A short, pudgy fellow stares across the ring at a 6'5 mountain of pure muscle fiber. The anonymous man is about to engage in a faux boxing match against former NFL lineman Ray Edwards. A clip of the 29 second farce spreads like digital prairie fire. Even reaching your non-boxing friends. The man is a welder from Iowa. His back is covered in patchy fur, a Confederate flag tattoo visible through a gap in the forest. He moves away from the towering Edwards in a jittery manner. Then a missed…See More

Don't tell Antwun Echols about second chances or redemption. He's fighting at home in the Quad Cities to win and nothing else. "It's not about pride," the two-time Bernard Hopkins foe says. "It's about finishing what I started."Each training session means a little more now to the 41 year old Antwun Echols. On…See More

Now there's another future, it might be here, it might be there, it might be anywhere, it might be everywhere.-Larry MerchantIt was just past 10:00 p.m. when the man they call "Filipino Flash" strolled through the lobby of fight hotel. The night before a million dollar fight. A…See More