THE HAUSER REPORT: On April 17, 1860, in Farnsborough County west of London, England’s Tom Sayers and John Heenan from the San Francisco Bay area fought...
There is a disconcerting truth about so-called “superfights.” Sometimes, they’re just not that super. And when they aren’t, boxing takes a hit because expectations going in...
JOSHUA VS. KLITSCHKO, AN INSTANT CLASSIC — Some predicted Joshua would win it quickly, others thought it would be a slow waltz with clinching and holding...
JOSHUA TKOs KLITSCHKO — The British Empire, which in 1913 ruled over 23 percent of the world’s population and 24 percent of its land mass, ceased...
The late, great sportswriter Dick Young once wrote that the greatest moments in sports are the moments immediately preceding the first bell of a heavyweight championship...
“The referee,” George Foreman once observed, “is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight – besides the fighters.” And, for all that...
Some refer to it as the passing of the torch or the changing of the guard. It occurs when a former longtime champ in the twilight...
The narrative surrounding Anthony Joshua is the most familiar in all of boxing. Here is a young man caught up in the endless cycle of drugs...
I say he is due all props for taking this fight. That’s right. I salute the 41-year-old former unified heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko 64-4 (53), for...
CARSON, CALIF.-WBO featherweight titlist Oscar Valdez wanted a thriller and Colombia’s Miguel Marriaga helped with 12 rounds of back and forth high level action that saw...