Odds and Ends: Boxing’s ‘Ordinary Joe’, the late Stan Hoffman and More After two fallow weekends, boxing returns with a blast of fresh air on Saturday....
A friend inquired if I happened to know the odds on the first Ali-Spinks fight. “No, I don’t,” I said, “but no problem, I’ll just look...
Leon Spinks, who forged one of the most memorable upsets in the history of boxing when he outpointed Muhammad Ali on Feb. 15, 1978, has passed...
IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Plant can’t win for losing. In his most recent bout, Plant pitched a shutout over Caleb Truax, winning all 12 rounds...
The 1980s brought two new sanctioning bodies into boxing. The IBF, founded in 1983, and the WBO (1988) came along to challenge the established organizations. More...
Trevor Bryan is the newest WBA heavyweight champion of the world (insert your own punchline here). Tonight at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in...
When ‘The Beast’ Ruled Boxing in Tampa A week from Sunday, the fifty-fifth Super Bowl will be played in Tampa, Florida. At various times, the city...
Professional boxers need to stay active for two reasons: (1) They have a short window to achieve their goals and leave the sport well-off financially, and...
Hall of Fame boxing writer Jack Fiske passed away 15 years ago this coming Sunday, Jan. 24, 2006. Fiske was 88 years old. Fiske was one...
Although it wasn’t a world title fight, the match between Joe Joyce and Daniel Dubois which took place in London on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, attracted...