At its core, its essence, the sport of boxing is relatively simple. In a nutshell it comes down to hitting your opponent and not getting hit....
Oscar De La Hoya is an anomaly and one of the most successful and unique figures in the history of boxing. De La Hoya rose from...
During the mid-20th century when there were about a dozen daily newspapers in New York City, three sportswriting giants loomed large.
On Tuesday, May 15, Jerry Quarry would have celebrated his 73rd birthday. Quarry was never the heavyweight champion of the world, but he sure fought like...
Mando Ramos seemingly had the proverbial tiger by the tail at age 20 when he became boxing's youngest lightweight champion. When he scored a technical knockou
In ice hockey when a player scores three goals in a game, it's called a hat trick. For Ray Beltran, he's tallied his version of a...
If this was Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s final fight, and he said it was, then the five-time world champion exited the squared circle with a bang on Saturday before 14,623 fans...
With the possible exception of the immortal Muhammad Ali, it seems that more words have been written about Mike Tyson than any other boxer. And that’s saying a...
By RICK ASSAD Bill Shoemaker was born to ride thoroughbred race horses. Pablo Picasso to paint. Tony Bennett to sing. Marlon Brando to act. John Schulian to write. Schulian has written for six newspapers including the Washington...
Taking nothing away from baseball, football, basketball, or hockey, it seems no sport lends itself to gifted wordsmiths like boxing does. The list of notable writers...