Former light heavyweight contender “Irish” Bobby Cassidy, fight analyst for The Sweet Science, is instantly identified with the legendary fight venue of Sunnyside Garden in Queens,...
It was El Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, a time in these southwestern parts where many pronunciations and traditions honor the deceased....
Well, the reign of heavyweight champ Vitali Klitschko is over before it really got started. The giant Ukrainian was supposed to fight former titlist Hasim Rahman...
Back in the early- to mid-nineties, Orlando Fernandez of Queens, New York, earned his bones as an assistant trainer to such local championship caliber fighters as...
UNCASVILLE, CT (November 21, 2005) – The first class to be inducted into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame will be honored on Thursday, December 1st...
Fighters are dreamers, men who relentlessly chase the end of the rainbow during those endless hours of solitary work. Two men who caught their dreams last...
“Bring it on, Bring it onDon’t wait until tomorrowBring it onBring it onBring it on” – Seal Last weekend, Kevin Iole (a writer I respect) wrote...
PORTLAND, Oregon – Floyd Mayweather continued his campaign along the way to greatness with a sixth round stoppage of Sharmba Mitchell in the odd setting of...
Sure, Floyd Mayweather is the best fighter in the world, pound-for-pound, but where should he positioned in history? Should he be considered an all-time great already?...
SATURDAY Portland, OR — Welterweights FLOYD MAYWEATHER -1200 SHARMBA MITCHELL +1000 Mitchell’s way outclassed MAYWEATHER–MITCHELL — Will enter Round 8 -145 — Will end before Round...
There was no doubt about Floyd Mayweather in the beginning. No doubt at all. The future junior lightweight, lightweight and junior welterweight champion of the world...
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Greater New Haven Athletic Center) – “Bad” Chad Dawson, 19-0, 1 NC, (14 KOs), New Haven, 166¼, scored an 11th round knockout over...
“Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather, Jr. validates the theory of evolution. His father, Floyd, Sr., and his uncles, Jeff and Roger, were talented professional fighters. Roger became...
Robert Cassidy Jr. of Newsday and The Sweet Science and his dad, former light heavyweight contender “Irish” Bobby Cassidy, a fight analyst for The Sweet Science...
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...