he forthcoming book “Brute” follows two Sacramento boxers: Mike Simms, a cruiserweight who trained with the Olympic team in 2000, who when I found him had...
LAS VEGAS-Youth came firing on all cylinders and experience needed oiling as both Paul Williams and Chris Arreola burst through their veteran opponents like yesterday’s newspaper...
Fight fans not on board the Chris Arreola bandwagon were waiting to see if the California heavyweight, the latest US hopeful in the XL ranks, could...
No physical title was up for grabs in the main event at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Unofficially, though, the scrap between...
April 12, 1989. I was a teenager loitering in the lobby of the old Boston Arena on St. Botolph Street watching the ticket takers and looking...
LAS VEGAS-Looking like the veteran pugilist he is, Winky Wright sat hunched on the platform as words were tossed by both his and Paul William’s team...
The world is a lesser, sadder place today. It has been ever since Artie Curry drew his last breath, alone in his home in Brooklyn three...
Based purely on won-loss record, one wouldn’t think a title shot would be within the grasp of David Lopez. The middleweight owns a bloated number, 12,...
Nothing Winky Wright has been doing the past two years has helped him prepare to face The Man No One Wants To Fight because he hasn’t...
Some of us have a hard time getting excited about Chris Arreola. The California heavyweight hasn’t been paired up with a foe above the B- class...