“I didn’t know I was gonna have to wear track shoes,” Berto said. “I had to do a lot of chasing. … That’s him, man. He...
In the introduction to Part One I alluded to the astonishing depth of the middleweight division; that depth is illustrated by the array of talent in...
This past weekend WBC heavyweight title holder Deontay Wilder 35-0 (34) stopped unheralded challenger Johann Duhaupas 32-3 (20) roughly a minute into the 11th round in...
A nation’s lonely eyes have scanned persistently and faithfully for many moons, for a true-blue American-made champ. They want a red, white and blue wrapped guy,...
Numerals, because of Floyd Mayweather, such as 48-0, and 49-0 and most observers believe by this time next year, 50-0, will be getting a lot of...
There comes a time in every fighter’s career when he looks up and sees boots, tastes copper. The only ones to avoid this ignominy are the...
It is part of the game, and that much more, oftentimes, when you are 39 1/2. Wladimir Klitschko tore a tendon in his left calf while...
If Trainer of the Year was won solely by amount of intensity put into the job, Teddy Atlas wouldn’t ever lose. The Staten Island, New Yorker...
Back when Roman Gonzalez was a twenty-two year old minimumweight with a slate of 25-0 rather than a twenty-eight year old flyweight with a slate of...
Boxing fans are pretty simple folks. We don’t ask for all that much, and often get less than that, and much less than we deserve, for...