSON	NIGHT OF THE UNDEFEATED	BYRD-KLITSCHKO
PETERSON BROS.	CINTRON-ESTRADA	FREITAS-RAHEEM	MAYORGA-DE LA HOYA	COLLAZO-HATTON	Dominick Guinn

HOPKINS EARNS SECOND RING MAGAZINE BELT AS NEW LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
"Hopkins now joins Bob Fitzsimmons and Dick Tiger as one of only three boxers to win both the undisputed middleweight and undisputed light heavyweight championship," said Nigel Collins, Editor-in-Chief of The Ring. "This is an extremely rare achievement and the perfect way to end a Hall of Fame career."

NGOUDJO-BROWN - AND BUYER BEWARE... by George Elsasser

WILLIAMS A RISING STAR- REST OF THE CAST PROVE FALLING STARS... by George Elsasser
The HBO Saturday B.A.D. double dip, featuring Jhonny Gonzalez and Fernando Montiel on top, and Paul Williams-Walter Matthysse underneath, arrived wrapped in promises - and when the curtain dropped, only one stood tall among the rest.

PAUL WILLIAMS PUTS THE WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION ON NOTICE... by Oleg Bershadsky
Nothing is more exciting than a fight between two undefeated boxers, especially with legitimate credentials. Knowing that one must lose makes the two boxers fight that much harder to keep their unbeaten streak alive. When Paul Williams walked into the ring against Walter Matthysse it was to find out the truth about each of their potentials as the possible future of the welterweight division.

GUERRERO SOLAR PLEXUS SHOT A WINNER - HALTS DIAZ IN SIX... by George Elsasser
It was all Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero in his return bout meeting with defending NABF featherweight champ Gamaliel Diaz - the key, a mix of non-stop pressure coupled with serious body punching - end arrived at 2:33 mark of stanza six.

BALOYI CATCHES MEDINA IN 11 - CLAIMS IBF TRINKET... by George Elsasser
Took South African Cassius Baloyi more than a few candles to get it together - but then, better late than never - and a sudden stanza eleven turnaround was the clincher.
The prize up for grabs was the IBF s/featherweight bauble - Manuel Medina the favorite at number one spot, Baloyi a few rungs below at numero seven - and then the intangibles - Medina at age 35 and a rap sheet of 80 prior kept appointments, as in 66-14, 31 KOs - Baloyi no kid at 31, but sporting the younger body and less wear and tear, at 31-2, 16 whacks.

GONZALEZ EDGES MONTIEL BY SPLIT DECISION... by Tom Dickey @ ringside
In what turned out to be a disappointing main event, Jhonny Gonzalez retained his WBO Bantamweight title by split decision over Fernando Montiel from the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.

RODRIGUEZ HALTS HERNANDEZ; LOPEZ BEATS MORENO... by George Elsasser
Lopez- Moreno opened the show with Lopez scoring a hat trick over a slow, ready for early retirement Moreno who dropped to 12-19-3 with 10 KO’s - it was the smaller in size Lopez from start to finish, as he peppered Moreno over eight rounds of fistic abuse.

YUSEF MACK EXPRESS DERAILED - STOPPED IN SIX BY BERRIO... by George Elsasser
The last nite ESPN FNF feature took an unexpected turn for the worst, when its undefeated 22-0-2, 14 KOs prematurely touted prospect Yusef Mack, found himself on the express rails facing an oncoming freight in Colombian Alejandro Berrio.

AUGUSTUS SCHOOLS LOGAN IN DECISION ROUT... by George Elsasser
The win has Augustus at a now shabby on paper 33-27-6, 17 KO’s, but in performance, he once again displayed the copyrighted in and out of the book of sweet science skills, that make him unique among the rest - as simple as A-B-C, the reliable veteran can quickly change gears to adjust to the situation at hand.

STILL THE MAN: MUNDINE WINS A SHOT AT THE WORLD... by Andrew Stevenson
BOXING'S great grudge match went the distance last night, thrilling a crowd of more than 30,000 and delivering Australian bragging rights firmly into Anthony Mundine's lightning fast hands.
Mundine's unanimous points decision ended four years of sniping - impressive even by boxing's trash-talking standards - and should ensure him another world title shot.

CHERRY 'BOMBS' ONSLAUGHT SMOKES MEZA-CLAY IN ELEVEN... by George Elsasser
Edner Cherry ~ is now at 20-4-2, 9 KO’s - still a bambino at 23, but has shown the intangibles that have already stamped him credible main bout status at the small club venues. Handles adversity well - including earlier "loss" resulting from a late round point deduction when trespassing on enemy territory.

PETER POWER PREVAILS - HALTS LONG IN 1... by George Elsasser
This one was predestined - power punching Peter still only a kid of age 25, albeit a big one at 6’ 1" and 256 pounds, did what comes naturally in the role of predator as he drops his prey late in the opening candle - and then quickly closes the show with two more right hands that saw Long down and out.

GREEN BY KO - McCLINE BY DECISION... by George Elsasser
Then stanza three with the Joey Tessitore touted "top prospect" Green dropping McCrary with an evil left-hook body punch - and then, Surprise! Green moves in for the taped pre-fite promised sensational knockout - and bam, it’s Donny the substitute with a shocker of a left-hook that has top prospect Allan doing a version of the Zabba-Dabba hucklebuck.