By Arne K. Lang How often have we heard that boxing is on the ropes? This pronouncement, or some variation of it, was heard even...
By Arne K. Lang On Saturday, Nov. 5, WBO world welterweight champion Jessie Vargas risks his title against Senator Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines....
By Arne K. Lang All told, nineteen U.S. boxers competed in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. Only one brought home a gold medal. That would...
By Arne K. Lang There were no megafights on the third weekend of October, unless one counts the WBC cruiserweight title tilt in Liverpool between...
by Arne K. Lang Thell Torrence has worn many hats – prizefighter, trainer, cut man, gym operator, booking agent, manager, promoter, you name it. Today,...
Tex Cobb was Tyson Fury – One of the nicer things being said nowadays about lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is that he’s a knucklehead. To say...
Top Rank Goes Outside the Box – On Monday, Sept. 26, Bob Arum announced the broadcasting team for the Top Rank show on Nov. 5 featuring Manny...
By Arne K. Lang The longtime SHOWTIME series “ShoBox: The New Generation,” now in its 16th season, returns to the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami,...
By Arne K. Lang Today, Sept. 16, marks the 35th anniversary of an iconic fight, Hearns-Leonard I. The bout was staged at Caesars Palace on...
Grading GGG – On Saturday, Sept. 10, Gennady “GGG” Golovkin successfully defended his multiple middleweight belts with a fifth round stoppage of brave but out-gunned Kell Brook...