When China entered the Korean Conflict in the fall of 1950, the Red Army came pouring across the 38th Parallel and quickly overwhelmed remnants of the...
Two fighters long removed from boxing superstardom have found comfort in one another as Fernando Vargas and Shane Mosley are set to do battle February 25...
The sudden departure from the scene by Vitali Klitschko has just as suddenly generated interest in a unification series – at least that’s the talk of...
It has to hurt, walking around with Jermain Taylor stuck in your craw like a large chicken bone. Can’t cough him out, spit him out or...
On January 14 Mikkel Kessler makes the second defense the WBA super middleweight title against former WBC champion Eric Lucas in Copenhagen, Denmark. This is a...
Ten questions for undefeated NABF featherweight champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (16-0-1, 9 KOs) who defends his title Friday night in a 12-rounder against Gamaliel Diaz...
From Bareknuckle to Gloves For 50 years from the initiation of the Marquis of Queensberry rules, both bareknuckle and gloved boxing continued to be promoted. Prizefighting...
Listening to Bernard Hopkins is like taking a trip into a vast spectacular unknown. You stand in line, pay your money, get a ticket, grab a...
Although undefeated featherweight prospect Jason Litzau’s nickname is “The American Boy,” there is nothing conventionally all-American about the 22-year-old native of St. Paul, Minnesota. For him,...
Pat Putnam and I were solving the problems of the world, talking boxing and having a drop or two early one morning in the Flame on...
Boxing; the sport, the business, the promotion – all come naturally to British and Commonwealth super-middleweight champion Carl Froch. Relaxed and confident in conversation, the loquacious...
At the arena on a day that dawned spotlessly clear and with a promise of searing temperatures, as an army of drunks stumbled into the sap-perspiring...
Mike Marley, who has worn many hats in the sweet science, has squeezed an awful lot of living into his 55 years. His love affair with...
When I heard that Pat Putnam died Sunday afternoon due to complications from surgery, it felt like someone drilled a hole through the middle of my...
NEW YORK (Nov. 28, 2005) – The first Saturday of every month belongs to SHOWTIME, and 2006 promises to be no different for America’s No. 1...
The idea of putting a 20-year-old in the ring with the heavyweight champions of any era is more than just bad managing. Not only would doing...
Sam Soliman isn’t well known on this part of the planet. Mention his name in places like Topeka or Omaha and they’ll scratch their chins, shake...
SHEFFIELD, England (Hallam FM Arena) – Junior welterweight champion Ricky Hatton, 40-0 (30 KOs), England, 139½, stormed through Colombian Carlos Maussa, 20-3 (18 KOs), 140, to...
ROME, Italy (November 26, 2005) – The fight between WBO cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson and Vincenzo Cantatore had been much anticipated in Italy. Everybody wanted Cantatore...
NOGALES, AZ– Just how far Julio Cesar Chavez will get involved in the promotional side of boxing is still undetermined. But for now, all he has...
