The power of Mike Tyson. Tyson’s power was on display in the people he attracted from all over the world to fill up the 72,000-seat Texas...
Iron Mike Tyson is back. “I’m just ready to fight,” Tyson said. Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) faces social media star-turned-fighter Jake Paul (10-1, 7 KOs) on...
Mike Tyson isn’t the only geezer in action this month. As if one grotesquerie wasn’t enough, Oliver McCall is slated to return to the ring on...
Gary Smith is this generation’s most decorated and distinctive magazine writer after winning an unprecedented four National Magazine Awards for non-fiction and being a finalist for...
Remembering Prizefighters Danny Nardico and Billy Murray: A Story for Veterans Day “There are now over 4000 pro boxers in our armed forces” said a story...
Boots and Bam Win in Philly Second time arounds can be difficult. Hometown hero Jaron “Boots” Ennis squeezed by familiar foe Karen Chukhadzhian and Philadelphia discovered...
On March 12, 1997, Top Rank promoted a show in Grand Rapids, Michigan, featuring the Mayweather clan – brothers Roger and Jeff and their precocious nephew...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 303: East Coast Fight Cards Seize the Boxing Spotlight Once upon a time Olympic gold medalists provided America’s next great wave of fighters....
Three USA boxers won gold medals at the recently concluded World Boxing U19 tournament in Pueblo, Colorado. The tournament, restricted to boxers aged 17 and 18,...
Floyd Schofield Wins a Banger and Gabriela Fundora Wins by KO LAS VEGAS-Shades of Henry Armstrong and Baby Arizmendi. If you don’t know those names, look...
Top Rank was at the Turning Stone casino-resort in Verona, New York, tonight with an 8-bout card topped by a rematch between Robson Conceicao and O’Shaquie...
Those lightweights. Whether junior lights, super lights or lightweights, it’s the 130-140 divisions where most of boxing’s young stars are found now or in the past....
As we close the book on October, let’s look back at the month’s stellar performances. Kenshiro Teraji added another exclamation point to his brilliant career with...
Foreman-Moorer: 30 Years Later By TSS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT JAMIE REBNER — In sports, middle-aged athletes are not supposed to beat opponents who are half their age...
Omar Trinidad rumbled past the elite level toughness of Argentina’s Hector Sosa to retain a regional featherweight title and move up the line in the world...
Manny “Gucci” Flores and his two Coachella Valley compadres emerged victorious at Fantasy Springs Casino on Thursday. Two by knockout. Flores (18-1, 14 Kos), a tall...
Notes and Nuggets from Thomas Hauser Pete Rose was inappropriately named. His bulky torso blended into a thick neck at one end and heavy bulging thighs...
IBF super welterweight titlist Bakhram Murtazaliev wrecked Tim Tszyu’s championship dreams with a one-sided knockout win in his first title defense on Saturday. Russia’s Murtazaliev (23-0,...
Tszyu! That name strikes fear among mere mortals. For three decades and more the Tszyus have burned and pillaged the hopes and dreams of the best...
Japan’s budding superstar Junto Nakatani knocked out Petch Chitpattana in a battle of southpaws to retain the WBC bantamweight world title on Monday in Tokyo. It...
