It has been a remarkable run for a remarkable character, truly an American original, unique even by boxing’s fast-and-loose, anything-goes tolerance and even compliant acceptance of...
It is human nature, one supposes, to compare the Next Big Thing to a Former Big Thing. Oh, sure, it is a handy and sometimes useful...
They say it takes two to tango, and in no sport does that old axiom hold true more than boxing, the ultimate one-on-one confrontation. We remember...
In a purely boxing sense, Johnny Tapia’s greatest victory was his July 18, 1997, points nod over fellow Albuquerque fighter Danny Romero. His worst defeat would...
Rising super middleweight prospect Jesse “Hard Work” Hart is looking toward the future, which is obviously the proper thing to do for a talented 26-year-old whose...
There are some names that are meant to be coupled forever: Sonny and Cher, Magic and Bird, Bonnie and Clyde, Romeo and Juliet, Tracy and Hepburn,...
The framed poster, from a fight card staged on Aug. 18, 1944, in San Diego, Calif., had yet to be picked up by its owner from...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Marcus Welby was a doctor who knew his patients on a first-name basis, regularly made house calls and never seemed to be...
His nickname, ironically, was “The Harlem Hammer.” James Butler was a super middleweight boxer, and a pretty good one at that. A fan favorite in his...
JEJU, South Korea – Notes from the 2014 AIBA CONGRESS … The breakout star from the 2012 U.S. Olympic boxing team is here, primed and ready...