The last time Corrie Sanders, 40-3 (30 KOs), was in the ring he stopped Russian fighter Alexei Varakin in two rounds in Austria. That was December...
There were no shortage of local celebrities from the sporting and entertainment industries at the “Back to the Future” boxing show, which was promoted by Main...
A brawl broke out between Hasim Rahman and James Toney on Monday evening in Cancun, Mexico. Below is a first-person account provided to Don King Productions...
LAS VEGAS– As the last mega-fight card of 2005, the Jermain Taylor-Bernard Hopkins II event held decisive action that impacted year-end rankings, and the early planning...
Once upon a time, Pat Putnam and I drove to the baseball hall of fame at Cooperstown. It was interesting. On our way back to Pat’s...
NEW YORK (Dec. 19, 2005) – SHOWTIME On Demand will replay two exciting SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecasts from 2005 featuring the undisputed welterweight champion Zab Judah...
ESPN Classic serves up some classic boxing on Boxing Day, December 26, from 12 noon ET to 12 midnight ET. Hosted by Russ Anber, the programming...
For the third time in one year, big-time boxing returned to Milan. Until the 1980s, Milan was the top boxing city in Italy. The famed Palalido...
BERLIN—When the undefeated giant Russian Nicolay “The Beast from the East” Valuev entered the ring in Berlin on Saturday—all 7 feet and 323½ pounds of him—to...
A new star in the heavyweight division emerged Thursday night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Russian Olympic silver medalist Sultan Ibragimov...
BERLIN (December 18, 2005) – In a fight not televised in the U.S., Nicolay Valuev, aka the Beast from the East, decisioned WBA heavyweight champion John...
The fight between on-again-off-again WBA heavyweight titlist John Ruiz and Russian Nicolay Valuev was considered a non-US televised sideshow. It was, that is, until a knee...
The St. Petersburg Times has reported today that there may be a place for Mike Tyson in Winky Wright’s newly-formed promotional company, Winky Promotions. The Times...
At noon on December 10, the New York City Patrolman’s Benevolent Association, Sergeants Benevolent Association, and Detectives Endowment Association hosted their annual holiday luncheon for the...
Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis used to be master of the long silence. More of a chess player than a gangsta rapper, the Lion of Judah...
During my visits to boxing gyms in the United States, I was asked many times about Luigi Minchillo. Fighters, trainers and managers still remember him as...
FAIRFAX, VA (December 15, 2005) – Jimmy Lange (26-2-1, 17 KOs) and Joey Gilbert (10-1, 7 KOs) will square off for the North American Boxing Organization...
Ten questions for publicist Fred Sternburg of Sternburg Communications, Inc., who was honored with the 2004 Marvin Kohn “Good Guy” award this spring by the Boxing...
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING begins its 20th year of televising fights with a world championship doubleheader on Jan. 7, 2006 (9 p.m., ET/PT, delayed on the west...
They write you off quickly in this game. Regardless of past achievements, you’re only one bad outing from being dismissed as gutless, soft, unskilled, and overhyped....
