TOUGH TIMES FOR ZAB JUDAH — Heading into his 2001 match in Las Vegas with Kostya Tszyu, IBF 140-pound champion Zab Judah was on top of...
REFLECTIONS — They say you can never go home again, a phrase that harks to “You Can’t Go Home Again,” the title of Thomas Wolfe’s famous...
HALL OF FAME RING ANNOUNCERS — Late in his life, ring announcer Jimmy Lennon acquired an appendage. Folks started referencing him as Jimmy Lennon Sr., an...
GOLOVKIN vs JACOBS — This past weekend, it was announced that representatives of Gennady Golovkin and Daniel Jacobs had come to terms. The fighters will meet...
PARKER vs RUIZ; HORN vs FUNEKA — How big was the Parker-Ruiz fight in the context of New Zealand’s sporting heritage? Before the fight, a tub-thumper...
ANDY RUIZ vs. JOSEPH PARKER — In boxing the “home field advantage” looms large. Indeed, professional oddsmakers assign more weight to the home field advantage in...
THE FIGHTING HERNANDEZ BROTHERS — In Omaha where he was born and bred, Terence Crawford is a hot commodity. The undefeated junior welterweight, who risks his...
LOMACHENKO vs FLANAGAN: The biggest fights on Saturday’s deep docket take place in Cardiff, Wales, and Las Vegas, Nevada. In Cardiff, undefeated Terry Flanagan risks his...
TOP RANK BOXING — This has been a year of milestones for the indefatigable Bob Arum. In March, the Top Rank honcho celebrated his 50th...
WARD-KOVALEV POST-MORTEM. The crowd at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday, Nov. 19, was overwhelmingly in favor of Andre Ward. The judges were disinclined to rain on...