Russell Peltz’s “Thirty Dollars and a Cut Eye”: Book Review by Thomas Hauser Russell Peltz has been promoting fights for fifty years and is as much...
World championship prizefighting returns to San Diego. Though the port city serves as a base for US Marines, US Navy and other fighting organizations, boxing has...
Boxing Odds and Ends: Notes on Canelo-Plant, Probellum, and Adrien Broner On Nov. 6, Canelo Alvarez, boxing biggest attraction, opposes Caleb Plant at the MGM Grand...
Former world welterweight champion Tony DeMarco, inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame with the class of 2019, passed away late last night at Massachusetts...
“Tonight’s fight was the best thing to happen for boxing in years,” tweeted legendary Philadelphia promoter and matchmaker J. Russell Peltz commenting on Saturday’s barnburner between...
LAS VEGAS — There was an audible groan when mediator Daniel Weinstein ruled that Tyson Fury must honor his rematch clause with Deontay Wilder, thereby sinking...
Undercard Results from Las Vegas: Helenius-Kownacki and More LAS VEGAS – Bob Arum proclaimed that the undercard for Fury-Wilder III was the strongest in the history...
“No domestic can beat me,” said former world champion Liam Smith. Once again Smith proved no one in the United Kingdom has the talent to compete...
When a big fight comes down the pike, we turn to our fine ensemble of writers to get their thoughts. And for the third time, we...
James “Lights Out” Toney clearly epitomizes the meaning of a true prizefighter. In the last 60 years no other pugilist possessed more fighting skills than James...
“I didn’t have the skills to be a world champion, but thanks to Eddie I accomplished that dream. There wasn’t a trainer in the world that...
Richard Schaefer, the former CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, doesn’t think small. Several weeks ago, Schaefer announced that he had formed a new company named Probellum....
Triller Fight Club: Boxing’s Keystone Kops Teofimo Lopez scored one of the biggest upsets of 2020 when he comfortably outpointed Vasyl Lomachenko. It earned him three...
David Avanesyan Dazzles Again on a London Card That Lost Its Main Event BOXXER is the name of the new promotional firm that stepped up to...
It has been said that it’s difficult, almost impossible even, to refute something you see with your own eyes. But the validity of the eye test...
Close the book. And it’s a thick one on Filipino superstar Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao. When Pacquiao first arrived in the late 90s it wasn’t with great...
Nino Benvenuti and Akron, Ohio, were an awkward fit. Benvenuti was something of a Renaissance man, or at least that is how he was portrayed. He...
Nothing Lasts Forever, Not Even Manny Pacquiao’s Exquisite Ring Career If there is one thing I’ve learned as a temporary passer-through during the millions and millions...
Manny Pacquiao has made it official. On Wednesday, Sept. 29, the living legend announced on his twitter platform that he was retiring from boxing to give...
The true championship distance is 15 rounds insisted Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini when pressed about it. “I have a problem with guys who only had to...
