Best I've Faced: Earnie Shavers

Best I've Faced: Earnie Shavers
Mark E. Ortega
RING Magazine
June 2013 issue

If you grab the June 2013 issue of RING Magazine, you'll see I have a feature on heavyweight legend Earnie Shavers. In it, Earnie talks about the best fighters he has faced, ranging from who had the best jab, to who was the heaviest handed, and more.

Teddy Atlas on the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board

Teddy Atlas on the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board
Mark E. Ortega
April 5, 2013

Last Friday, ESPN2 Friday Night Fights commentator Teddy Atlas talked about the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board on the air. I talked to Atlas prior to them going on the air tonight and this is what he shared with me.

“Boxing needs help in those areas,” said Atlas, when I asked him why he got behind the TBRB. “They're legitimate guys, caring guys. Honest writers, pros, with a commitment to bettering boxing in those areas.”

Ringside Report: Mares-Agbeko 2

In the January 2012 edition if American boxing publication RING Magazine, I contributed a Ringside Report on the December 2011 rematch between Abner Mares and Joseph Agbeko. This was my first appearance in RING Magazine.

Ward-Froch for RING title at 168

Ward-Froch for the Ring title!

Mark E. Ortega

Leave-it-in-the-ring.com

June 8, 2011

Following his Super Six World Boxing Classic semi-final majority decision victory over a rugged Glen Johnson last Saturday in Atlantic City, New Jersey, WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch has seen himself elevated to the #2 position in the Ring Magazine rankings. This now means that Froch's tournament finale with WBA champion and #1 rated 168 pounder Andre Ward will not only be contested for both fighter's governing body trinkets as well as the Super Six trophy, but now will also be for the vacant RING title as well.