Yory Boy Campas isn’t a warm-up for Oscar De La Hoya as much as he’s a break in the monotony, a little million-dollar side trip on...
Xtra, Xtra, read all about it! Xtra, Xtra, read all about it! Mike “the Myth” Tyson signs to fight another weak-chinned opponent, who lacks confidence and...
The 56 Round As dangerous as Toughman contests may potentially be, the company, headed by Art Dore, probably provides the “gold standard” for events of its...
April 27th of this year will mark the 35th anniversary of one of the World Boxing Association's crowning achievements. The grand finale of their eight man...
For a boxer who had crossed gloves with the likes of Sam Langford, Joe Gans. Philadelphia, Jack O'Brien, Mysterious Billy Smith, Kid Lavigne, George Gardner, Dixie...
At the end of HBO's telecast of the Bernard Hopkins-Morrade Hakkar Middleweight Championship fight on March 29, 2003, HBO commentators Larry Merchant and George Foreman left...
Vassily Jirov is taller than James Toney, younger than James Toney and hits harder than James Toney. The reigning IBF cruiserweight champ, Jirov has always been...
This past weekend I was making my way to my assigned seat in press row for the massacre that was Marco Antonio Barrera- Kevin Kelley at...
The 55th Round Years ago, when I was doing a little matchmaking, both on the pro and amateur level, in the Tampa Bay area, I was...
The 54th Round Last Thursday, the Texas state Senate approved a bill to ban “elimination boxing tournaments” – a measure squarely aimed at those events referred...