Boxing Exhibitions: Side Show, New Angle, or Something Else? Maybe it started with Floyd Mayweather Jr’s TKO over brash MMA star Conor McGregor in 2017. The...
Some years ago, Matt Podgorski (a former boxing official) came up with a formula for evaluating the performance of boxing judges worldwide by determining the percentage...
The question for our final survey of 2020: What long-range effects, if any, will the Pandemic have on Boxing as a business and/or as a sport?...
Victor Faust (Viktor Vykhryst), a 6’6” 232-pound Ukrainian heavyweight (and long-time amateur) is a product of the great amateur program in the Ukraine–one that has produced...
It was August 8, 1988. The location was Resorts International in Atlantic City. The main event featured New Yorker John Wesley Meekins (18-1-2) vs another New...
Boxing As An Escape From Societal Madness The year 2020 has been roiled by a potpourri of turmoil. Terribly damaging wildfires again rage on the West...
With a record of 31-20-3, Ross “The Boss” Puritty joins “Fearless” Freddie Pendleton (47-26-6), Darroll “Doin Damage” Wilson (27-10-2), Jesus Soto “Pantera” Karass (29-13-4),Cristobal “Lacandon “...
On June 3, 1997, Darroll “Doin’ Damage” Wilson met Courage “No Limit” Tshabalala at Philadelphia’s legendary Blue Horizon where no seat was a bad seat. The...
Beware Fearless Freddie Some fighters launch and sustain long winning streaks; others engage long losing streaks. Some, like Mexican cult legend Quirino Garcia (40-28-4) and the...
“The Ding-A-Ling Man,” 5’10” Darnell Wilson, was 24-17-3 when he faced off against 6’4” 250-pound Mexican-American heavyweight David “Nino” Rodriguez (36-0 and with a menacing KO...