Chuck Burroughs’ sixty years in the Peoria, Illinois boxing scene began in the crowded backseat of Jack Beaty’s reo. A Golden Gloves champion who later became...
We are a scant three days out from the most anticipated rematch between Manny “Does He Still Have the Killer Instinct?” Pacquiao and Timothy “I Will...
Congratulations to the TSS writers extraordinaire who received love in the “Bernies,” the Boxing Writers Association of America writing contest which selects the best and brightest...
If Kelly Pavlik never again entered a prize-fighting ring, if his July 2012 win against Will Rosinsky is indeed his farewell to the sport, then he...
Tim “Desert Storm” Bradley may be the one of the few undefeated prizefighters that could truly be called the Rodney Dangerfield of boxing. Think of it....
Sometimes a great fighter can lose a fight, or a decision can go against him that most everyone felt that he won…and it can be a...
Little Tiger Wade never fought in San Francisco again. He turned up in New York on August 11, 1945 at Madison Square Garden. Fifteen thousand watched...
Freddie Roach collects Trainer of the Year honors at a stunning pace, and you know what? The man is no slouch in the trash talking department,...
Boxing is the cruelest sport. It demands near constant mental discipline and blissful – if not completely driven by superstition – ignorance of fear. And when...
Death, taxes, and Pacman on Kimmel. All are givens. The Congressman made his usual pilgramage to the funnyman's show on ABC, and he and the quipster...