UNCASVILLE, Conn. – If this was supposed to leave the public clamoring for a Jermain Taylor-Winky Wright showdown, it probably won’t. It was somehow appropriate that Ronald...
When China entered the Korean Conflict in the fall of 1950, the Red Army came pouring across the 38th Parallel and quickly overwhelmed remnants of the...
NEW YORK – When George Washington decided to hang up his gloves for good in 1796, he left his fellow pugilists with an admonition to “avoid...
John Duddy dominated from start to finish in his first New York main event, but Byron Mackie had his moments – usually just after he had...
DUBLIN, Ireland – The fighters were already in the ring when they struck up the music for the respective anthems, and if there had been any...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Advertised as a ‘heavyweight eliminator,’ Saturday night’s fight at Boardwalk Hall may have lived up to its billing: With any luck it...
Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful! — Samuel Beckett, “Waiting for Godot” During the interminable wait for the arrival of Samuel Peter in New...
NEW YORK– In an inspired bit of showmanship, promoter Lou DiBella engaged Matisyahu, the “Hasidic Reggae sensation,” to trumpet Dmitriy Salita into the ring at the...
When he sat down with Mike Tyson last month after the Washington press conference announcing his June 11 fight against Kevin McBride, ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap mentioned...
I can’t have been the only one to have felt uncomfortable when Najay Ali walked into the Peristeri Boxing Hall last August. The light flyweight had...