Boxing: Sharmba Mitchell speaks up!

By Patrick Kehoe: So how does Sharmba Mitchell 55-3 feel going into his jr. welterweight championship rematch with king Kostya Tszyu in Phoenix on November 6?

"Thank god I am healthy enough to keep going on and on and when I become champion I want to keep going on also. It has been a long time waiting and I have been counting down the days like I have been in jail... And the anticipation, I don't think anyone would ever know how that feels."

What about the knee that became such an issue in their first fight in February, 2001? "My knee hurts every now and then; it may have a little pain or something, nothing major. It's a repaired knee, twice. It's never going to be 100% in life again. But I don't think about it (in the ring).