LOS ANGELES (September 26, 2005) – The island of Puerto Rico is rich in boxing history, with the names Trinidad, Gomez, Benitez, Ortiz and Torres recognizable...
Eighty-eight years ago this week, the Milwaukee Sentinel sent Jack Dougherty to his grave. The Wisconsin newspaper didn’t cause the demise of Dougherty, but rather insured...
Saturday night on HBO we witnessed Dr. Wladimir Klitschko pass another test on his way to second run to a heavyweight title shot. This time “Economics”...
Two steps forward, three steps back, forget the good, remember the bad. That seems to be the path boxing is taking nowadays. Where the path leads...
It’s just days before the fight and still no word from Roy Jones Jr. No stirring of the pot, no brash predictions, no last-minute trash talk....
As a former two-time New York City Golden Gloves champion, 1972 Olympic alternate, and the WBA light heavyweight champion from 1980-81, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad has a...
Craig Robinson may have one of the hardest heads in boxing. He has shattered the hands of sparring partners in the gym, and he applied it...
Atlantic City – Welcome to town. Just past the toll pavilion on the Atlantic City Expressway, a huge billboard announces the Wladimir Klitschko-Samuel Peter and Miguel...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Advertised as a ‘heavyweight eliminator,’ Saturday night’s fight at Boardwalk Hall may have lived up to its billing: With any luck it...
Salford’s Jamie Moore, the scowling, muscled British champion, repelled the challenge of Bermondsey’s entertaining challenger, David Walker, in the fourth round of his 154-pound title at...