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By Randy “The Commish” Gordon Many people are resistant to change. Double that for boxing fans. In the mid-1980’s, when 15-round title fights were given a permanent retirement, fans hooted and howled. “Twelve-round fights are not real title fights,” we heard. That was 35 years ago. Years ago, boxing was scored on a “Rounds system,” […]
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“Randy’s Ringside” On Ringside Report: The WBC Has a New Weight Class & Deontay Wilder is Acting INSANE With His Most Recent Antics!
November 17th, 2020 
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October 29th, 2020 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon Deontay, This is a letter I started to write to you on the early-morning flight from Las Vegas to New York’s JFK International Airport last February 23. Only hours earlier, I was ringside with Gerry Cooney for your fight against Tyson Fury. I completed the letter, closed my laptop, and […]
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September 25th, 2020 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon There are just over three months remaining in this “Year of the Pandemic,” this “Year From Hell.” Cities became ghost towns. Businesses shuttered for good. The stock market tanked. Being a Bankruptcy Attorney became the new “in” job. Baseball, basketball and football featured empty stadiums became more about political statements […]
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September 18th, 2020 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon From this point until the end of this bizarre year, there is scheduled to be an array of incredible fights. Most notably are Yuniel Dorticos Vs Maries Briedis; Errol Spence, JR. Vs Danny Garcia; Anthony Joshua Vs Kubrat Pulev; Jermell Charlo Vs Jeison Rosario; Jermall Charlo Vs Sergei Derevyanchenko; Tyson […]
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September 10th, 2020 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon Over the years, one of the most-frequently asked questions of me is “What was my favorite fight I ever covered?” The question is a tough one, as I have covered the gambit, from A to Z, from Ali and Arguello to Zarate and Zamora. Since the mid 1960’s, I’ve seen […]
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September 3rd, 2020 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon I love interacting with you terrific, knowledgeable fans. A few months ago, I began putting my personal e-mail out there for all of you to have, asking for your questions, thoughts, rants and all else boxing related, with the intent of putting your questions out here for everybody. However, I […]
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August 27th, 2020 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon A few days ago, I was sitting poolside, socially-distanced from a few boxing friends I had invited over. The talk turned to upcoming matchups: Jermall Charlo Vs Sergei Derevyanchenko; Jermell Charlo Vs Jeison Rosario and Vasily Lomachenko Vs Teofimo Lopez. Other matchups came up: Tyson Fury Vs Deontay Wilder; Anthony […]
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August 20th, 2020 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon To be sure, 2020 is well on its way to becoming a year we will all remember—for all the wrong reasons. When we kissed and hugged our loved ones at the stroke of midnight on December 31, 2019, we had no idea of the medical, financial, social and political mess […]
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August 14th, 2020 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon It’s that time again! On or about October 1, members of the Boxing Writer’s Association of America (BWAA) will receive a thick envelope from the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF). In the envelope will be ballots with the names of prospective inductees to the IBHOF’s Class of 2021. There […]
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August 8th, 2020 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon Back in early January, when we were still saying “Happy New Year” to one another, 2020 seemed as if it was going to be such a promising year. For boxing fans, their sport seemed poised on a readiness to have its biggest calendar year in decades. Then…COVID-19. The USA shut […]
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July 31st, 2020 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon Floyd Mayweather, JR. has won championships in four weight classes. In a 21-year career, he went undefeated in 50 fights. He is wealthier than any person who has ever passed through this sport. In fact, on Forbes’ list of wealthiest athletes of all time, only a handful—such as Magic Johnson. […]
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July 13th, 2020 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon COVID-19, the pandemic which has destroyed countless lives and wreaked havoc on the world’s economy, is not about blue or red. It is not about left or right. It is not about Democrats and Republicans. It is not a political disease. It is a killer that doesn’t take sides. Fortunately, […]
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May 18th, 2020 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon It’s strange how things happen. You can be in the wrong place at the wrong time and face sadness, unhappiness, tragedy or disaster. Or, you can be in the right place at the right time and run into happiness, elation, success and prosperity. It’s called “Sliding Doors.” Here’s how it […]
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April 25th, 2020 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon March 12 was the start of my self-imposed lockdown due to the outbreak and rapid spread of COVID-19. I remember the date well. That’s because the day before was my birthday. I celebrated with my wife, Roni, and our best friends, Tom & Fran. We did so at a restaurant […]
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March 29th, 2020 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon I have been through everything in my lifetime. As a pre-schooler, one of my earliest recollections is a neighborhood boy walking on special crutches because he had something called Polio. I remember going to Dr. Harry King’s office to receive a polio shot; In elementary school we had regular air-raid […]
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March 11th, 2020 Bad Brad RSR Press Release The Team at Ringside Report wishes our very own feature boxing writer Randy “The Commish” Gordon a Happy 71st birthday today.
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February 21st, 2020 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon This Saturday night in Las Vegas, Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder and Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury will do something no two boxers have ever done. They will face each other for the second time in a heavyweight title fight as undefeated fighters. On December 1, 2018, they took their […]
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January 31st, 2020 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon As the second decade of the 2000’s came to an end, there were many choices for “Fighter of the Decade.” Some chose Floyd “Money” Mayweather. Some chose Canelo Alvarez. Still others chose Manny Pacquiao. All three were terrific choices. In fairness, the names of Vasily Lomachenko, Deontay Wilder and Anthony […]
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January 4th, 2020 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon I was wrong about Gervonta Davis. On Saturday night, December 28, I found out all I needed to know about the undefeated former Jr. Lightweight Champion from Baltimore. I thought he was much better than he really is. A friend of mine from Baltimore, who knows Davis from being in […]
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December 17th, 2019 Bad Brad Dear Andy, It’s been just over one week since your unsuccessful title defense against Anthony Joshua, the man you won the title from back on June 1. Immediately after your fight against Joshua, all the talk was about your fight…your loss…Joshua’s win…Joshua’s condition…your lack of it…and what an overall disappointment the fight, as a whole, […]
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December 2nd, 2019 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon One week before Thanksgiving, I headed to Las Vegas, Nevada, to cover the WBC Heavyweight Championship between unbeaten titleholder Deontay Wilder and once-beaten contender Luis “King Kong” Ortiz. Ortiz’s lone loss came against Wilder 21 months earlier, when, in an exciting fight, which saw Wilder hurt and wobbled in the […]
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November 14th, 2019 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon As 2019 winds, down, I think of the number of world-class fighters who have moved up in weight during the year, or are about to move up: Canelo Alvarez. Oleksandr Usyk. Gervonta Davis. Gilberto Ramirez. Soon, Murat Gassiev will follow Usyk from the cruiserweight division into the land of the […]
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November 4th, 2019 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon The Canelo Alvarez-Sergey Kovalev fight was scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 2, 2019. Technically, it did, when the bell rang for round one at the MGM Grand Garden Arena is Las Vegas, Nevada. For those in time zones east of Nevada, the fight began on Sunday, November 3. […]
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October 30th, 2019 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon How hot has boxing been since September? Scorching! Just some of the incredible action we’ve seen since the kids went back to school are: Vasily Lomachenko W 12 Luke Campbell Tyson Fury W 12 Otto Wallin Errol Spence, JR. W 12 Shawn Porter David Benavidez TKO 9 Anthony Dirrell “GGG” […]
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October 22nd, 2019 Bad Brad By Randy “The Commish” Gordon Ya’ gotta’ love what’s going on in the heavyweight division. After Mike Tyson’s meteor burned out, along came the vastly-talented, dominant, hard-hitting Klitschkos, Vitali and his younger brother, Wladimir. After a terrific battle against Lennox Lewis in 2003 for Lewis’ WBC title—a bout won by Lewis on a sixth-round TKO […]
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