Growing up, when the few blocks around the Brooklyn Navy Yard was the entire universe and sports heroes rose above the sky scrappers — and our...
It did not matter what Julio Cesar Chavez did with Ivan Robinson on Saturday night. Nor did it matter what happened with Oscar De La Hoya,...
At one point, I considered covering my eyes at ringside. This was the World Boxing Council welterweight title eliminator? I didn’t want to believe Carlos “Tata”...
MANCHESTER, England (June 2, 2005) – Kostya Tszyu and Ricky Hatton offered their final comments to the press at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel in Manchester before...
LAS VEGAS (June 2, 2005) – Heavyweight prospect Roman Greenberg (18-0, 13 KOs) is on a mission to establish himself as the first Jewish world champion...
There comes a time in the career of most champions, regardless of the sport, where they must rise above the odds to conquer an opponent most...
Shake his hand, pat him on the back and give him a friendly nod. Then quietly slip away and say a little prayer for Ricky Hatton....
Many professional boxers over the years have also tried their hand at acting. In recent times we’re reminded of Shannon Briggs playing a villain in “Bad...
The hits just keep on coming at The Sweet Science, the world's foremost online boxing publication. It rewards the best of the best as it appears...
LOS ANGELES (June 1, 2005) – Long seen as boxing's glamour division, the heavyweights have always captured the imagination of fight fans the world over. On...