ROMAN GONZALEZ APPROACHES AN ICONIC MILESTONE — Many forget but there was a time when the great Julio Cesar Chavez fought on Mike Tyson undercards to...
TOP RANK AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN — On Friday, St. Patrick’s Day, Bob Arum’s Top Rank organization showcases two-time Olympian Michael Conlan in the Theater at...
Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez marched through three weight divisions like Napoleon’s army with slight potholes here and there but no Waterloos, until encountering the super flyweights. Now...
The second weekend of March was chock full of good boxing matches. As usual, Mexicans were well represented among the winners and losers. On Friday, big...
RINGSIDE AT THE BELASCO THEATER -Hometown favorite Chimpa Gonzalez was brutally knocked out in the second round by Filipino lightweight Romero Duno who won the WBC...
I recently wrote that I have always had a special affinity for fighters from the United Kingdom. Maybe it has to do with their grit or...
THE GREATEST FEATHERWEIGHTS, PART TWO OF A FIVE-PART SERIES: Legacy used to be a big word but as Lou Dibella puts it in “Rocky Balboa”, “every...
PAC-MAN’S NEXT OPPONENT — With each passing day it seems more likely that Manny Pacquiao’s next opponent will be Amir Khan. The long-simmering rumor that Pac-Man...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … *Charles Dickens’ opening to his classic 1859 novel, A Tale of Two...
THREE PUNCH COMBO — Jarrett Hurd puts his undefeated record on the line this Saturday when he faces once beaten Tony Harrison for the vacant IBF...