WILMINGTON, Mass. (December 22, 2005) – Colorful boxing manager Norman “Stoney” Stone announced his retirement from boxing today from the comfort of his Massachusetts home. Stone...
NEWS ITEM: Legendary promoter Don King said he would like to host a morale-boosting boxing exhibition in Iraq featuring world champion boxers he represents. King made his...
During his 60+ years in the fight game, legendary trainer Angelo Dundee has been involved with five heavyweight champions: Muhammad Ali, Jimmy Ellis, Pinklon Thomas, George Foreman...
Interesting developments this week with heavyweight Joe Mesi. Today in the Buffalo News TheSweetScience.com’s own Tim Graham reports Mesi has been cleared by a Nevada judge...
In 1977, Everett M. Skeehan published Rocky Marciano: Biography of a First Son, the first full-length and long overdue treatment of the great undefeated heavyweight champ....
I arrived at Joe Miceli’s Long Island home shortly after rush hour. Our journey would take us into New York City and I didn’t have the...
The first Saturday of every month belongs to SHOWTIME, and 2006 promises to be no different for America’s No. 1 boxing network, now in its 20th...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Legendary promoter Don King said he would like to host a morale-boosting boxing exhibition in Iraq featuring world champion boxers he represents. King made...
NEW YORK (Dec. 21, 2005) – Not yet 21 years old, the talented, hard-hitting Joel Julio already is a budding star in the welterweight division. “Julio...
PROVIDENCE (December 20, 2005) – USNBC cruiserweight champion Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey (10-0, 4 KOs), already rated No. 27 by the World Boxing Council, has outgrown...
Next time the fight talk turns to egos, throw in the name Zab “Super” Judah. He belongs up there with the rest of the Brash Crew,...
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...
