SPECIAL to TheSweetScience.com, this reprint from Jonathan Rendall strips away the boxing clichés, the usual set pieces. It tells the story of Kirkland Laing. In the flesh...
Maybe by now you’ve heard of Dan Birmingham. After all, he’s been out there a long time, trying to make world champions out of tough neighborhood...
NEW YORK – In his first bout since his memorable battle with World Boxing Council/International Boxing Federation (WBC/IBF) Champion Erik Morales, former IBF junior lightweight champion...
Joe Gans and Roberto Duran were two of the greatest lightweights in the history of boxing. Joe Gans, known as “The Old Master,” dominated the lightweight...
During Saturday night’s post-fight press conference Hasim ‘The Rock’ Rahman suggested he better get himself a heavyweight title belt soon, if for no other reason than...
This Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Winky Wright and Shane Mosley get it on again for the undisputed jr. middleweight championship of...
Shane Mosley’s famous grin was as evident as the letters on his waistband – the ones that spelled “Sugar” – when he entered the ring to...
To some people, boxing is religion. To Dmitriy Salita, they are separate elements of his life, but he believes the discipline from his spirituality and his...
What do you say about a fighter who was good enough to challenge for world title recognition in two different weight classes? What do you say...
This past weekend there were two heavyweight championship fights at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The two fights on paper shared many of the...