Handicapping the rematch in boxing should be easier than handicapping the first meeting between two elite championship caliber fighters. And in some ways it is and...
The 28th annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend at the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY, wrapped up Sunday, June 11. I can’t say...
The 1980s passed into history, what, 27½ years ago? So much has changed in America and in the world since then. But maybe not as much...
It was the signature fight of his career. He fought an undefeated opponent in the opponent’s home country. In spite of being undefeated and two years...
THREE PUNCH COMBO — This was the fourth straight year my wife and I made the journey to Canastota, NY for Hall of Fame weekend. Each...
CANASTOTA, N.Y. – He might have mentioned deceased mentors George Benton, Lou Duva and Dan Duva, as well as a few others who to one degree...
WEEKEND BOXING RECAPS — Folks in Belfast went gaga over native son Carl Frampton who was 5-0 in world title fights before getting nudged off his...
CANASTOTA, N.Y. – Boxers, and their individual life stories, are often as unique as fingerprints. If that wasn’t already obvious, the paths taken by Marco Antonio...
VERONA, N.Y. – When Regis Prograis was 16 years old, he and his family fled New Orleans the day before Hurricane Katrina. The greatest natural disaster...
Born in Kharkov, Ukraine but now living in Oxnard, California (where he is guided by Robert Garcia), Oleksandr “The Nail” Gvozdyk is not your normal Ukrainian...