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Boxing Notebook
pictured: undefeated Finnish heavyweight Robert Helenius

(7/22/10) Two recent events represent the sad state of boxing in 2010. The Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight could be the biggest boxing event since perhaps the Holyfield-Tyson rematch of 1997. Both men are among the best fighters of their generation and the winner would certainly ... <more>

Whites in Mixed Martial Arts
pictured: The amazing 46-year-old Randy Couture is still a competitive UFC fighter

(4/12/10) It is already one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States and shows every sign of growing around the world. Its top promoter says it will rival the National Football League within a decade or two—and few ... <more>

Supporting Our Own
pictured: Wladimir Klitschko

(3/18/10) A slow year for white boxers – and boxing in general – promises to get a little better this Saturday as Wladimir Klitschko defends his IBF and WBO heavyweight titles against Eddie Chambers. Unfortunately, HBO has decided not to televise this fight. This is the second Wladimir Klitschko ... <more>

2009 Year End Boxing Review: A New Era Begins
pictured: Kelly Pavlik hopes to bounce back strong in 2010

(12/30/09) For over four years, I have been writing a regular column on Caste Football dedicated to whites and boxing. This turned out to be a fortuitous time to start such an undertaking as white dominance – primarily in the middle and ... <more>

Boxing Notebook
pictured: Yuri Foreman

(11/17/09) While Manny Pacquiao deservedly took most of the boxing world’s attention this weekend, white fighters quietly had a great night on Saturday.

Yuri Foreman defeated Daniel Santos for the WBA junior middleweight title, giving whites three of the four belts at 154 (I include Sergio Martinez, an Argentine fighting ... <more>

White Boxers Close Out 2009 With A Bang
pictured: Carl Froch

(9/22/09) This year has been somewhat uneventful for white boxers. At the start of 2009, our fighters held 17 of 20 belts from middleweight to heavyweight. Whites currently hold 16 of 20 titles and could very well pick up two more by the end of the year. Unfortunately, our ... <more>

Boxing Notebook

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Who's Next?
pictured: Mikkel Kessler

(5/20/09) This year has brought both good news and bad news for fans of white boxers. White boxers hold an impressive 17 out of 20 titles from middleweight to heavyweight. Our fighters are featured in big matches almost every week on HBO, Showtime, ESPN, Versus or Pay-Per-View. Few ... <more>

Boxing Notebook
pictured: Armenian-born flyweight Vic Darchinyan

(3/16/09) It has been a relatively uneventful 2009 so far for white boxers. We still hold 17 of the 20 belts from middleweight to heavyweight but missed a great opportunity to pick up an 18th when Enzo Maccarenelli was stopped for the interim WBO belt. Tomasz ... <more>

The Best Five Fights for White Boxers
pictured: Ricky Hatton

(1/28/09) One of the paradoxes of the white domination of boxing from middleweight to heavyweight is that we hold 17 of the 20 belts in this weight range, yet only two whites are counted among the top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in the world. Joe Calzaghe and Ricky Hatton have ... <more>

2008 Year End Boxing Review: The Domination Spreads
pictured: Brothers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko are far and away the two best heavyweight fighters in the world

(12/23/08) White fighters finish 2008 holding 17 of the 20 belts from middleweight to heavyweight. This is up one from the end of 2007 and includes all the belts at heavyweight, super middleweight and ... <more>

Pavlik Loses But White Boxers Still Dominating
pictured: Super Middleweight champion Lucian Bute

By Joe Kowalski

(10/21/08) Kelly Pavlik’s loss to Bernard Hopkins on Saturday was certainly disappointing, but it is just a small blip against the overall trend of white fighters dominating from heavyweight to middleweight. Currently, whites hold 14 of the 20 belts in these weight classes. Blacks ... <more>

Boxing Notebook
pictured: Italian Roberto Cammarelle won the super heavyweight gold medal at the Beijing Olympics

by Joe Kowalski

(8/26/08) Whether in the pros or in the amateur ranks, white fighters are going from strength to strength. Whites continue to dominate the sport and with numerous young prospects on the horizon, it's just a matter ... <more>

Black Boy Loses to White Man
"I would never lose to a white boy," crowed Bernard Hopkins to Joe Calzaghe at an event to promote their light heavyweight title fight. In fact, he yelled it four times in front of a multitude of journalists. There was no Don Imus or Michael Richards treatment for Hopkins, of course, ... <more>

Disappointing But Not Devastating
pictured: U.S. heavyweight Tye Fields

(3/23/08) After a dominating start to the new year in January and February, white boxers gave back some of the gains they made in March. Heavyweight Oleg Maskaev and cruiserweight Enzo Maccaranelli lost their titles to black opponents and Michael Katsidis fell just short of beating lightweight ... <more>

More of the Same in 2008
pictured: Joe Calzaghe fights Bernard Hopkins on April 19th

(2/1/08) The first month of 2008 is done and white boxers are picking up right where they left off in 2007. Paul Malignaggi and Ruslan Chagaev successfully defended their belts against black challengers and Alexander Povetkin blasted the latest Great Black Hope, Eddie ... <more>

White Men Ruled the Ring in 2007
pictured: Hungarian light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei

(12/18/07) As the curtain closes on 2007, we should remind ourselves how quickly white dominance in the sport of boxing is growing. Whites hold 16 of the 20 belts from middleweight to heavyweight and are starting to collect titles at the lighter weights ... <more>

Boxing Notebook
pictured: Lucian Bute

(10/26/07) With Lucian Bute's knockout victory over Alejandro Berrio, whites now hold 16 of the 20 belts from middleweight to heavyweight. Our fighters hold all the titles at heavyweight, super middleweight and middleweight. Only three black champions exist at the upper weights and two of them (Chad Dawson and ... <more>

We're Taking Over

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Boxing Notebook
pictured: Joe Calzaghe

(6/15/07) We are roughly halfway through 2007, so now is a great time to evaluate the progress of white boxers so far this year. Though there have been some setbacks, it has been a pretty good year for white fighters. With Sultan Ibragimov's victory over the latest Great ... <more>

The White 2000s
pictured: Steve Nash has been the MVP of the NBA the past two seasons

(5/9/07) I recently had the misfortune of reading the perfect paean to the Caste System. "The Black '90s" was written by a college student named Ashton Graham Cumberbatch (who is almost certainly white) in The College Hill Independent, ... <more>

The Best Fights For Our People
pictured: heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko

(4/7/07) Two white boxers are included in the latest Ring Magazine ratings of the top 10 pound-for-pound (P4P) fighters in the world. Two Brits — Joe Calzaghe (#8) and Ricky Hatton (a ridiculous #10) — represent us at the elite level of boxing. After impressive ... <more>

Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize
pictured: Brooklyn's Paul 'Magic Man' Malignaggi

(3/8/07) Whites continue to dominate the middle and upper weight classes in boxing. Our people currently hold 13 of the 20 belts from middleweight to heavyweight. While this is great news, there is a glaring (and embarrassing) fact that must be admitted. None of the ... <more>

Our Top Ten
pictured: Joe Calzaghe has successfully defended his title 19 times since winning it back in 1997

(2/8/07) White boxers are going from strength to strength in 2007. Hardly a week goes by when a white fighter is not featured on HBO, Showtime, ESPN or Versus. There are also some big pay-per-view fights ... <more>

A Promising Start: White Fighters in 2007
pictured: Kelly Pavlick

(1/10/07) After dominating boxing in 2006, white fighters are making a promising start in the new year. Three white boxers, including the best white American fighter, the top pound-for-pound white boxer and the biggest boxing champion ever, have high-profile matches in January.

Ricky Hatton will start things off on January ... <more>

Kings of the Ring in 2006
pictured: the legendary John L. Sullivan dominated boxing in his day the way many whites are today

(12/13/06) White boxers cemented their dominance of the middle and upper weight classes in 2006. This trend was so unmistakable that Shannon Briggs even referred to himself as "The Great Black Hope" prior to his ... <more>

Boxing Notebook

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Too White, Too Strong
pictured: Corporate giants like Nike give most of their endorsement money to black athletes

(9/5/06) With Oleg Maskaev's knockout victory over Hasim Rahman last month, whites hold all the championship belts in the heavyweight division (we also have all the titles in the light heavyweight and super middleweight classes). Now boxing analysts ... <more>

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