Few prizefighters have the skill set or outstanding athleticism of Cuban-bornYuri Gamboa, the featherweight world champion. And Mexico’s Daniel Ponce De Leon anxiously awaits the chance...
Follow Woods on Twitter @Woodsy1069. Check out his blog on ESPNNewYork.com on Wednesday, and learn how Manny (r) and Dan Hill (left) hooked up. (Chris Farina)...
This coming Saturday WBC heavyweight title holder Vitali Klitschko 42-2 (39), who just turned 40 a little over a month ago, will make the sixth defense...
Did everyone catch HBO’s Bob Papa not even attempting to pronounce “Hlatshwayo” during the lead-up to the Andre Berto-Jan Zaveck fight on Saturday night? Papa quickly...
This fight won't remove the hurt from his last bout, but Andre Berto helped ease the sting a bit with his stoppage victory over Slovakian Jan...
Every other day, N.A.B.F. 140 pound champion Jose “Josesito” Lopez, receives a very important phone call. It’s not from his promoter or manager. Instead, Lopez (29-3,...
Few books on boxing captivate me, for a number of reasons. So when I picked up the biography of Jerry Quarry called “Hard Luck” I was...
Floyd Mayweather is the most compelling character in boxing today. But his foe for his September 17 bout, Victor Ortiz, has emerged as quite a fascinating...
There’s no title belt riding on this fight. No world championship ring, no parades marching through town, no sanctioning bodies waiting to be stroked and paid....
There were those that thought HBO’s 24/7 franchise had run its course, that there would be no fertile material to pluck. Those doubters swallowed their theory...