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....
Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins is likely in his final hour and his seemingly never-ending farewell party was once again spoiled on December 3 by the younger,...
BERLIN—The final press conference prior to John “The Quietman” Ruiz’s defense of his World Boxing Association heavyweight championship against Nicolay “Giant Russian” Valuev, which will take...
Promoter Lou DiBella will put on his annual “Season’s Beatings” Christmas extravaganza in the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center in New York on Thursday, December...
Sebastian Rothman, who put up a tremendous challenge against O’Neil Bell recently in a bid for the IBF cruiserweight world title, has cut ties with his...
NEW YORK – The events of last Monday suggest that Don King may be forced to rethink his decision to stage his Jan. 7 ‘Undisputed’ card...
NEW YORK (December 13, 2005) – It's fight week, and DiBella Entertainment's New York stalwarts are ready to cap off the year with the season's finale...
December 5, 2005Royal Garden, Bangkok, Thailand One of the most important and sentimental holidays of the year in Thailand is December 5th. It’s a day for...
Showtime Championship Boxing begins its 20th year with a world championship doubleheader Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006 (9 p.m. ET/PT, (delayed on the west coast). Hometown favorite...
From Anthony Quinn in Requiem for a Heavyweight through Sylvester Stallone as Philadelphian pug Rocky Balboa to Will Smith and Russell Crowe’s respective impersonations of real...
