Boxing Judge John Stewart’s Career Scorecard Worthy of Commendation The announcement came without fanfare. There was no laudatory tribute in his local newspaper, no testimonial dinner,...
Shakur Stevenson’s Star Turn Gets No Media Coverage in Atlanta For that part of the sports world that takes notice of boxing, Shakur Stevenson announced himself...
It may not always be apparent to those with untrained eyes, but there is genuine art in boxing for those who understand the beauty and majesty...
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...
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...
Whoever coined the phrase that “you can’t please ’em all” might have been referring to someone like Doug Blackburn, one of the rare dissenters in assessing...
He is perhaps the final ruler of what remains of a fraying and depleted boxing kingdom in the formerly great fight town of New Orleans. For...
Remembering the late Craig ‘Gator’ Bodzianowski, Boxing’s One-Legged Wonder It is a really old joke, so much so that you’d have to figure that Henny Youngman...
Loma Batters Nakatani Even If it Was Teofimo’s Face He Was Seeing Two pretty fair boxers, James Toney and Fernando Vargas, stoked their inner fires by...
It isn’t exactly a news flash that most fight fans are mesmerized by power-punchers, maybe even more than usual if a particular knockout artist has demonstrated...