Randy Gordon has served as ESPN and USA Network commentator, editor of Ring Magazine and chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission. That’s a world...
FRIDAY New Haven — Super Middleweights CHAD DAWSON -230 IAN GARDNER +210 DAWSON–GARDNER — Will go full distance -280 — Will end inside distance +260 Dawson’s...
The middleweight Ian Gardner is a very friendly person, and yet most people in boxing refer to him as “nasty,” “ugly,” and “a real stinker.” Is...
What’s this? The champ with the fast hands, the quick tongue and the hall-of-fame moves sounds almost like a nice guy, someone you might want to...
Although the press conference to announce former WBA welterweight champion Ike “Bazooka” Quartey’s December 3 battle against Carlos “El Elegante” Bojorquez of Mexico on the televised...
It was supposed to be your typical everyday boxing press conference, no muss, no fuss, an opportunity for the media to meet the stars of Warrior...
This Saturday on HBO, broadcast live from Portland, Oregon, Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather, boxing’s Mr. Pound-for-Pound, gets it on with the skilled but less than scintillating...
THURSDAY San Jose — Light Heavyweights JULIO GONZALEZ -650 JASON DeLISLE +550 GONZALEZ–DeLISLE — Will enter Round 9 -155 — Will end before Round 9 +145...
“Boxing doesn’t really register anymore, does it? I mean, I see some of the fights on TV. I do sometimes. I can’t say I know who...
America was embroiled in war all over the world in 1944. Americans were lucky to still find full-color magazine covers on their newsstands in consideration of...
I’m pretty sure the Vitali Klitschko story is not yet over. There are already reports that he’s said he’ll come back if Lennox Lewis agrees to...
Barring a major change of heart by the U.S. House of Representatives, the federal government will not be establishing a federal boxing commission in the 109th...
Although he was a strapping youngster who was pretty good with his hands, “Big” George Mitchell always fantasized about being a cutman more than a fighter....
Nino Benvenuti is one of the greatest Italian fighters in history. As an amateur he won a gold medal during the 1960 Olympics in the welterweight division....
“Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather, 34-0 (23 KOs), widely seen as one of the best pound-for-pound figures in boxing, will engage the willing and able Sharmba Mitchell,...
After his victory over Ketchel, Johnson had become a great favorite of vaudeville agents. Touring in early 1910, he was guaranteed $1,500 a week, a headliner’s...
At 6’0” tall and 135 pounds, undefeated lightweight prospect Jorge Teron of the Bronx, New York, draws a lot of comparisons to Diego Corrales. The tall...
Ten questions for boxing writer and historian Hank Kaplan, who was recently placed on the International Boxing Hall of Fame ballot under the “observers” category. Along...
Cedric Kushner was standing in the center of the ring, thanking everyone. It seemed kind of unusual because the ride boxing has given him over the...
If it’s true that boxing sold its soul to television networks a generation ago, eagerly snatching pay-per-view’s thirty pieces of silver and prostituting itself on the...
